Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

[Mambutt]

I’ve had good luck with Clear Gorilla glue mixed with a tiny bit of matching acrylic paint. Apply sparingly to area with a toothpick. Just enough to level it to surrounding edges. After it dries, if it’s too glossy compared to surrounding area, gently file with a soft nail file to dull it a bit.

Thanks, definitely going to try this!

 

[whateve]

I understand about the COA concerns but there are a few of the sellers on there that are very trustworthy. The goodwill of orange county california is particularly good. As well San Antonio, central Texas and southern Nevada.

I've bought over 100 bags on there, with and without COA's. 3 were fake and I was able to return them. None of the fake ones had COA's though.
It really was my fault though, they were brands I didn't know much about, an Etro, Miu Miu, and a Tory Burch and I should have done my research first. The returns though were painless and fast.
A lot of the bags with COAs are from the two top authenticators and have the QR code on them so you can scan them and check them on the authenticators website.

I didn't know there were fake Etros! I've only come across one while thrifting. It was very old and unique.

 

[SuzieSueSure]

OKay... so as I start brainstorming on my upcoming "large" rehab endeavors, reading the recent posts on moisturizing before the dunk seemed like a total A-HA moment! Does moisturizing before cleaning embedded the dirt and muck more? Do you need to do saddle soap, then moisturize, then dunk the super dry bags? I have 4 super dry bags, including my new Stewardess United find of the week -and I want to perfect before I attempt the NYC glued in serials or the Stewardess.

TYIA Coach-Rehab-Gurus

 

[whateve]

OKay... so as I start brainstorming on my upcoming "large" rehab endeavors, reading the recent posts on moisturizing before the dunk seemed like a total A-HA moment! Does moisturizing before cleaning embedded the dirt and muck more? Do you need to do saddle soap, then moisturize, then dunk the super dry bags? I have 4 super dry bags, including my new Stewardess United find of the week -and I want to perfect before I attempt the NYC glued in serials or the Stewardess.

TYIA Coach-Rehab-Gurus

I've never moisturized before dunking. I've never used saddle soap. I think I read somewhere it wasn't very good for Coach leather.

 

[aerinha]

OKay... so as I start brainstorming on my upcoming "large" rehab endeavors, reading the recent posts on moisturizing before the dunk seemed like a total A-HA moment! Does moisturizing before cleaning embedded the dirt and muck more? Do you need to do saddle soap, then moisturize, then dunk the super dry bags? I have 4 super dry bags, including my new Stewardess United find of the week -and I want to perfect before I attempt the NYC glued in serials or the Stewardess.

TYIA Coach-Rehab-Gurus

I wouldn’t use saddle soap. I have done some spot pre-conditioning on bags that had very dry parts. Not the whole bag, just the bad parts. I don’t do it often but have had 2 or 3 bags with edging that looked ready to crack so I put some CPR on it and waited a few days to dunk

 

[Narnanz]

Anyone want to save this.

VINTAGE COACH TAN PUTTY LARGE COURIER BAG POUCH PRE CREED SEE PICS | eBay

<p>VINTAGE COACH TAN PUTTY LARGE COURIER BAG POUCH PRE CREED SEE PICS. Bag has green ink stain inside and out. Has another stain on bottom that makes it slightly stiffer in that spot. Could possibly be dyed or someone may have a way of rehabbing in another way. Could be carried this way since...

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[mpd]

I have a black duffle on the way that has an ink stain on the bottom. I'm not too worried about it since it's not highly visible, but I wanted to see if you had some tips for working on it - is there anything you've used successfully to remove ink, or at least lessen it? And anything to watch out for when I give it a bath? Bleeding, etc? Thanks for your help!

I dunked it this morning, no change. But as it was drying I took a q-tip with rubbing alcohol and gently wetted the ink spot - the q-tip immediately changed color and started taking green ink out of the bag. I repeated very gently a few times until I could no longer see the ink spot and then immediately conditioned. Now I can't tell that it was ever there! I don't know how this would work on a lighter bag but it worked well on black without color loss.

Here's a picture of the before from the listing:


And here's after 70% rubbing alcohol. It's not perfect but it's a lot better!!

 

[LunaSilver]

OKay... so as I start brainstorming on my upcoming "large" rehab endeavors, reading the recent posts on moisturizing before the dunk seemed like a total A-HA moment! Does moisturizing before cleaning embedded the dirt and muck more? Do you need to do saddle soap, then moisturize, then dunk the super dry bags? I have 4 super dry bags, including my new Stewardess United find of the week -and I want to perfect before I attempt the NYC glued in serials or the Stewardess.

TYIA Coach-Rehab-Gurus

Leather CPR is also a light duty cleaner, I used it pre dunk for a couple bags that were very dry. Didn't notice any problem.

 

[SuzieSueSure]

I've never moisturized before dunking. I've never used saddle soap. I think I read somewhere it wasn't very good for Coach leather.

I wouldn’t use saddle soap. I have done some spot pre-conditioning on bags that had very dry parts. Not the whole bag, just the bad parts. I don’t do it often but have had 2 or 3 bags with edging that looked ready to crack so I put some CPR on it and waited a few days to dunk

Leather CPR is also a light duty cleaner, I used it pre dunk for a couple bags that were very dry. Didn't notice any problem.

Thank you all! I had an LL Bean Vintage tote crack on me (handles) so I want to extra careful with my upcoming projects. I’m grateful to have a pool of resources to rely on! ❤️

 

[SuzieSueSure]

I dunked it this morning, no change. But as it was drying I took a q-tip with rubbing alcohol and gently wetted the ink spot - the q-tip immediately changed color and started taking green ink out of the bag. I repeated very gently a few times until I could no longer see the ink spot and then immediately conditioned. Now I can't tell that it was ever there! I don't know how this would work on a lighter bag but it worked well on black without color loss.

Here's a picture of the before from the listing:
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And here's after 70% rubbing alcohol. It's not perfect but it's a lot better!!

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Congratulations! That’s spectacular results!!

 

[mpd]

Congratulations! That’s spectacular results!!

How are yours going?

 

[mpd]

Here’s a better picture


I am thrilled. I can’t wait to finish this one and start carrying it!

 

[valv54]

So the beat up derby on ebay. Yea, sent an offer and got it. Shes rough but better. Sellers before pics, and my after with a dunk, scrub and condition.

 

[bolsathemosta]

I didn't know there were fake Etros! I've only come across one while thrifting. It was very old and unique.

Yes, apparently there are. I had bought two bags from the same place and when I picked up the box I could tell it was fake. I knew the dimensions and it had what looked like several quarter sized gold metal embellishments that should have made it quite heavy.

 

[MaraudingMagpie]

Quick before and afters of my green Prairie. Very uneventful, the most annoying part was polishing the turnlock. She's from '94 and the turnlock has the protective coating. It's a double-edged sword. As long as the coating stays fully intact it looks great, but once it's scratched up and flaky-looking you have to get the whole layer off to make it look decent. That's what I ended up doing.

Also, is it just me or does it seem like the point of no return (after which you have to use recolorants) is reached earlier for green bags than other colors? The amount of scuffing/rubbing on these edges wouldn't scare me much on a medium brown, but on this green they were almost too far gone, and on my green Mitchell they definitely were. That bag needs a color product. The Prairie is all happy though, here we go!