Black is fairly easy. Although I won't cover the whole bag, but for spot touch up, Saphir black color cream works very well. I used on bottom coner of pipping on a black bag. It restored the color and completely blended in.
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If I may lend my experience to this question, I had BT color loss on the front of a bag trying to use alcohol. It was a tiny spot but still ended up a larger spot than what the ink line originally was. I would not recommend it but I actually would love to hear from anyone and everyone to see what the general consensus and experience is on this topic.
Thank you! I figured Id probably have to buy leather dye to fix the corners. I don’t remember if I read this right but someone said they also mixed acrylic paint with cpr for colour restoration? Or I misinterpreted the post
That works too. Get the Matt finish black acrylic paint, otherwise the spot may become too shinny. If it is too full, you can always shine up by polishing.
Personally I used both method in the past, both had good result.
ETA: for black color, I prefer Saphir color cream. Since I already have it, and it seems penaltrate into leather, while paint seems sit at surface.
I've used a touch of kiwi shoe cream (not polish) to add color back to faded piping on a black bag. Also, their brown is an exact match for BT. As I'm learning more rehab skills, I'm finding that the black comes back on its own with conditioning and blackrocks.
Do not use alchohol to remove ink!!!! It took the ink and all the color off The front of a beige Tods bag I tried it on. When I Had pen marks on my red Regina, I tested it on a hidden spot and it left a pale area.
The duffle is finished! She was a well loved bag from the early 90s and had some color loss on the bottom piping and sides. I dunked her, tried some ink removal, conditioned (about 4 generous coats of CPR) and one coat of black rocks. All the faded areas came back to life after conditioning and there are no light spots on the bag anymore
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Love her . I’m unable to buy Blackrocks in the UK...does anyone know of an equivalent, effective product available? Thank youThe duffle is finished! She was a well loved bag from the early 90s and had some color loss on the bottom piping and sides. I dunked her, tried some ink removal, conditioned (about 4 generous coats of CPR) and one coat of black rocks. All the faded areas came back to life after conditioning and there are no light spots on the bag anymore
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She’s such a beauty...can I ask about taking off the protective layer on the hardware...whatever’s underneath will polish up like yours (obviously only on authentic Coach bags)? I’m a very novice, novice...feeling my way and nervous about making irreversible errors. Thank you x
On my first rehab, I tried using brasso to polish and it did a nice job but never got the brass gleaming, esp where the top coat was worn . My second rehab was a court bag and when I took off the top coat with a very fine grain buffing block, I was amazed at how beautiful and gleaming the hardware was underneath. If the top coat is at all damaged or grimy I will take it off.
You can also use 000 steel wool to remove the lacquer on brass hardware and then finish with a polishing cloth or Brasso. It's much easier to polish the hardware if you remove it first and it's very hard to make any errors with the steel wool.
ETA: I meant to say it's much easier to polish the hardware if you remove it from the bag first....
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Thanks! I am not entirely sure and hope others will chime in, but on very early (and perhaps very new vintage) bags parts of the hardware may have been plated. If you hold a magnet to it, it shouldn't stick on solid brass. It didn't on mine, so I knew it was safe to take the whole varnish off.