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#34,171
americandreaming said:
Has anyone used Saphir Renomat? I'm considering getting it for my shoe polished bag. I'm almost out of the old tin of saddle soap and Google says acetone kills leather. Whoops, I've already drenched
the bag in acetone lol
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I used it many times for spot clean, (the Saphir renonat cleaner), it is pretty good, much better than acetone, but still an aggressive cleaner, need to re hydrate leather afterwards with good moisturizer. It not suppose to use on whole bag, only spot clean, but so is acetone. I am sure it is less damaging than acetone.
 
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Hey guys, I managed to find an Arcadia and here she is with just a wipe of antibac all over!

I understand that this type of leather is quite low maintenance, but there’s a mini scratch near the bottom of the pic that I’d love to smooth out if possible. Appreciate any tips on how to buff that out and/or to maintain the shine/texture of this bag. Am developing a dangerous obsession with this collection haha :love:
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LunaSilver said:
I used it many times for spot clean, (the Saphir renonat cleaner), it is pretty good, much better than acetone, but still an aggressive cleaner, need to re hydrate leather afterwards with good moisturizer. It not suppose to use on whole bag, only spot clean, but so is acetone. I am sure it is less damaging than acetone.
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Thanks for your feedback, I will have to use it on the whole bag since I can't really tell where the shoe polish is but it's very thick and rubs off:sad: I've already used a lot of acetone so I've been rehydrating with Saphir lotion:smile:.

Gosh, I can't wait for Renomat and CPR to arrive. Take a shot for every time I've bemoaned my lack of CPR and end up giddy:lol::drinks:

ETA: it's drying and I can see it's pretty much entirely caked in polish. Fun... I'm going to do my best to resist and wait for the CPR to arrive next month before tackling it then, it's going to need a LOT of rehydration! :crybaby:
 
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kistae said:
Hey guys, I managed to find an Arcadia and here she is with just a wipe of antibac all over!

I understand that this type of leather is quite low maintenance, but there’s a mini scratch near the bottom of the pic that I’d love to smooth out if possible. Appreciate any tips on how to buff that out and/or to maintain the shine/texture of this bag. Am developing a dangerous obsession with this collection haha :love:
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Your bag is gorgeous! I have rehabbed several of the vintage Italian Coach Bags and some of them just needed surface cleaning while others needed a bath and a more serious rehab.

They hold up well to a bath but it takes days for them to dry. I find that using Lexol conditioner keeps that shine if they are already in very good shape, but that Leather Therapy Restorer and Conditioner is the best choice for bags that are dull or scratched.

Below are links for the rehab of a Drake that got a full rehab and it came out great.

Warning! The Italian Coach bags are addictive!

Edited to add: These bags are a lot tougher than they look but don't buff an area too hard because you could lose some of the "caviar leather" pattern that was imprinted by Coach.

Forest Green Drake, before and after:

Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

Speaking of creeds fading...mine has almost disappeared in the Rambler..its still drying but do you think it will get better or is this it for the creed? I've never had them completely disappear on all leather bags. It might be a little better once it is dry.
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houseof999 said:
@katev welcome back! I have been waiting to ask, have you been able to get rid of creases on a Madison bag? I bought a Sutton that arrived squashed in a box too small. The sides of the bag are also soft from use. The whole bag is no longer "structured". There's large crease going across one of the big panels. WDYT? Any advice is welcome. View attachment 5060586
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That's a beautiful bag!

The only way I've been able to reshape a structured Italian bag is to dunk it and stuff it; but be prepared for it to take several days to dry.

Below are before and after pics of a red Carlyle that was squished and dented. It was clean and probably only needed surface cleaning but I wanted to reshape it so I gave it a bath and that helped a lot.

Cherry Red Madison Carlyle 4401 (1994)

Before:

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/page-1646#post-33532703

After:

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/page-1646#post-33532733
 
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katev said:
Your bag is gorgeous! I have rehabbed several of the vintage Italian Coach Bags and some of them just needed surface cleaning while others needed a bath and a more serious rehab.

They hold up well to a bath but it takes days for them to dry. I find that using Lexol conditioner keeps that shine if they are already in very good shape, but that Leather Therapy Restorer and Conditioner is the best choice for bags that are dull or scratched.

Below are links for the rehab of a Drake that got a full rehab and it came out great.

Warning! The Italian Coach bags are addictive!

Edited to add: These bags are a lot tougher than they look but don't buff an area too hard because you could lose some of the "caviar leather" pattern that was imprinted by Coach.

Forest Green Drake, before and after:

Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

Speaking of creeds fading...mine has almost disappeared in the Rambler..its still drying but do you think it will get better or is this it for the creed? I've never had them completely disappear on all leather bags. It might be a little better once it is dry.
forum.purseblog.com forum.purseblog.com

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/page-1646#post-33532882
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Thank you for the link and kind explanation! And I didn’t realised the leather pattern was imprinted, I thought it was a natural leather grain :O
 
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katev said:
That's a beautiful bag!

The only way I've been able to reshape a structured Italian bag is to dunk it and stuff it; but be prepared for it to take several days to dry.

Below are before and after pics of a red Carlyle that was squished and dented. It was clean and probably only needed surface cleaning but I wanted to reshape it so I gave it a bath and that helped a lot.

Cherry Red Madison Carlyle 4401 (1994)

Before:

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/page-1646#post-33532703

After:

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/page-1646#post-33532733
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Thank you! This will be my first Italian dunk.. I hope I can make it look better!
 
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kistae said:
Thank you for the link and kind explanation! And I didn’t realised the leather pattern was imprinted, I thought it was a natural leather grain :O
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I've never confirmed that, but my first Italian Coach Madison bag was a Gracie 4413 in the beachnut color that I bought for only $2.00. It was missing the strap so I took it to a leatherworker/cobbler to see if I could have a strap made for her. He told me that he could match the beechnut color of the leather but that he "would never be able to match the skins."

He said that it was a very finely made bag and that "little dark dots" on the leather are actually printed on the pebbled leather to create the "caviar" appearance.

He advised me to be content with carrying Gracie as a top handle bag and not to try and replace the missing strap. He said "you could spend a lot of money on a new strap only to be disappointed with the results."

I followed his advice but I eventually decided to use a MFF Coach curb-chain gold strap F31126 IM GLD that I ordered from the online outlet store for $15, see pic below. It's not a perfect match because the Italian Madison bags have brushed gold hardware but I still think that it looks good with little Gracie!

BTW, try not to overpolish the hardware on an Italian Madsion bag because you can rub away some of the brushed finish appearance to reveal the shiny gold metal - I've done that when the hardware was badly scratched and tarnished.

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