Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

[amber1109]

Hi rehabbers! May I get your advice on how to rehab these Dark green Lindsay and monticello?
I have zero experience before. I went through some posts in the thread and get to know the basic ways to rehab, but want to hear some of your suggestion before I start my first rehab!
For Dark green Lindsay: The green color is fading at the edges, I wonder if I need to paint it? If so, may I know what color and brand of paint that best match to this color?

For black coach monticello: The edging is severely worn out, I'm still not sure about how to repair the edging. I google it, and someone says I could use a product named Fiebing's Edge Kote. Has any of you ever heard this product? Does it work?

Thank you in advance!

 

[Narnanz]

Hi rehabbers! May I get your advice on how to rehab these Dark green Lindsay and monticello?
I have zero experience before. I went through some posts in the thread and get to know the basic ways to rehab, but want to hear some of your suggestion before I start my first rehab!
For Dark green Lindsay: The green color is fading at the edges, I wonder if I need to paint it? If so, may I know what color and brand of paint that best match to this color?

For black coach monticello: The edging is severely worn out, I'm still not sure about how to repair the edging. I google it, and someone says I could use a product named Fiebing's Edge Kote. Has any of you ever heard this product? Does it work?

Thank you in advance!



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The green lindsey will come back with the usual dunking...make sure you have CPR ready.

Im not sure on the other.
Other opinions welcome

 

[amber1109]

The green lindsey will come back with the usual dunking...make sure you have CPR ready.

Im not sure on the other.
Other opinions welcome

Thank you for your advice! Just a silly question, what's CPR stands for?

 

[Narnanz]

Thank you for your advice! Just a silly question, what's CPR stands for?

CPR is a really really good leather conditioner that we rehabbers use after we dunk a vintage coach bag

Leather CPR Cleaner & Conditioner 18oz

Cleans & Conditions Leather In One Easy Step! For Use On Leather Items Such As: Furniture Car Seats Jackets Purses Boots & Shoes Equestrian Tack And Much More Leather CPR Offers These Benefits: Dermatologist Tested - The Only Leather Care Product Made With 100% Cosmetic Ingredients And...

cprcleaningproducts.com

 

[whateve]

Hi rehabbers! May I get your advice on how to rehab these Dark green Lindsay and monticello?
I have zero experience before. I went through some posts in the thread and get to know the basic ways to rehab, but want to hear some of your suggestion before I start my first rehab!
For Dark green Lindsay: The green color is fading at the edges, I wonder if I need to paint it? If so, may I know what color and brand of paint that best match to this color?

For black coach monticello: The edging is severely worn out, I'm still not sure about how to repair the edging. I google it, and someone says I could use a product named Fiebing's Edge Kote. Has any of you ever heard this product? Does it work?

Thank you in advance!



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Edgekote won't fix those corners. It's a very thin paint. You need something thick to fill in the hole and glue it closed. Some people use leather cement to glue it closed, then cover it with acrylic paint. My favorite and easiest fix is to use fabric puff paint to fill in the hole. It takes a bit of practice to get it the exact right shape but when you do, you can't tell it has been repaired. You may have to smooth it out with your hand or a tool.
Here is a picture of how I repaired one with puff paint. I've gotten better at it since then.

 

[amber1109]

CPR is a really really good leather conditioner that we rehabbers use after we dunk a vintage coach bag

Leather CPR Cleaner & Conditioner 18oz

Cleans & Conditions Leather In One Easy Step! For Use On Leather Items Such As: Furniture Car Seats Jackets Purses Boots & Shoes Equestrian Tack And Much More Leather CPR Offers These Benefits: Dermatologist Tested - The Only Leather Care Product Made With 100% Cosmetic Ingredients And...

cprcleaningproducts.com

Thank you for letting me know!!

 

[amber1109]

Edgekote won't fix those corners. It's a very thin paint. You need something thick to fill in the hole and glue it closed. Some people use leather cement to glue it closed, then cover it with acrylic paint. My favorite and easiest fix is to use fabric puff paint to fill in the hole. It takes a bit of practice to get it the exact right shape but when you do, you can't tell it has been repaired. You may have to smooth it out with your hand or a tool.
Here is a picture of how I repaired one with puff paint. I've gotten better at it since then.

Thank you for sharing your tip! The result looks really good, I'm going to get a fabric puff paint! BTW, may I know how you repair the worn area on leather?

 

[whateve]

Thank you for sharing your tip! The result looks really good, I'm going to get a fabric puff paint! BTW, may I know how you repair the worn area on leather?

The Lindsay just needs a bath and conditioning. If the color doesn't come completely back, you can mix a tiny amount of paint into your conditioner and work it into the faded areas.

For the Monticello, you can try to use the puff paint mixed with conditioner to cover those worn areas to correct the color. It won't fix the texture. It is possible to try to mimic the texture with the puff paint but that is very difficult to do.

 

[Paris Girl]

So cute! My daughter would love all the pink.
She already claimed all my Casinos, too! (but she lets me keep those in my cabinet.) She says all my baby purses are hers. She tried to claim my Winnie, but I told her she can borrow it when she's older. My mom picked out a small nubuck Sonoma purse from my collection as a Mother's Day gift, but my daughter was very reluctant to let that one go! She finally let my mom take it when I let her wear my purple Hadley for a little bit

I love, love, love the “baby purses” idea. How cute and funny! A Coach crazed girl in the making. I think that’s hilarious she has commandeered your smaller bags. Good move on the Winnie as they have really gone up in price. That was really nice of her to let grandma take a bag home. Lol!

 

[Paris Girl]

Oh yes! Please keep me in mind when you see one you don't want (because you already have it!!! )!



Your bag looks like perfection to me, but thank you for the awesome feedback!

Here we are 24 hours after the warmed Renapur treatment. Much of it has been absorbed and will soon be ready for buffing. One of my favourite parts of the rehab process is retraining the top handle.

Before (listing photo):
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This morning:
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Looking awesome!

Oh yes! Please keep me in mind when you see one you don't want (because you already have it!!! )!



Your bag looks like perfection to me, but thank you for the awesome feedback!

Here we are 24 hours after the warmed Renapur treatment. Much of it has been absorbed and will soon be ready for buffing. One of my favourite parts of the rehab process is retraining the top handle.

Before (listing photo):
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This morning:
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Now:
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@LadaZuri You bet I’ll keep an eye out for these and let you know if I see any! Nice job on that handle by the way. Turned out great. I’m particular about the top handle on vintage bags but this one is especially thin and gets misshapen easily. I use a small jar when I do a Manor bag dunk to reshape the top handle.

 

[Crystalcoach]

It is probably considered a travesty to alter a rare vintage bag, but has anyone given thought to lengthening an attached strap?

I have 3 Kimballs I love whose straps are short for crossbody wear and I don't want to part with them. Two are rare colours (sapphire and jade) and the third is red. The Kimballs have the rolled, sewn on straps. I presume the extensions would have to be at the center point... like adding a few inches of Coach's gold coloured chain strap?

Any thoughts?
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Ooooh, can we see pics of your other two??? I'd love to see those colors. And, well, honestly I can't imagine altering a strap like that. It makes me a little queasy. Hahaha! But they're your bags... I wonder if there's something less invasive you could do? Although I don't know what...

 

[katev]

Hi rehabbers! May I get your advice on how to rehab these Dark green Lindsay and monticello?
I have zero experience before. I went through some posts in the thread and get to know the basic ways to rehab, but want to hear some of your suggestion before I start my first rehab!
For Dark green Lindsay: The green color is fading at the edges, I wonder if I need to paint it? If so, may I know what color and brand of paint that best match to this color?

For black coach monticello: The edging is severely worn out, I'm still not sure about how to repair the edging. I google it, and someone says I could use a product named Fiebing's Edge Kote. Has any of you ever heard this product? Does it work?

Thank you in advance!



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Nice bags! I would begin by doing one bag at a time and I would start with the Lindsay. The link below is the basic method I use to rehab an unlined, vintage, leather coach bag.

Giving the bag a bath in regular Dawn dish soap, shaping it during drying, and conditioning with Leather CPR will do wonders to make the fading disappear. Adding Blackrocks Leather n Rich as a final layer usually does an amazing job of restoring the finish and making the faded edges disappear but it can be a bit tricky to work with at first.

The Monticello needs more serious help and I would wait and do that bag second and use @whateve's puff paint method.

Good luck!

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I haven't used any white, creamy leather conditioners like Leather CPR on the Vintage Italian Coach bags because they are textured and I was worried that the conditioner might cake up a bit between the bumps on the Madison bags or in the crosshatches on the Gramercy bag, but if you use a light...

forum.purseblog.com

 

[Crystalcoach]

Pulley is finished unless I give her another coat of Blackrock in a few days. I feel like I can't get her hydrated enough. She has 4 coats of CPR and one coat of BR. Looking so much better though. I am happy I saved her from whatever pile she was sitting in. She has a few strings I would have already snipped off my other bags, but I can't bring myself to take the scissors to her.

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I have one in natural. I love it! She was a thirsty girl too and drank up the conditioner. I can't remember now how many coats I applied, but it was a lot!

Btw, anyone else use Cadillac Select conditioner? I use it alternately with Leather CPR (as in, 1 coat of CPR, then a coat of Cadillac, repeat) because I feel like it just sinks in like butter on warm toast, and I don't have to use a sponge with it. I love both conditioners equally though. Just curious.

I see ya'll talking about Renapur. I think I'm going to have to try it. I use BR and Obenauf's LP (which I really like, especially with heat applied). I feel like Obenauf's creates a really good final protective layer over BR. I can get a good amount of shine with Obenauf's too. The trick for me is to use it VERY sparingly. And I don't like how BR spreads, as in it doesn't very well. This is an unpopular opinion, I realize

Anyway, tangent...

 

[MrsGAM]

I’ve gotten a bit bored without a bag to rehab (but I’m getting a Duffle Sac on Saturday!), so I’ve started re-rehabbing some bags that need reshaping. Here’s my Winnie:
Before:

After:

Fixed the shape of her handle and managed to flatten out most of the crease on the flap. Also gave her a little color refresh; I had forgotten I had added color to the faded piping and flap, so I had to re-do it after the bath

 

[americandreaming]

I’m particular about the top handle on vintage bags but this one is especially thin and gets misshapen easily.

Unrelated but one of my BT casinos has an excessively dark top handle from oil staining (I think) and is very thin and 'flattened' compared to the normal state. Also even though it's been dunked and reshaped, it's misshapen easily. It doesn't 'bounce back' into form and just moulds itself to whichever way you put it in. eBay listing photograph below showing the stain that covers the entire
handle: