Beautiful! This color is amazing and looks wonderful with your tea rose!I love the character lines on the back of your camel Willis! You did an awesome job restoring her, too! Thank you so much for posting your rehabs, @katev! They are informative and oh so inspiring!
I've almost finished my jade Kimball! The colour is glorious and accurately depicted in these outdoor, rainy day photos for those of you who haven't seen jade in person. "Jade" was in very good shape, but had some minor colour loss all around the piping.
BEFORE:
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AFTER: Mostly restored with CPR and heated Renapur on the sponge... I will do some Blackrocks now to complete the process:
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No hangtag, but she's exquisite with the stunning tearose from @LunaSilver!!!
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Zipper and ring were polished with Cape Cod Metal Polishing Cloths:
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Thanks for looking!
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This color is stunning! I hope the rest of the coloring goes great. The tea rose charm is a beauty too.Here is the 2005 mystery blue Janice. I absolutely love this bag and have done as much restoring of the colour as possible without a colour refresh. I decided this morning that will be my next step, as I'm a bit of a perfectionist and I believe the colour loss can still be improved.
She is definitely one of my favourite bags and the tearose charm by @LunaSilver is perfection with her! (Janice has more of a blue/green hue than is pictured below).
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The colour loss of the made in China bags does not restore as fully as other vintage bags, but the extraordinary colours they come in make up for it.
(These photos more accurately depict her true blue/green shade).
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The above photos are after dunking, CPR immediately post dunk, heated Renapur on the sponge and Blackrocks. Will post more photos post colour refresh! Wish me luck!
I don't know if it works for perfume, but drenching a bag in vinegar water, several times, and lots of fresh air in between worked for cigarette smoke. I tried coffee, baking soda, charcoal, and zeolite first, but mine was really strong, and the vinegar and air knocked it out. That's amazing you were able to wash this in the washing machine!
Hi everyone! Quick question, any tips on polishing zippers, without getting brasso everywhere? 
I have a Janice that needs some help!
I have a Janice that needs some help!
Hi everyone! Quick question, any tips on polishing zippers, without getting brasso everywhere?
Yes! Cape Cod Polishing Cloths work beautifully and leave no residue! (Available through Amazon). Be careful not to touch the leather with the product or it will leave a darkened area. If you touch the leather accidently, wipe immediately with CPR and the mark will disappear.
@ArengoKC , I neglected to mention a really important piece of information. It is the tiny amount of acrylic paint which needs to match your bag, not the mixture with CPR.
This dab of dark blue acrylic paint
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Makes this colour mixture
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For this navy blue Chester 9901
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Although the Leather CPR is white from the bottle, it becomes clear when absorbed. It doesn't alter the colour of the acrylic paint.
Other opinions most welcome.
Have fun with your project and show us your progression!
Thank you so much @LadaZuri, your chester is beautiful! I can only hope my project will come out as good as yours! But will try your technique in this duffle sac. by the way, is this okay to do on a dry bag or should i do it while it is still damp?
Thank you so much! I was hoping that the wrinkles are natural to the leather. Will wait for it to fully dry to see how the wrinkles really lookafter the dunk.Those wrinkles on your duffle look natural to the bag. I have them on a pocket purse & they never came out after rehabbing. I don’t mind the lines but if it’s bothersome, Im not sure how you could get the creases out. Past suggestion was putting something over the leather & ironing it. I tried that method on a different bag & it didn’t really make a big difference. More opinions welcome
1) They look well shaped. You could add a bit more packing to the bottom of your Asheville if you wanted to smooth any sagging out further. What I do is change out the damp cloths for dry ones every day. You could wait until then to add a bit more support. In my experience the second and third 24 hour periods of reshaping are more crucial than the first.
2) Vintage blacks tend to fade a bit so colour refreshing can be helpful. It is also easier to learn to do it on a black bag.
3) I think the lines are original from the hide, although they may have been enhanced by the duffle being allowed to sag. I personally think those lines are gorgeous!!!
More opinions most welcome.
Beautiful!
Thank you @LadaZuri! Your advise is really helpful. I will make sure to change the stuffing as it dries.
Might probably color refresh the bag with your method. Should i do it while damp or is it okay to do the acrylic + cpr when the bag is dry already?
I’m okay with the lines being natural grains of the leather but if they were storage creases i’d be itching to do something about it! But i guess its best to wait till its completely dry to see the real effect.
I do colour refreshing on both a wet and dry bag. As your bag is dark it will be a great one to learn on!
If 2 bags in the same colour were available, and one had the hide lines and one didn't, I'd pick the one with.
I have a harder time with creases and wrinkles, though. My own as well! 
Water stains usually disappear with a good dunking, as others have said. When I have a bag with persistant (unknown) stains after a sink bath, I usually rub mild liquid laundry soap (Woolite, Leather Therapy Laundry, etc.) into the stained areas and tie the bag up in a laundry bag or a pillow case and run it through the washer with more soap. That usually works - but not always![/QUOTE]
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I once tried many methods without any luck to get the cigarette smoke smell out of 2 bags. I finally had success with charcoal aquarium filters, see the link below, good luck!
Rehab Success! I Finally Got the Cigarette Smoke Smell Out of 2 Leather Bags!
Last year I purchased 2 older style bags that smelled strongly of cigarette smoke, a Navy Willis bag and an Ivy Laurel bag. I should have known better because I had often read about problems getting rid of the smoke smell; but I figured that if I worked on them and applied the suggestions of...
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Thanks for the advice! Read it! Will see if the current coffee go round gets it! If not, checking Amazon for charcoal aquarium filters.I once tried many methods without any luck to get the cigarette smoke smell out of 2 bags. I finally had success with charcoal aquarium filters, see the link below, good luck!
Rehab Success! I Finally Got the Cigarette Smoke Smell Out of 2 Leather Bags!
Last year I purchased 2 older style bags that smelled strongly of cigarette smoke, a Navy Willis bag and an Ivy Laurel bag. I should have known better because I had often read about problems getting rid of the smoke smell; but I figured that if I worked on them and applied the suggestions of...
So, I'm new to all this rehab stuff. Been buying some Coach bags recently from a variety of sources, in a variety of conditions. Today I probably made a mistake. Bought a cream color patent leather bag with all kind of stains on it. All over. So strange, the strap (white fabric) looks pristine, and the interior of the purse looks like it was never used. But so many stains, brown and black all over. I tried leather cleaner. 
I tried my magic eraser. No go on this one. I tried acetone nail polish remover. Nothing. I love this little bag, so I may just find some leather dye and practice with that!
I tried my magic eraser. No go on this one. I tried acetone nail polish remover. Nothing. I love this little bag, so I may just find some leather dye and practice with that!Those wrinkles on your duffle look natural to the bag. I have them on a pocket purse & they never came out after rehabbing. I don’t mind the lines but if it’s bothersome, Im not sure how you could get the creases out. Past suggestion was putting something over the leather & ironing it. I tried that method on a different bag & it didn’t really make a big difference. More opinions welcome
1) They look well shaped. You could add a bit more packing to the bottom of your Asheville if you wanted to smooth any sagging out further. What I do is change out the damp cloths for dry ones every day. You could wait until then to add a bit more support. In my experience the second and third 24 hour periods of reshaping are more crucial than the first.
2) Vintage blacks tend to fade a bit so colour refreshing can be helpful. It is also easier to learn to do it on a black bag.
3) I think the lines are original from the hide, although they may have been enhanced by the duffle being allowed to sag. I personally think those lines are gorgeous!!!
More opinions most welcome.
Beautiful!
Those creases look deeply set so there may not be much that can be done, but the bag is still gorgeous! I don't know if this will help because it was a different situation, but it might reduce the creases somewhat, I don't know.
I bought a chalk Tatum Tall Tote that had been stored poorly and it was a little wrinkled but it was really lumpy-looking. I stuffed it and steamed it in the bathroom and that helped a lot to remove the lumps and smooth it out, see the link below. The auction "before" pictures don't really show how lumpy it was but I was uncomfortable carrying it until I steamed it; good luck!
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My tabac courier which had a lot of scratches, but nothing else wrong (a dunk fixed it) was around $180 shipped. I won it on ebay and would not have gone higher because I wasn’t sure if I would like the style. My small navy courier was a lucky Etsy find both in terms of size and price...
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Stains on patent get incorporated into the coating and are impossible to get out. Painting is a challenge because of the glossy coating. Once I saw a youtube video in which someone removed the patent coating but it seemed really complicated. If you paint it, let us know what works and show us your results.