Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

[LadaZuri]

Just thought to share leather edge burnishing method here, could be useful on touching up strap edges of vintage coach bags. I am not a big fan of edge paint, as it may crack over time.
All you need is just a wooden leather burnisher and Gum Tragacanth, both can be found at Amazon, leather craft store etc. Gum Tragacanth will darken the leather edge, use Tokonole instead if you dislike colour darkening.
Apply a thin coat of Gum T. on the leather edge , then rub it with wood burnisher in back & forth motion to smooth the raw edge, apply more Gum then repeat the burnish process if necessary, the heat generated by friction & gum will dense the leather edge fibre, leave it a smooth finished look. It is a desired long lasting effect (unlike edge paint).

photo1: material needed

Photo2&3: fresh cut unfinished edge from 1.5mm sheep skin

Photo4&5:edge after a quick burnishing

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This purple (ink? eggplant?) Tribeca (E8D - 9099) is absolutely gorgeous and the one thing left to do is restore the colour to the strap edges. Is there a specific technique I should use... colour refreshing or edge coating?

Thanks so much!!!

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I searched this thread and found the perfect solution supplied by our @LunaSilver! Please have a look at the post above. I'm off to place an order with Amazon!

 

[katev]

On another more positive note, I’m almost done with my blue Janice. As expected, the corners and piping on the top zip part didn’t come back fully after the dunk/CPR, so I retouched it with acrylic/CPR combo.

before
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After CPR
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After retouch (almost fully dry - was in a hurry
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Materials used

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I did run into an issue with the nickel hardware after the dunk. I think the vinegar might have corroded the outside finish of the nickel and became splotchy so I had to polish it off with a green scour pad. Just future rehabs out there with nickel - probably best to not put vinegar in the bath.

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After polishing
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Anyway, good night all

Gorgeous job! Just a comment, I have had the color of piping and corners come back with black rocks that didn't come back with cpr - but not always - but I always try that before resorting to re-coloring.

 

[lazysundays]

Gorgeous job! Just a comment, I have had the color of piping and corners come back with black rocks that didn't come back with cpr - but not always - but I always try that before resorting to re-coloring.

Good tip! I don’t have BR yet. It’s pretty pricey here in Canada, if I could even get it from Amazon. Not sure why they don’t stock it up here

 

[americandreaming]

Gorgeous job! Just a comment, I have had the color of piping and corners come back with black rocks that didn't come back with cpr - but not always - but I always try that before resorting to re-coloring.

I had that happen too!

 

[LadaZuri]

Good tip! I don’t have BR yet. It’s pretty pricey here in Canada, if I could even get it from Amazon. Not sure why they don’t stock it up here

I used BR on my mystery blue 2005 Janice and it didn't really help with the colour restoration. I love BR for darker bags, but in my experience, it gives a yellowish tint to lighter coloured bags. I wasn't able to accurately capture that in these post Blackrocks photos, though. My next step will be colour refreshing the piping... hopefully as successfully as you did!

 

[americandreaming]

One last hot sunny day before rain for the next week or more so perfect for drying my 9988 outside today! It barely dried overnight in my room with the windows open and it's been outside for less than an hour and already mostly dry! I like how the sun clears any hint of damp smell that I can't always achieve with air drying in room temperature.

Forgot to take photographs but there was a scratched section underneath the male side turn lock dried to get super super parched - white and crusty looking - and I panicked and put a load of cpr on. I applied Renapur and buffed with a white cloth for a while and it's looking quite good now! The finish is scratched up but at least the colour has evened out.

 

[LunaSilver]

I searched this thread and found the perfect solution supplied by our @LunaSilver! Please have a look at the post above. I'm off to place an order with Amazon!

The Gum mentioned in my post don’t work well with glove tanned leather (chrome tanned leather all together). It works well with veg tanned leather. The following burnishing agent made in Japan works well on both chrome and veg tanned leather. Please change your Amazon order if it is not too late.

 

[LadaZuri]

The Gum mentioned in my post don’t work well with glove tanned leather (chrome tanned leather all together). It works well with veg tanned leather. The following burnishing agent made in Japan works well on both chrome and veg tanned leather. Please change your Amazon order if it is not too late.

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Thank you so much, LS! I was able to change my order.

I am planning to use this product on my purple Tribeca. It is a clear product, so do you know what colour it will make the edges?

PS. SO AWESOME TO HAVE YOU BACK!!!!

 

[lazysundays]

I used BR on my mystery blue 2005 Janice and it didn't really help with the colour restoration. I love BR for darker bags, but in my experience, it gives a yellowish tint to lighter coloured bags. I wasn't able to accurately capture that in these post Blackrocks photos, though. My next step will be colour refreshing the piping... hopefully as successfully as you did!

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Good luck @LadaZuri speaking of… here she is after Renapur and buffed.

 

[lazysundays]

The Gum mentioned in my post don’t work well with glove tanned leather (chrome tanned leather all together). It works well with veg tanned leather. The following burnishing agent made in Japan works well on both chrome and veg tanned leather. Please change your Amazon order if it is not too late.

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Welcome back, Luna!! You were missed very much!

 

[Birdie13]

I searched this thread and found the perfect solution supplied by our @LunaSilver! Please have a look at the post above. I'm off to place an order with Amazon!

I was just about to go looking for that post to quote, and I see you beat me to it. I tried it and it works like a charm!

 

[lazysundays]

It's hard to tell. There aren't enough to see a dotty pattern like I would expect from mold. They don't look that bad to me. IMO, the seller described it correctly and it wouldn't be very nice to expect her to take a return unless she accepts returns for any reason.

This is the aftermath. Post dunk and a couple coats of CPR.. I even tried scrubbing the flap with a toothbrush and CPR then wiping it off. No dice. Any other ideas on how to remove these spots? I know it’s a long shot.

 

[americandreaming]

Forgot to take photographs but there was a scratched section underneath the male side turn lock dried to get super super parched - white and crusty looking - and I panicked and put a load of cpr on. I applied Renapur and buffed with a white cloth for a while and it's looking quite good now! The finish is scratched up but at least the colour has evened out.

Improved even more with a coat of br

 

[LunaSilver]

Welcome back, Luna!! You were missed very much!

Thank you so much!

 

[LunaSilver]

Thank you so much, LS! I was able to change my order.

I am planning to use this product on my purple Tribeca. It is a clear product, so do you know what colour it will make the edges?

PS. SO AWESOME TO HAVE YOU BACK!!!!

Thank you.
It is not meant to correct the color loss, but to condense the fibre of leather and leave a smooth polished edge. Although it may slightly darken the leather color at the edge from burnishing. Also the edge leather joints should still be glued together, otherwise the result may not be ideal