Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

[RummageQueen]

I'm not all done with this bone Chrystie, but I wanted to share the huge success I had using Leather CPR to remove denim dye transfer!

The bag was pretty clean on the inside when I received it and since I've never dunked a light colored bag, I put that off and focused on the staining.
Before:

After:


The before picture is from the listing and the after is in natural light. It's not perfect but it's better.

I wanted to ask the experts, should I continue on and apply Blackrock or Renapur? Or should I wait and give it a bath before using heavier conditioners? I just bought them, and while I've tried them on shoes and belts, I haven't put them on a bag yet. Thank you!

 

[LunaSilver]

Stunningly beautiful! So glad you are back!

Thank you!

 

[LunaSilver]

As I really want to learn this new skill, I will hold off on colour refreshing the edges and try burnishing when the supplies arrive. Thank you, @LunaSilver !

burnished leather will repell dye (maybe paint won’t stick well either), I would suggest do color touch up first, burnish it after dye or paint has completely dried ( wait a couple of days).
I have an American Leather Co. bag strap end was cut (found at trift store), I already fixed the shape of cut end, glued and applied straight acrylic paint to seal the edge. Out of curiosity I used Tokonole and a wood burnisher to burnish the painted edge, it is like fine sand paper polishing, the paint became smoother and shinier, and blend into the original edge coat better.
After:

 

[SloaneTailor]

Wow - I'm running.....
Thank you so much @Lake Effect. If you experienced ladies avoid those bags, I certainly need to as well! Sadly, that poor bag might not get rescued.

I know this is a little late but I have a few of the sonoma nubuc single zip bags and I had to use a suede eraser on the whole bag. It can be time consuming and labor intensive but it’s the only way I have been cleaning mine. I have one in gray and rose and the eraser did a good job. After I erase I brush with the provided suede brush that’s basically a nail brush. It gets a lot of the dirt and evens out the color.

 

[DL Harper]

I know this is a little late but I have a few of the sonoma nubuc single zip bags and I had to use a suede eraser on the whole bag. It can be time consuming and labor intensive but it’s the only way I have been cleaning mine. I have one in gray and rose and the eraser did a good job. After I erase I brush with the provided suede brush that’s basically a nail brush. It gets a lot of the dirt and evens out the color.

I actually passed on the particular one I had been looking at, as it was pretty rough - dirty, dry, out of shape etc and had been in storage for a bit too. But I would really love to find one. I'll keep your info for a bag that better fits a good outcome with your cleaning method. Thank you for sharing @rayrob87.

 

[LadaZuri]

burnished leather will repell dye (maybe paint won’t stick well either), I would suggest do color touch up first, burnish it after dye or paint has completely dried ( wait a couple of days).
I have an American Leather Co. bag strap end was cut (found at trift store), I already fixed the shape of cut end, glued and applied straight acrylic paint to seal the edge. Out of curiosity I used Tokonole and a wood burnisher to burnish the painted edge, it is like fine sand paper polishing, the paint became smoother and shinier, and blend into the original edge coat better.
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That's an amazing result! I will do as you suggested! Thanks so much!!!

 

[SloaneTailor]

I actually passed on the particular one I had been looking at, as it was pretty rough - dirty, dry, out of shape etc and had been in storage for a bit too. But I would really love to find one. I'll keep your info for a bag that better fits a good outcome with your cleaning method. Thank you for sharing @rayrob87.

I usually see some on shop goodwill too so I’m sure that wont be the last.

 

[avis2011]

I recently rehabbed a Handle Clutch 9425 and I think it is the same bag. I gave it a bath and conditioned it and it came out well, see the link below:

Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

Now that I am retired and quarantined I have plenty of time to work on my huge rehab piles! Here is a group After Picture of the 5 vintage bags that I have recently rehabbed. I had posted pics of the camel Willis previously and I rehabbed the BT Scooter bag years ago, but it just needed some...

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it’s good to see that a bath didn’t hurt it ! yours looks beautiful
thank you for sharing!

 

[RadhaDB]

Brace yourselves for incorrect Poshmark 'authenticity' advice. And so many comments listening to them...

https://posh.mk/HlS5Cf8Scib

 

[Roro]

Brace yourselves for incorrect Poshmark 'authenticity' advice. And so many comments listening to them...

https://posh.mk/HlS5Cf8Scib

Oh my god, everyone, read the listing and look at her 'photos'!! Two of her rules are that the Coach zippers will be YKK and that there will always be at least 4 numbers after the dash. I know what I know, and more importantly I know what I don't know, and I know those two points are wrong. Good luck to her buyers!

 

[Jacynthe]

Oh my god, everyone, read the listing and look at her 'photos'!! Two of her rules are that the Coach zippers will be YKK and that there will always be at least 4 numbers after the dash. I know what I know, and more importantly I know what I don't know, and I know those two points are wrong. Good luck to her buyers!

I am waiting to see if she has any foaches listed!

 

[RadhaDB]

The thing is, putting together all those photos and descriptions was probably a lot of work. I'd like to think she's sincere and just wrong. But yeah, in my mind with her saying she's about to list a lot of bags I have concerns.

I've been collecting Coach for years and don't feel I know enough to give much in the way of advice beyond basics. It's a company with a long history and decades of people making fakes. I wish Poshmark didn't let people set themselves up as 'experts'.

 

[Roro]

The thing is, putting together all those photos and descriptions was probably a lot of work. I'd like to think she's sincere and just wrong. But yeah, in my mind with her saying she's about to list a lot of bags I have concerns.

I've been collecting Coach for years and don't feel I know enough to give much in the way of advice beyond basics. It's a company with a long history and decades of people making fakes. I wish Poshmark didn't let people set themselves up as 'experts'.

I agree--there's a lot of knowledge needed to list those bags correctly and the listings themselves are a lot of work. Before I realized that I could authenticate my bags here, I had a listing or two removed from ebay for being fake. They were bags I bought at garage sales or flea markets and never thought about them possibly being fake. Ironically, I remember them very, very well and would never buy them again because the fake was that obvious. Everything I know I learned here, not from random internet pages. That seller needs to seek expert advice.

 

[Jacynthe]

The thing is, putting together all those photos and descriptions was probably a lot of work. I'd like to think she's sincere and just wrong. But yeah, in my mind with her saying she's about to list a lot of bags I have concerns.

I've been collecting Coach for years and don't feel I know enough to give much in the way of advice beyond basics. It's a company with a long history and decades of people making fakes. I wish Poshmark didn't let people set themselves up as 'experts'.

I agree--there's a lot of knowledge needed to list those bags correctly and the listings themselves are a lot of work. Before I realized that I could authenticate my bags here, I had a listing or two removed from ebay for being fake. They were bags I bought at garage sales or flea markets and never thought about them possibly being fake. Ironically, I remember them very, very well and would never buy them again because the fake was that obvious. Everything I know I learned here, not from random internet pages. That seller needs to seek expert advice.

Yes, agreed that she put in alot of work. Just wary of people who are self proclaimed experts. She doesn't cite any of her research sources.

 

[whateve]

The thing is, putting together all those photos and descriptions was probably a lot of work. I'd like to think she's sincere and just wrong. But yeah, in my mind with her saying she's about to list a lot of bags I have concerns.

I've been collecting Coach for years and don't feel I know enough to give much in the way of advice beyond basics. It's a company with a long history and decades of people making fakes. I wish Poshmark didn't let people set themselves up as 'experts'.

I'm not sure she put that together herself. She may have just copied it off another incorrect guide.