Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

[katev]

Hit the jackpot of rehab-ables just now at GW for a bargain price. Their usual price person must've been out sick coz these were a bargain. Bottom 2 are Costa Rica made. I'm look forward to see if the corners get some color backing the Companion bag(?) after her dunk. Also the Scooter has a fade line I wonder if I can blend a lot with intense conditioning...View attachment 5372227View attachment 5372230

I'm loving all the great rehab before and after pics I just scrolled through from the last few days!View attachment 5372233

Wow, great score! I think that dunking, conditioning, and black rocks will do a lot to brighten up the bags and make the corners look much better, but a faded line is a bigger challenge.

The process of dunking, conditioning, and black rocks will darken the leather and make the fading less obvious but it probably won't eliminate it. I would just try doing the rehab first and see how it looks when it's done before tryinkg anything else.

Below are links for a Sapphire Casey 9923 (1993) that I rehabbed. It's a gorgeous bag but the front of the bag is definitely a different color than the rest of the bag and it becomes more obvious when you lift up the flap. Rehabbing it definitely improved the appearance and made the color variations a little less noticeable but it's still an issue. I've never done any recoloring to the bag but maybe I should? Please let me know how your "faded-line scooter" turns out.

You really had a great haul at the Goodwill today!

Sapphire Casey 9923 (USA, 1993) Before: (I was calling it periwinkle but it's sapphire - duh!)
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/authenticate-this-coach.763164/page-8#post-22428319

Sapphire Casey 9923 (USA, 1993) After:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.624452/page-363#post-22660759

 

[Belicious]

Wow, great score! I thinking that dunking, conditioning, and black rocks will do a lot to brighten up the bags and make the corners look much better, but a faded line is a bigger challenge.

I think that the process of dunking, conditioning, and black rocks will darken the leather and make the fading less obvious but it probably won't eliminate it. I would just try doing the rehab first and see how it looks when it's done before doing anything else.

Below are links for a Sapphire Casey 9923 (1993) that I once rehabbed. It's a gorgeous bag but the front of the bag is definitely a different color than the rest of the bag and it becomes more obvious when you lift up the flap. Rehabbing it definitely improved the appearance and made the color variations a little less noticeable but it's still an issue. I've never done any recoloring to the bag but maybe I should? Please let me know how your "fade-line scooter" turns out.

You had a great haul at the Goodwill today!

Sapphire Casey 9923 (USA, 1993) Before: (I was calling it periwinkle but it's sapphire - duh!)
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/authenticate-this-coach.763164/page-8#post-22428319

Sapphire Casey 9923 (USA, 1993) After:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.624452/page-363#post-22660759

That looks great! I can't see any difference in colors in your photos. What a great color! It can be really weird when Coach uses different batches of leather in the same bag. I have a BT quincy where the flap is totally a different color kinda yuck and the Companion bag I picked up today is all soft and wrinkley in one piece but flat and smooth in the flap. Also I just found brown lipstick and the most ancient looking car keys.. must be the key for the glove box in it.
Here is the Quincey. Looks worse in person I think.

 

[katev]

The round key used to be for the trunk and glove glove box. That Quincey looks great!

 

[Belicious]

The round key used to be for the trunk and glove glove box. That Quincey looks great!

Not really. You can't see how faded the corners are. I really need to touch them up with some acrylic. But now I have all these others to work on! Already stripped the hardware off but am thinking I need to check for shoes polish before a dunk.

 

[vintagecoachuk]

Hi All

I'm new to the Forum and to rehab'ing. I bought this City bag in pretty poor condition for pretty cheap thinking it would be a good bag to practice on having never done anything like this before, i've dunked in Fairy liquid and have applied several coats of Leather CPR but the leather is still very stained and the flap is very dry, it's like you can feel the grain of the leather where it folds, just wondering if anyone can give a guide on next steps? I was thinking of redunking as the bag was filthy and i think it may have been a smokers but not sure if that would make it worse? Any help/advice would be really appreciated!

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You've done a really nice job! As I scrolled down, was pleasantly surprised at how different she looked. Gorgeous

 

[vintagecoachuk]

Thanks. Can i ask where you got the BR from? I now have Renapur but I see most people prefer BR.
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Thanks. Can i ask where you got the BR from? I now have Renapur but I see most people prefer BR.

I buy it from eBay. It's imported from the US. It works out to be £28 total with shipping and import tax

 

[cheese&biscuits]

You've done a really nice job! As I scrolled down, was pleasantly surprised at how different she looked. Gorgeous

Thank you so much, I've just finished her tonight, i redunked and then conditioned with CPR and Renapur. I'm so happy with how she's come out, please ignore the mess in the photo!

 

[Narnanz]

Thank you so much, I've just finished her tonight, i redunked and then conditioned with CPR and Renapur. I'm so happy with how she's come out, please ignore the mess in the photo!
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Looking Fabulous!

And re the mess I the background...that's a rehabbers mess...we all have that and then some.
To me shows a creative mind.

 

[pammbw]

Looking for opinions- I have been surfing the web looking for inspiration for what to do with my ink stained Anderson bag and I found some videos on decoupaging leather. I checked my jar of modpog and it says it works on any surface.
So I dug out my scrap of Kaffe Fassett fabric and cut out some motifs to play around and see if I like it. Not sure if I like the red/orange tones against the British tan leather. May need to get different fabric.

Let me know what you think! I will definitely do some tests to check durability before I “go live” on the bag.

 

[Narnanz]

Looking for opinions- I have been surfing the web looking for inspiration for what to do with my ink stained Anderson bag and I found some videos on decoupaging leather. I checked my jar of modpog and it says it works on any surface.
So I dug out my scrap of Kaffe Fassett fabric and cut out some motifs to play around and see if I like it. Not sure if I like the red/orange tones against the British tan leather. May need to get different fabric.
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Let me know what you think! I will definitely do some tests to check durability before I “go live” on the bag.

@MrsGAM did something like that but with embroidary patches.

 

[Aprilshack]

Can anyone in the Uk recommend a leather cleaner and conditioner and also anything to look after the metal hardware parts of the bag? They just seem to have suede cleaner on the Uk site at the moment and they don’t know when they will be receiving more stock. I may be going to Manchester the last week of April and I think there may be a Coach store there?

The restored bags in this thread look great!

 

[Lake Effect]

Thank you so much, I've just finished her tonight, i redunked and then conditioned with CPR and Renapur. I'm so happy with how she's come out, please ignore the mess in the photo!
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I like seeing everyone’s random towel collection

 

[pammbw]

I like seeing everyone’s random towel collection

The towels I use for rehabbing are truly wretched… but clean… when I start lol

 

[Lake Effect]

The towels I use for rehabbing are truly wretched… but clean… when I start lol

I have a dark blue print beach towel that is enormously thick. In cooler weather is doubles for rehab use! And in addition to towels, I have old cotton tees too. I've got a stack!

 

[katev]

Can anyone in the Uk recommend a leather cleaner and conditioner and also anything to look after the metal hardware parts of the bag? They just seem to have suede cleaner on the Uk site at the moment and they don’t know when they will be receiving more stock. I may be going to Manchester the last week of April and I think there may be a Coach store there?

The restored bags in this thread look great!

Just to clarify, you are looking for products to maintain Coach bags but you are not planning to rehab older bags, correct? @americandreaming is based in the UK and I am sure that she will be able to advise you.