Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

[Lake Effect]

Unfortunately we dont have this brand in NZ...and our cling wrap most of the time doesnt even stick to itself.
I tried this technique and couldnt get it to work as what I have to work with just doesnt....um...work.
Might try agian if I can find a better product.

I have gotten creative with painter's tape and plastic bags. 3M makes a 'delicate" tape in purple I have used around male and female hardware, with no problem. Then you can sort of put a plastic bag around the rest of the bag, tape it place and only expose the hardware. For the D rings on a Shoulder Purse I put a plastic bag over the end of the bag, cut a slit for the ring and taped around to cover the leather. I will try to remember to take pics. I know when I started here, some people posted pics and were very creative with wrapping straps and whatnot with plastic and taping in place to minimize any leather being exposed.

 

[vintagecoachuk]

Unfortunately we dont have this brand in NZ...and our cling wrap most of the time doesnt even stick to itself.
I tried this technique and couldnt get it to work as what I have to work with just doesnt....um...work.
Might try agian if I can find a better product.

How about using blue tack? You can

Hi all

Looking for some advice, I bought this Lindsay bag from an online site here in the UK, the seller described the bag as "hardly used very good condition" however upon arrival the bag is in much poorer condition than described with what I consider to be significant damage to the strap. My question is can this be repaired or should I ask for a full refund? The hand tag is also split which they were very careful when they photographed not to show.
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The tag, you can get leather glue and stick it together. Sorry you had a bad experience great bag to practise rehabbing

 

[vintagecoachuk]

Ok..tried many different times to take a realistic photo of the colour but just cant seem to get it right.
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This is gorgeous. I saw this on your Instagram and couldn't believe the difference in colour.

 

[pammbw]

@ConnieinSeattle the bag looks fantastic, you did a wonderful job with the dye - and you are brave!

@pammbw "How does the inside look?" was also my first thought! Many years ago, I found a putty tote that was badly stained and I felt that it was beyond my novice skills as a rehabber.

I decided that the only option was to dye the bag but I was afraid to attempt to do it myself. I took it to a cobbler and he did a nice job dying it black but he didn't dye the inside so it was still nasty and stained. I tried to ignore the stains but they bothered me so I got rid of the bag. Now that I see the beautiful job that @ConnieinSeattle did on her Basic Bag, I wish that I had tried to dye it myself, both inside and out! Or maybe just kept the putty color and tried to do a better job on the rehab!

The link below shows before and after pics of that poor, ill-fated putty tote!

Dying a Vintage Coach Bag - Before and After Pics

In September I bought a "Made in the United States" large putty tote at the Savers Thrift Store for $13. Hyacinth authenticated it and told me that "It's called a Light Tote, style 4065 from the Lightweights line, probably right around 1990 give or take a year. It has an industrial-style...

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Thank you for the link! That was a great dye job!
I think I am going to dye my bag navy. I already have a bottle of Feibings navy dye so I will keep the cost of this rehab reasonable, and I have few navy bags and lots of British tan. I will post pics and get a consensus if I need to dye the inside as well. I’m a slow rehabber so it may be a few days.

 

[katev]

I have a lovely bag that is generally in very good condition except for the strap edging. The edging is badly cracked and it's even missing in a couple of areas.

Any rehab suggestions? Should I try to stabilize with glue and paint? Should I try to scrape it all off and start over? Should I just try to ignore the problem? Or maybe I should just give up? What would you do with this bag?

Thanks in advance for your advice!

 

[pammbw]

Hi everyone! I'm in the process of rehabbing my very first bag - a red Devon 9908. The inside cover has some ballpoint pen marks -- is there any way to get these out? They're not terrible, but as I'm sure you could imagine, it would feel so satisfying to get this beauty up to near perfect! I tried searching the forum but didn't come up with anything.
Thanks!

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Sorry for the late reply but if the sandpaper doesn’t work you might try skivving. Debbie the restorer uses this technique sometimes to deal with ink or deeper scratches. It takes practice and precision so maybe check out some YouTube videos first. It’s a last resort of the brave sort of thing.

 

[pammbw]

I’m finally getting around to rehabbing my vintage bags. Sadly, some of my bags are missing their hangtags. I know Coach used to mail the generic metal ones but stopped at the start of the pandemic. I was wondering if anyone had any luck recently getting replacement tags.

I don’t believe they send out hang tags anymore but they do sell them in the boutiques. They are customizable with initials or many cute images. They run somewhere around $15.

 

[Narnanz]

I have a lovely bag that is generally in very good condition except for the strap edging. The edging is badly cracked and it's even missing in a couple of areas.

Any rehab suggestions? Should I try to stabilize with glue and paint? Should I try to scrape it all off and start over? Should I just try to ignore the problem? Or maybe I should just give up? What would you do with this bag?

Thanks in advance for your advice!

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Can you get edgecote in that colour and ckesn up the bad areas and go over?

 

[katev]

Can you get edgecote in that colour and ckesn up the bad areas and go over?

Maybe, but I am having trouble figuring out the color, it looks to be a lighter shage than BT but that may change. It could be British Tan, or Putty, or Camel, or something else! Of course, it may just be a dehydrated BT bag, that might explain the cracks in the edging!

I guess that Tan would be the safest color for Edge Kote? I've never used Edge Kote, does anyone have some advice about working with it? I see various tools being offered to use with Edge Kote, can someone give me input on the application process? Thanks!

 

[whateve]

Maybe, but I am having trouble figuring out the color, it looks to be a lighter shage than BT but that may change. It could be British Tan, or Putty, or Camel, or something else! Of course, it may just be a dehydrated BT bag, that might explain the cracks in the edging!

I guess that Tan would be the safest color for Edge Kote? I've never used Edge Kote, does anyone have some advice about working with it? I see various tools being offered to use with Edge Kote, can someone give me input on the application process? Thanks!

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They didn't use edge coat on older versions of this bag. I guess this proves the leather was bonded to something. If it were mine, I would remove all the edge coating, then smooth the edges with leather glue. I'd wipe some acrylic paint over the edges. I wouldn't add edge coating if I could get away without it.

 

[katev]

They didn't use edge coat on older versions of this bag. I guess this proves the leather was bonded to something. If it were mine, I would remove all the edge coating, then smooth the edges with leather glue. I'd wipe some acrylic paint over the edges. I wouldn't add edge coating if I could get away without it.

I really appreciate your input, I've never used Edge Kote but it looks tricky; thanks so much!

 

[whateve]

I really appreciate your input, I've never used Edge Kote but it looks tricky; thanks so much!

Edge Kote is super tricky. It takes a lot of patience and I believe a lot of coats. I think it is really hard to get it even. You might want to consider burnishing. I think someone, possibly @LunaSilver , showed us how to burnish edges awhile back.

 

[pammbw]

My ink stained Anderson is finally done. The navy dye is tricky- it leaves a purplish haze that Feibings calls “bronzing” that they recommend be buffed off with neutral shoe polish. The last thing I am going to put on a bag that I have worked this hard on is shoe polish!! Luckily Blackrocks worked! A fairly thick coat and a good buffing and no more purple haze.

I am not going to do the inside, at least not for now. I need a break, lol. Such a mess!
I’m very happy with how it turned out. I’ll post some better photos in the vintage chat thread when I get a chance to do a proper photo shoot.

 

[pammbw]

Edge Kote is super tricky. It takes a lot of patience and I believe a lot of coats. I think it is really hard to get it even. You might want to consider burnishing. I think someone, possibly @LunaSilver , showed us how to burnish edges awhile back.

I vote for burnishing! Warming up the cracked edgekote with a hair dryer may help remove it easier.

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

My ink stained Anderson is finally done. The navy dye is tricky- it leaves a purplish haze that Feibings calls “bronzing” that they recommend be buffed off with neutral shoe polish. The last thing I am going to put on a bag that I have worked this hard on is shoe polish!! Luckily Blackrocks worked! A fairly thick coat and a good buffing and no more purple haze.
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I am not going to do the inside, at least not for now. I need a break, lol. Such a mess!
I’m very happy with how it turned out. I’ll post some better photos in the vintage chat thread when I get a chance to do a proper photo shoot.

I think it looks beautiful!! My vote is don't bother dying the inside. I think it looks fine. Edit: Oh, I see you had another comment below the picture about that. Yay, on making something old new again.