Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

[katev]

You don't have much to lose now so before you give up and dye it I would try bleaching it with zit cream - benzoyl peroxide. It is a cream so you can carefully put it just on the stained area. Leave it on for at least a day. Put it in the sun if you can. The next day clean it off with vinegar. I don't have high hopes for it but it is worth a try. I believe it will remove the ink but maybe not the chemical damage caused by the cuticle remover. Hopefully you'll end up with a lighter spot which should be easier to cover up than the dark one.

I forgot about zip cream, it's worth a try!

 

[JJK250]

I'm so sorry! Eventually all rehabbers have ink horror stories to share. Ink stains are really difficult and sometimes there's not much that you can do with them - and sometimes it's best just to leave them alone. Also, there are different types of inks, and when you are working with vintage bags that may even include fountain pen ink.

At this point I think your best option is to try and dye the bag a dark color like black, navy or maybe dark brown. Did the stain soak through to the inside? If you decide to have the bag dyed by a professional, tell him that you also want the inside dyed dark.

Sone rehabbers will decorate bags to hide the stains, like attaching leather flowers or using paints to create a design on the bag. I've never tried any of those things so I don't know much about it.

Just a word of advice for the future. It's usually a good idea to try and test a product or chemical in a hidden area of the bag, like an inside leather seam. It probably won't tell you if the ink is likely to run, but at least you will see whether the product will harm or alter the appearance of the leather.

Sorry that I don't have any better suggestions but maybe somebody else will have some good ideas.

It was definitely a rookie mistake. What kills me is that the staining that is visible is from me putting cuticle remover and then baking soda on it. I’m looking for leather flowers now.

 

[JJK250]

You don't have much to lose now so before you give up and dye it I would try bleaching it with zit cream - benzoyl peroxide. It is a cream so you can carefully put it just on the stained area. Leave it on for at least a day. Put it in the sun if you can. The next day clean it off with vinegar. I don't have high hopes for it but it is worth a try. I believe it will remove the ink but maybe not the chemical damage caused by the cuticle remover. Hopefully you'll end up with a lighter spot which should be easier to cover up than the dark one.

The only think that is visible is the damage I caused. I didn’t think baking soda would do such much damage. The big spots and tiny drops are from the baking soda alone.

 

[katev]

It was definitely a rookie mistake. What kills me is that the staining that is visible is from me putting cuticle remover and then baking soda on it. I’m looking for leather flowers now.

It is a Coach bag and there are some Coach stores that offer customization services, including vintage bags, but I don't know how much it costs.

 

[Roro]

It is a Coach bag and there are some Coach stores that offer customization services, including vintage bags, but I don't know how much it costs.

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If you're a Coach Insider then customization is free up to a certain price point. Just sign up on the Coach website.

 

[LunaSilver]

If you ever do let’s us all know. I’ve got some mistakes I need to cover, and your flowers are beautiful.

Sure & Thanks .

 

[katev]

If you're a Coach Insider then customization is free up to a certain price point. Just sign up on the Coach website.

I am a Coach Insider and I didn't know that, thanks!

 

[DL Harper]

I just tried this on a small pen ink line on the front of a BT Patricia's Legacy and it totally did me dirty. It left a dark stain and didn't remove the ink. I should have just left it alone. argh. I followed her instructions and she is wrong. As someone else said somewhere you can even see in her video that it lightened the already light color leather. Well mine just darkened it. argh argh argh.

So sorry this happened to you.
This doesn't help your current dilemma, but I've had a bit of success at lightening an ink mark (ballpoint?) on a vintage Coach pebbled leather bag in a BT shade. Dip a toothpick in Hydrogen peroxide and follow along the ink mark. With a clean toothpick(s), repeat until you get as much removed as possible and still have a nice dye color on the bag. Reusing the same toothpick might allow the ink you've removed to imbed back into the slightly dampish ink line on the leather. A q-tip can be used instead, but it will soak up more hydrogen peroxide to leave a wider "trail" over the ink mark. If repeating your process, get a fresh q-tip for the same reason as a fresh toothpick.
This method may or may not work on smooth leather since there's nothing (pebbling) to help conceal the lightness created by the peroxide. I found the toothpick method to work best. Neither method completely removed the ink mark I had, but lightened it to my satisfaction.
Good Luck in finding a solution you're happy with.

 

[Belicious]

Here's what I washed today: lovely red Weston and filthy faded old Bleeker.

 

[JJK250]

No, I ended up painting it.

How did the baking soda effect the leather?

 

[katev]

This navy and tan Glenwood Sheridan is gorgeous but I must resist because I have too many bags already!

I'm just curious, has anyone ever tried to get the smell of moth balls out of a bag? Will a bath remove that smell or is something else needed?

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[Coachaddict4020]

OG red Rambler rehab is complete! It was already in great shape but looks even better after a dunk, CPR & Renapur. I also did two horse hair buffing sessions on it. This beauty is going to a good bag friend of mine so I really wanted to make it look as nice as possible (anyone else ever worry their rehabs aren’t good enough? ).

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[JJK250]

OG red Rambler rehab is complete! It was already in great shape but looks even better after a dunk, CPR & Renapur. I also did two horse hair buffing sessions on it. This beauty is going to a good bag friend of mine so I really wanted to make it look as nice as possible (anyone else ever worry their rehabs aren’t good enough? ).

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Absolutely beautiful.

 

[Narnanz]

OG red Rambler rehab is complete! It was already in great shape but looks even better after a dunk, CPR & Renapur. I also did two horse hair buffing sessions on it. This beauty is going to a good bag friend of mine so I really wanted to make it look as nice as possible (anyone else ever worry their rehabs aren’t good enough? ).

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"Looks Absolutely Fabulous Darling"....insert Patsys voice here.

Great job...your friend is going to love it.

 

[whateve]

OG red Rambler rehab is complete! It was already in great shape but looks even better after a dunk, CPR & Renapur. I also did two horse hair buffing sessions on it. This beauty is going to a good bag friend of mine so I really wanted to make it look as nice as possible (anyone else ever worry their rehabs aren’t good enough? ).

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It's gorgeous!