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Crystalcoach said:
Where do you live??? In the Pacific Northwest, thrift shopping has become quite expensive. It's hard to find bags like this so easily without paying like $50.00 or something. I noticed on the East Coast, thrift stores seem to be much more reasonable.
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Same here in San Francisco Bay Area. 3 years ago, you could pick up an occasional Coach bag for $12.95. I thrifted some great bags then, just hanging on the end caps - I got a binocular bag and some others, and even passed on some due to condition (which I REGRET).
Then, SF Goodwill started putting Coach authenticated bags on Shopgoodwill.com and put every other Coach item behind the case. Now Coach bags are $25-$50 and backpacks and brief cases up to $100.
The only way to get a deal here is from a local individual or an estate sale.
 
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Michelle1x said:
Hi there, I'm in bone hell with an NYC Madison that has green undertones and a bone swinger that looks worse than your before pictures. You mentioned you used bone "shoe cream" for these results? Which brand? And did you try what has been suggested here - mix the color with CPR? Like all of us here, I want to retouch the color but I don't want that painted or shoe polish look.
Yours looks natural and great!
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In my experience shoe cream doesn't do much for bone bags because it doesn't saturate into the surface. If you do try it, Meltonian or Saphir are the best, imo.

I think the paint idea might work better in the long run. I can't remember who posted this originally (sorry, I hope you see this post and claim it), but I took a screenshot of the idea because her bag turned out so beautifully.

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Michelle1x said:
Same here in San Francisco Bay Area. 3 years ago, you could pick up an occasional Coach bag for $12.95. I thrifted some great bags then, just hanging on the end caps - I got a binocular bag and some others, and even passed on some due to condition (which I REGRET).
Then, SF Goodwill started putting Coach authenticated bags on Shopgoodwill.com and put every other Coach item behind the case. Now Coach bags are $25-$50 and backpacks and brief cases up to $100.
The only way to get a deal here is from a local individual or an estate sale.
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Pretty much all of California is super overpriced. I've stopped looking at Goodwill because everything sort of good will be online (even Fossils!) A few years ago I got some good things in Escondido, Van Nuys and Sacramento. Usually suburbs or small towns are better than cities. I rarely go to thrifts anymore as it is so hard to find anything.
 
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Michelle1x said:
Hi there, I'm in bone hell with an NYC Madison that has green undertones and a bone swinger that looks worse than your before pictures. You mentioned you used bone "shoe cream" for these results? Which brand? And did you try what has been suggested here - mix the color with CPR? Like all of us here, I want to retouch the color but I don't want that painted or shoe polish look.
Yours looks natural and great!
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Crystalcoach said:
In my experience shoe cream doesn't do much for bone bags because it doesn't saturate into the surface. If you do try it, Meltonian or Saphir are the best, imo.

I think the paint idea might work better in the long run. I can't remember who posted this originally (sorry, I hope you see this post and claim it), but I took a screenshot of the idea because her bag turned out so beautifully.

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That was posted by LadaZuri. Here is the link:

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/post-34913146
 
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Crystalcoach said:
You must have the patience of a saint. I can't with bags like that. Hard no. Lol
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I got the bag for $10. It's really for experimenting with my leather repair kit, puff paint, and piping fixes. I'm not going to replace the piping entirely (though it needs it). I have no great expectations of making it beautiful. I just want to play and enhance my skills, and see what I can do!
 
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