Coach Rehab and Rescue Club
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Thank you for your support and very useful link. Will certainly follow your guidance, and start looking for the right products too. Will keep you posted. 💛Many years ago I rehabbed a Sheridan Glenwood bag that is similar to your bag, see the link below. It responded well to dunking and conditioning and worm areas got darker after treatment, but it may still be necessary to use a little touch up paint on the corners after you finish the rehab; good luck!
What happens when you dunk a bag that shouldn't get wet?
It gets clean! And if you are lucky the bag comes out all pretty again! I just finished rehabbing 3 bags that presented some unusual challenges. I had not intended to give any of them a bath but I ended up dunking all 3 of them; I even sent one of them through the washing machine! The good...forum.purseblog.com
Thanks so much, will give it a go!Hi, Marjannie! I love this bag. It's going to clean up and be beautiful. Please share your progress or outcome. My only comment on products is that I think "Leather CPR" is fantastic to use for conditioning.It's true to its advertising, it brings leather back to life. PS: I think those little round black marks in your second photo are going to vanish in the dunk.
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Here's a bag I didn't order but did receive. I don't know if I'm going to be able to keep it or not keep it. But if it ends up in my possession I have to do something about this burn mark, looks like acid dripped in the bag or something. It's a vintage 5266 briefcase from 2001.
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Just popping in to this thread to thank everyone who's provided advice and recommendations on restoring a vintage bag. My Grannie recently passed along a 1996 black Station that was in generally nice condition but needed some TLC to rehydrate the leather. 2 coats of conditioner and she looks brand new. The hardware will get a nice clean with Cape Cod this evening.
It also inspired me to condition a Dooney & Bourke I've had since high school (late 1990s) and a Chloe Kerala from 2006ish that was incredibly thirsty. I think the Chloe will need a few more coats of conditioner to regain full beauty, but it's already significantly improved. So grateful to you all!
It also inspired me to condition a Dooney & Bourke I've had since high school (late 1990s) and a Chloe Kerala from 2006ish that was incredibly thirsty. I think the Chloe will need a few more coats of conditioner to regain full beauty, but it's already significantly improved. So grateful to you all!
It's a beautiful bag but it does have problems. It's missing the strap and it has a nasty burn, and it looks like the hangtag is also missing?
If I got it cheap I might decide to keep it and try to rehab it; but if it was costly and it really wasn't what I wanted then I might decide to return it.
Do pop on over to the Dooney forum and share your bag.
I will! I want to understand what style it is - if it came in any other colors I'd like to keep an eye out because I'd like to carry it another colorway. Found my tickets to see Taylor Swift's 1989 tour in one of the pockets.
Another mold story. When I'm rehabbing a bag & selling it, after rehab, I photograph, and package it up. So, I sold a vintage leather bag yesterday on ebay. I pull out the bag, ready to roll in its shipping box. Something told me to open the box and check the bag. Mold! Yikes! I offered to my buyer to cancel the sale, but she still wants it. So, rehab#2. Last night, I gave it a sudsy dawn bath, a vinegar & water bath. Today, a wipe down with vinegar, and some portions got lysol disinfectant wipe-down, and a sunbath in the sunshine is currently in process. We'll see what happens. Other ideas? I can't help but wonder: how'd that mold get in there? Was it already in the bag and came to life over the year the bag was sitting? I obtained the bag second hand it looked great at that time.
What do you mean by "package it up"? Just a guess, but maybe the bag was packaged too tightly or snuggly to allow for circulation while stored? Maybe add silica gel drying packs to the container the bag(s) are stored in?
Thanks! I think that's excellent advice. I'm getting some silica gel packs from Amazon. Generally, this is how I package a bag. Bubble wrap pouch. Usually taped closed around the bag, but not super tight. Then into another clear plastic bag (which has breathing holes) which is meant to be for shirts, clothing, etc. Then into a shipping box. Do you recommend putting a silica gel pack directly into the body of the bag as well as the container?