Haven't been here in a while but I'm "saving" my legacy bags since doing a long overdue routine lookover revealed most of the legacy line stuff I have got the dreaded verdigris. I've been cleaning with the skinny tip of a teeth pick and just trying my best to remove them. I know that the clasp section I can unscrew and clean but around rivets.....we'll I can't remove the rivets now. Anything else I can do for that? I'm pretty sure that some rivets have a small gap with the leather and there's verdigris under there. Oh, joy!
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Get the bag, cut off the damaged strap and replace with a new decorative strap from Etsy, or one of the Coach leather chain straps
Latest rehab- a fairly simple dunk of a 1996 British tan I think large tote #7303. I’m posting because this bag is lined- and current wisdom is to not dunk lined bags. I dunked because the leather was stretched out of shape on the sides, probably due to a laptop or large books. The lining was very dirty also and I couldn’t pull it out because it is a divided bag with pockets/sections.
I wanted to try and tighten up and reshape the sides and clean the lining, I got a very good deal so I went ahead and took the risk. Photo shows how I dried the lining. It turned out as well as can be expected, it’s a bag with history so I didn’t expect perfection. I’ll be imagining the previous owner as an art history PhD student at some atmospheric dark academia campus toting Janus’ History of Art in this bag, and I’ll smile whenever I carry it.
Last photo she is all dressed up and ready for her close up!
I wanted to try and tighten up and reshape the sides and clean the lining, I got a very good deal so I went ahead and took the risk. Photo shows how I dried the lining. It turned out as well as can be expected, it’s a bag with history so I didn’t expect perfection. I’ll be imagining the previous owner as an art history PhD student at some atmospheric dark academia campus toting Janus’ History of Art in this bag, and I’ll smile whenever I carry it.
Last photo she is all dressed up and ready for her close up!
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Hi hi. I rescued a Legacy Slim Tote with a lot of verdigris. I took a piece of a used dryer sheet (thanks to whomever recommended that here!) placing it over/around a very fine sharp edge of a small Tweezerman tweezer, was able to slowly scrape off all the verdigris including all the hardware. I didn’t remove anything. The bits of verdigris stick to the dryer sheet so you don’t have to worry about smearing or transferring it onto the bag. I was especially cautious with natural vachetta. Or when bits fall on the leather, you gently pick them up them with the sheet. It took a lot of time but I was able to remove so much of it. I may have used a small sewing needle as well. I would manipulate the leather a bit by pushing on the rivet from inside the bag, or pulling down the leather around it, to create a little space along side the rivet.
Good luck! Let us know how it turns out.
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BT tote all dolled up with brass, what’s not to love! ❤️
Again, I say to anyone, do whatever you want to your bag. Research products, methods and find out what works for you. As I am looking at clips of people soaping up bags with saddle soap, and removing it, it strikes me that are essentially saturating the bag. Potato, potato?
Edited to add, I too dunked several lined bags from the late 90s too.
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Experimenting with this saddle color Leather Cream to see how it will cover ink and scratches. So far so good. First pictures are scratches last picture is ink. On the scratched Nomad hobo, I smoothed on some cream, and then smoothed it in with leather cpr.
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Hello! I am new to the world of Coach rehab and could greatly benefit from the collective wisdom of this group.
I picked up a Mini Spectator bag, which appears to have some spotting on the tabac trim. I thought this might be paint at first, but because the some of the spots appear to have caused little craters or divots in the leather, I am wondering if these are the remnants of mold measles.
I am going slightly off the deep end because I am now also suspicious that these white specks on the front of the bag are mold spores. They do not disappear with heat (and thus are unlikely to be spue/spew) not with conditioning (and thus do not appear to simply be dry spots). I have treated with vinegar and left out in the sun to be safe.
Tldr; does anyone know what these tiny white specks on the front flap are? And secondarily whether the black spots on the trim are mold measles? Thank you!
I picked up a Mini Spectator bag, which appears to have some spotting on the tabac trim. I thought this might be paint at first, but because the some of the spots appear to have caused little craters or divots in the leather, I am wondering if these are the remnants of mold measles.
I am going slightly off the deep end because I am now also suspicious that these white specks on the front of the bag are mold spores. They do not disappear with heat (and thus are unlikely to be spue/spew) not with conditioning (and thus do not appear to simply be dry spots). I have treated with vinegar and left out in the sun to be safe.
Tldr; does anyone know what these tiny white specks on the front flap are? And secondarily whether the black spots on the trim are mold measles? Thank you!
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I'll chime in. I'm not one of the most experienced here, but I do love to experiment! I have seen that type of "white specks" before on a black Madison Satchel. Here's what I thought it was, and what I did. I didn't see it as something "on" the bag, but rather something missing from the bag. It looks to me like wear, like dye got rubbed off somewhat over time in that area. I think that's color missing, not something on top. I refreshed with black leather dye. Before you would resort to dye, there's also the product called Blackrock Leather 'N Rich which I think has the effect of "moving the dye around" on the bag and evening out the color. My first suggestion would be to use Blackrock and then see how it looks. More opinions from others, please!
Also, our wonderful Narnanz has used black saddle soap to restore color...(don't get any on the trim!). PS: Welcome to the forum, and that's a beautiful bag!
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Thank you so much, @ConnieinSeattle !I'll chime in. I'm not one of the most experienced here, but I do love to experiment! I have seen that type of "white specks" before on a black Madison Satchel. Here's what I thought it was, and what I did. I didn't see it as something "on" the bag, but rather something missing from the bag. It looks to me like wear, like dye got rubbed off somewhat over time in that area. I think that's color missing, not something on top. I refreshed with black leather dye. Before you would resort to dye, there's also the product called Blackrock Leather 'N Rich which I think has the effect of "moving the dye around" on the bag and evening out the color. My first suggestion would be to use Blackrock and then see how it looks. More opinions from others, please!
I think those black spots on the trim could be mold, especially if they are indented a bit, possibly hard feeling. I don't think the white specks are mold.
What do y'all think of this?
I suppose the original handle loops were probably damaged - but still..........
I suppose the original handle loops were probably damaged - but still..........
I hate it! They could have replaced the handles with something that looked like the original.
I am sure it is someone’s cup of tea …
I am somewhat neutral on that style as it is.