Dooney rehab thread

[Ravvie99]

Yeah, it's good stuff! Only downside is sometimes the metal tube splits when you squeeze it too hard or try to roll it up like toothpaste and then you've got glue going every which way, haha! Other than that, it's well worth it!

I use it too, and second all your observations! I use it more than any other glue in my rehab toolbox. I like that it's thicker and doesn't run as easily as Fiebings leather glue, and it's just as strong, IMO.

 

[Dooneysta]

I use it too, and second all your observations! I use it more than any other glue in my rehab toolbox. I like that it's thicker and doesn't run as easily as Fiebings leather glue, and it's just as strong, IMO.

I am totally ordering it. It's in my Amazon cart waiting. Is it really like $10.25 a tube...? Maybe I should go to a craft store.

If either of you have dyed a bag in your rehab adventures, I have a query no one has answered yet

 

[dgphoto]

I am totally ordering it. It's in my Amazon cart waiting. Is it really like $10.25 a tube...? Maybe I should go to a craft store.

If either of you have dyed a bag in your rehab adventures, I have a query no one has answered yet

It's probably cheaper at a retail store. I believe Walmart and Home Depot carry it as well as Michael's, etc.

I have dyed several bags, both with RIT and with Tandy EcoFlo. In both cases, it was to really to "refresh" color more than change color.

I'll check for your other post.

 

[dgphoto]

Yessssss! Looks good!
I think I have that same paint already - thanks [emoji846] I'd love a report on how the WnS goes, too, if you have time.

Ok, so I decided the navy satchel didn't need a full edge refurb after all. Once everything dried, it looked fine as is. However, I was really jonesing to use my Woon n Stuff so I picked out an old portfolio with a lot of trim color loss to experiment on. Here are some photos:

Corner on one side before:

Opposite side corner after:


I didn't touch the body color, just the trim.

I was shocked at how well just a tiny bit covered and how awesome the color matched. I'm ready to order a sample size of each color!

This what it looked like when I first bought it.

 

[Ravvie99]

Ok, so I decided the navy satchel didn't need a full edge refurb after all. Once everything dried, it looked fine as is. However, I was really jonesing to use my Woon n Stuff so I picked out an old portfolio with a lot of trim color loss to experiment on. Here are some photos:

Corner on one side before:
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Opposite side corner after:
View attachment 3837017

I didn't touch the body color, just the trim.

I was shocked at how well just a tiny bit covered and how awesome the color matched. I'm ready to order a sample size of each color!

This what it looked like when I first bought it.

Wowzers, that looks great! Did I miss what color Wood n Stuff you used? That's a near perfect match!

 

[dgphoto]

Wowzers, that looks great! Did I miss what color Wood n Stuff you used? That's a near perfect match!

It is British Tan! I just ordered five more colors because I was so impressed with it.

I should've been a bit more careful to not cover the stitches but I will do better next time. I need better reader glasses. My eyesight is crap up close.

 

[dgphoto]

My latest rehab project: Gladstone satchel. This was a booger. Someone had put shoe polish or stain or some such junk on the trim parts. I had to scrub with acetone over and over to remove it. While it’s still nowhere near perfect, it’s much better.
Before:

Close up of the trim:

Right side after acetone, left before:

After:

 

[Dooneysta]

My latest rehab project: Gladstone satchel. This was a booger. Someone had put shoe polish or stain or some such junk on the trim parts. I had to scrub with acetone over and over to remove it. While it’s still nowhere near perfect, it’s much better.
Before:
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Close up of the trim:
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Right side after acetone, left before:
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After:
View attachment 3840691

I guess someone wanted a black on black Gladstone. Um.
So if you still want to try to remove more polish and you are brave I’ll tell you what worked for an acquaintance: Ronsonol.

Ronsonol is an old brand of lighter fluid. Which sounds scary but no more so than acetone. We used Ronsonol BECAUSE it is an old brand and might have fewer newfangled additives. Ronsonol is very difficult to find in a store nowadays but easy and cheap on Amazon.
The first thing was saddle soap, then the Ronsonol (don’t squirt it right on the bag, saturate something else (rag, cotton round, t-shirt) and use that to scrub.
It will take off the British Tan dye eventually if you are too violent, but the shoe polish generally really does come off.

If you do have an old-fashioned type camping or hardware store near, Ronsonol comes in a couple sizes of BRIGHT yellow squeeze bottle. You can get a smaller one for five bucks or less if you want to try a small area.

 

[Murphy47]

I guess someone wanted a black on black Gladstone. Um.
So if you still want to try to remove more polish and you are brave I’ll tell you what worked for an acquaintance: Ronsonol.

Ronsonol is an old brand of lighter fluid. Which sounds scary but no more so than acetone. We used Ronsonol BECAUSE it is an old brand and might have fewer newfangled additives. Ronsonol is very difficult to find in a store nowadays but easy and cheap on Amazon.
The first thing was saddle soap, then the Ronsonol (don’t squirt it right on the bag, saturate something else (rag, cotton round, t-shirt) and use that to scrub.
It will take off the British Tan dye eventually if you are too violent, but the shoe polish generally really does come off.

If you do have an old-fashioned type camping or hardware store near, Ronsonol comes in a couple sizes of BRIGHT yellow squeeze bottle. You can get a smaller one for five bucks or less if you want to try a small area.

Walmart and Walgreens both sell it.

 

[dgphoto]

I guess someone wanted a black on black Gladstone. Um.
So if you still want to try to remove more polish and you are brave I’ll tell you what worked for an acquaintance: Ronsonol.

Ronsonol is an old brand of lighter fluid. Which sounds scary but no more so than acetone. We used Ronsonol BECAUSE it is an old brand and might have fewer newfangled additives. Ronsonol is very difficult to find in a store nowadays but easy and cheap on Amazon.
The first thing was saddle soap, then the Ronsonol (don’t squirt it right on the bag, saturate something else (rag, cotton round, t-shirt) and use that to scrub.
It will take off the British Tan dye eventually if you are too violent, but the shoe polish generally really does come off.

If you do have an old-fashioned type camping or hardware store near, Ronsonol comes in a couple sizes of BRIGHT yellow squeeze bottle. You can get a smaller one for five bucks or less if you want to try a small area.

Walmart and Walgreens both sell it.

Thank you for the tip! I will give that a try on some of the spots that didn’t want to cooperate with leaving the premises.

 

[Dooneysta]

Walmart and Walgreens both sell it.

Excellent!!
It was AWOL for some time after Zippo bought the company out in the last couple years.
I figured Zippo was going to kill the brand, take out a competitor. I wonder if they reformulated it at all; I have heard rumors they reformulated their Zippo fuel to be more like Ronsonol and that’s when I started figuring they would then euthanize the Ronsonol name.
Excellent news, because I hate seeing old venerable companies go extinct!

 

[Dooneysta]

Thank you for the tip! I will give that a try on some of the spots that didn’t want to cooperate with leaving the premises.

Let us know how it turns out in the end; I love Gladstones.
I know Meltonian gets a lot of stone throwing here but I have seen wild pics on eBay of AWL ‘repainted’ with it, to the point I was certain it was a good fake because it looked too ‘new’. Then I’d see they included before and afters and disclosed the refurb. Meltonian’s rendition of British Tan looks spot on.

I don’t know enough about meltonian to know if it is colorfast but I’d expect with resolene/bag kote/wax/etc it could be made so if it’s not.

 

[Bagmedic]

Anyone rehab a leather tote with the zebra print? I haven't read much about Dooney rehabs but know people dunk the Coach leather bags but wondering if the dye bleeds on the Dooney zebra print?

 

[dgphoto]

Anyone rehab a leather tote with the zebra print? I haven't read much about Dooney rehabs but know people dunk the Coach leather bags but wondering if the dye bleeds on the Dooney zebra print?

Is it the fabric zebra print? I know there was a coated zebra print too so just curious before answering.

 

[Bagmedic]

Is it the fabric zebra print? I know there was a coated zebra print too so just curious before answering.

I haven't received it yet but it said it was all leather.