First Rehab Ever- Vintage Coach Station Bag

pandorabox

pandorabox

"She was wearing all Chanel."
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May 2, 2011
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Let me start by saying I am super excited, giddy in fact about this rehab.
I scored this baby this year on eBay and never used her yet. She would make a great cross body / hand held bag. She is a great size, perfect in fact.
I just got into designer bags last year.

I have been following a thread on TPF about rehabbing vintage bags. (when I get into my Mac I will reference the thread)

After much reading I decided I wanted to learn how to do this myself. I love leather and this would be a great project.

She Coach Station bag was purchased in the early 90's. This lady was clearing out her stash of a ton of bags. I scored this one for 40 bucks.

I do have photos of the full front of the bag on my computer and I will add those later.

To start here are some before pics and I will keep adding so you can see the after shots..

I just started today.

So.. Pics of the area inside and outside of the bag. All leather no lining.

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In the above photos you can see the brass has turned green and inside of the leather too where the brass touched.

There was some residue inside the bag. Not a ton but enough that I decided to give her a bath.

So a tub with warm to slightly hot water with 2-3 pumps of dish soap.

I let it soak for an hour.

And hour later and with a scrubbing brush look what happened!!!

Whoa!!! Talk about a much needed scrubbing behind the ears!!! And if you look into the water you will see all the Nasty McNastiness green goo floating about homeless...

So.. I emptied out all the soapy water and she is doing a soak rinse!!

More to come!!

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pandorabox said:
Thank you. I am really excited to get on with the nest stage, but I have to wait several hours... :sad:
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what are you doing next, I assume, after it dries?? or what. Also, last month I purchased on ebay a vintage black coach willis, to wear crossbody and am loving it tons. So much, I may get the new version of it when I find the red at a good price. Love those old vintage leather coach and dooneys
 
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Marie Lee said:
what are you doing next, I assume, after it dries?? or what. Also, last month I purchased on ebay a vintage black coach willis, to wear crossbody and am loving it tons. So much, I may get the new version of it when I find the red at a good price. Love those old vintage leather coach and dooneys
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I would love an older City Willis. I love that long shape. I found one, but the seller did not want to post more pics to authenticate. :sad:

Next I have some cloth and some Brasso to polish the brass to a nice shine, and then leather conditioner to make it nice and soft again!

If I do not get to it tonight, then most likely tomorrow.
 
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pandorabox said:
I would love ** older City Willis. I love that long shape. I found one, but *** seller did not want ** post more pics ** authenticate. :sad:

Next I have some cloth *** some Brasso ** polish *** brass ** a nice shine, *** then leather conditioner ** make it nice *** soft again!

If I do not get ** it tonight, then most likely tomorrow.
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let me know if *** brasso works well, just today I quit ** auction cause *** vintage DB bag had very spotty tranished hardware, good luck:lol:
 
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Marie Lee said:
let me know if *** brasso works well, just today I quit ** auction cause *** vintage DB bag had very spotty tranished hardware, good luck:lol:
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Sure thing!!!

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pandorabox said:
Now she is drying and I am sure that will take a few hours...

Here was the link I referenced to help me with this!

http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/two-70s-80s-made-nyc-bags-going-through-658823.html

Thank you! ^^^
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Try a paste of white vinegar and baking soda (ketchup consistency) to remove the green off the metal if some didn't come off in the bath. I used qtips (or a wooden cuticle/orange stick used for manicures twirled in a cotton ball which makes a nice tiny qtip to work with and is re-usable with a fresh piece of cotton each time.) Luckily your bag is dark so the verdigris stain against leather won't show I don't think). Brasso works fine for just the tarnish alone. I use Wrights brass polish also.
 
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Jessi319 said:
Try a paste of white vinegar and baking soda (ketchup consistency) to remove the green off the metal if some didn't come off in the bath. I used qtips (or a wooden cuticle/orange stick used for manicures twirled in a cotton ball which makes a nice tiny qtip to work with and is re-usable with a fresh piece of cotton each time.) Luckily your bag is dark so the verdigris stain against leather won't show I don't think). Brasso works fine for just the tarnish alone. I use Wrights brass polish also.
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Thanks for the tip... :smile:
 
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I just gave a bath to a vintage cross body hobo bag. After reading about it here and the bag was in such bad shape, I figured I had nothing to lose. After she dried and I conditioned, the leather is incredible! I'm totally hooked on vintage Coach now! Can't wait to see your progress!
 
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How do you clean up the brass that is spotty? My station bag has the same yellow-y crusty looking patchy spots but I don't have any of the green. I just want to clean up the brass without having to spend money on brasso or any other product that I won't have any need for after this bag.
 
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Jessi319 said:
Try a paste of white vinegar and baking soda (ketchup consistency) to remove the green off the metal if some didn't come off in the bath. I used qtips (or a wooden cuticle/orange stick used for manicures twirled in a cotton ball which makes a nice tiny qtip to work with and is re-usable with a fresh piece of cotton each time.) Luckily your bag is dark so the verdigris stain against leather won't show I don't think). Brasso works fine for just the tarnish alone. I use Wrights brass polish also.
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I'm going to try this I think...It sounds better than all the other alternatives out there...like actual ketchup (barf no thanks) :lol:
 
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