Hi everyone! So, several weeks ago I purchased a Calcaire City off of eBay. It looked ok in photos, some spots and discoloration on the bottom, but for the price I thought it would be a nice project bag to clean and rehab. Some new sealant, a lil bit of leather paint on the dark spots, maybe new cord on the handles, not too crazy right?
Unfortunately the seller lied to me and said the bag had not been redyed, but when I received the bag it had clearly been worked on and the dye was peeling and crackly in areas.
I tried to communicate with the seller to get a return or compensation because clearly they misrepresented the item, but they never responded back to me, and I was not up to a long eBay fight, so I decided to just drop it and do a redye plus rehab of the whole bag.
Now, I am an avid DIYer and have done a lot of painting and dye jobs on other items before, so I thought this would be a similar process. I also read a ton of info on other gals redye jobs on the forums (and especially a great one by kerryisntreal) so I figured, what the heck, lets do this! So here we are, and after seeing the great wealth and knowledge on these forums, I hope you dont mind my small contribution.
Unfortunately the seller lied to me and said the bag had not been redyed, but when I received the bag it had clearly been worked on and the dye was peeling and crackly in areas.
I tried to communicate with the seller to get a return or compensation because clearly they misrepresented the item, but they never responded back to me, and I was not up to a long eBay fight, so I decided to just drop it and do a redye plus rehab of the whole bag.
Now, I am an avid DIYer and have done a lot of painting and dye jobs on other items before, so I thought this would be a similar process. I also read a ton of info on other gals redye jobs on the forums (and especially a great one by kerryisntreal) so I figured, what the heck, lets do this! So here we are, and after seeing the great wealth and knowledge on these forums, I hope you dont mind my small contribution.