r/VintageCoachRehab

Just found this court bag at a flea market for 40!!!

Been eyeing this bag but noticed that it has a lot of mold and stains. Is it still possible to be removed?

Would you consider her just RED? Thank you! Rachel

tried to clean my first Coach bag from the 2003 spring/summer collection 🐝

this is after multiple Oxiclean soaks, what do you think? is it passable?

Shes a Scout, and one of my least used bags, because she’s a strict crossbody. I’m a top handle and cross body option type of girl!

Decided to give her one last rodeo with a brass chain to see if it makes me like her more. Shes under an enormous amount of pressure this week, lmao.

Pic 1 is after one round of conditioning, pic 2 is right after I grabbed her as my head was exploding over finding a freaking BELMONT SATCHEL in the wild. She was pricey, especially for consignment, but I’ve wanted her for so long! I’m so excited! (Even if she does have some mold scars I didn’t notice until conditioning 😭 Treating for mold tonight!!)

my first personal Coach bag! Now cleaned, condition, and mended. Was a fun project and I hope to do many more! thanks for the advice I’ve gotten from this SubReddit 😁

Steps: I took the hardware out for cleaning with a brass cleaner, sprayed vinegar for mold on the interior, conditioned with Bick 4, washed with saddle soap in segments a week later, shaped it, reconditioned maybe 4 times, used leather cement to fix the broken edges, and added the hardware back in! I got most of my info from a previous post I made on here from other Redditers helpful advice, can't thank yall enough!

previous post link: https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageCoachRehab/comments/1ssnw9q/vintage_coach_bag_restoration_question/

Here’s my little collection!

i recently thrifted this tribeca hobo bag and was really excited for a rehab, however i’m not too confident on how i should tackle her hardware. it’s pretty dirty and has rust(?) on it, and i’m not 100% if it’s brass so im hesitant on using brasso. any advice helps!

Hello!! 👋

I was curious if a stand-alone leather cleaning solution would be safe for this bag (such as Lexol) or if I should play it safe and just use the Bick4 which has the lighter cleaning + conditioning for now? Thoughts? 🙏

The bag has a musty smell to it and some spots I'd like to see about reducing if possible!

Thank you bunches!

I recently just got a pre-1994 convertible clutch (my very first vintage Coach and I am very excited to have her!)

The color seems to be a 'blavy' as I've seen it called before. The bag seemed in good shape so I decided to just stuff/shape it and use some leather CPR. However, when I started putting it on, I noticed the color getting on my hands a little and so I wiped it with a damp cloth which picked up more color.

The color of the bag seems so even and perfectly matched to the zipper fabric so I'm not sure if this is a case of paint, polish, dye, or just normal? Any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated!

hi everyone! i found this vintage stewardess bag at a flea market last weekend. i’ve never rehabbed any bags or leather products before, but i feel like she has potential!

a few questions:

• what’s the best way to get rid of pen marks/ink stains?
• i’m not sure if the dark marks inside the bag is mold or ink. any thoughts?
• i’ve been looking into getting leather filler/glue to fix the torn piping. it seems like i’ll then need to paint over the filler. does anyone have recommendations for a paint color? i haven’t been able to figure out what color the bag is.

thanks for any help! i’m excited to start this project!

Do you all think this can be rehabbed or is it dry rot and forget about it? Thinking about buying.

Looks good to me!! What do you think?

I also posted this in r/VintageCoach:

I scored this pretty City bag on a big internet auction/sales site. She's in decent shape, with a touch of (no big deal to me) the Mold Measles on the bottom.

For now, I'm airing her out for a couple of days before I start with my usual cleaning and conditioning process.

But, what color is she? Stone? Camel? She looks too pale to be British Tan. Any suggestions are most welcome. 🌞

Photos are indoors and outdoors, with a special guest star, a Dominican Republic British Tan Stewardess bag for context.

Hi everyone! I’m hoping to get some advice on how to remove this stain. I got the bag second hand and it had these light green spots (first pic) that I assumed to be water stains. But when I applied a bit of saddle soap and started to scrub, these black splotches appeared to my horror (second pic). I’ve put some baking soda on it and it seems to help a little, but they’re still quite visible. If you have advice please let me know. I really want to salvage this gorgeous bag! Thanks 💕

Hi everyone, I tried a Facebook rehab group for advice and got nothing. Maybe they were like way too many problems. 😆 I have a big project bag in my possession and I haven't done any major restorations. Wanted some input since I do not want to devalue the bag.

1. there is a stain that is on the top flap that clearly went all the way through. Do I dunk it (scary) or do I use a lot of lexol cleaning spray?
2. What should I do about the edges missing?
   Have someone add leather patches or use leather filler and paint?
3. There are punctures on the front flap as if the had sewn a patch or something onto the poor bag. Leather filler and paint?
4. The ink stain. It is what it is and thankfully under the front flap. However, I am afraid if I dunk the bag that it might make the ink spread.

Help Please! I’m a bit scared to touch it aside from the bit of leather glue I used on some of the edges.😩

Thrifted the cutest coach. Looks like a Demi but not too sure. Let me know what you think