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| Resurrect Your Cashed Out Coach
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| Added on 02/25/07 by
Betsy
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So, it's been a while.
Worry not, I have been out there hitting it hard and gathering intelligence for the benefit of the people, and I had a number of fantastic discoveries.
After years of selling Coach bags, I am well versed in the degradation of Coach leather. For some reason they don't put feet on their bags.
My theory is that by not putting feet on their bags- the bags look crappy within a few months and you have to go get a new one.
The bottoms of used Coach bags look like Aunt Edna's elbows- all dry and gray- itchy spots is what they really look like but I of course can't put that in my ebay listings.
So for years in my listings I have included the following phrase "The bottom-a typical wear spot for Coach bags- is in good used condition with only light rubbing" or "excellent rarely carried condition".
You can always tell how much a leather Coach was carried by the condition of the bottom.
A few weeks ago I found a black Coach Court bag on the Goodwill purse rack for 2.99- most likely because it had a lot of surface wear. The leather was not worn through just had the finish rubbed off from use.
So I figured what the hell and I did something I have wanted to do to Aunt Edna's elbows for a very long time.
I Kiwi'd the hell out of it.
If you have never heard of Kiwing let me clue you in.
Go to Target buy a bottle of black Kiwi shoe polish and do like Mr. Miyagi said- Wax On Wax Off.
Just smear it on, wait a sec and buff it with a washcloth.
It ruins the washcloth but resurrects the Coach from worn out Goodwill garbage to Ebay cash.
You can get Kiwi in a rainbow of colors at leather/shoe repair joints but Target only carries black, brown, neutral and some weird red color.
I bought the neutral and tried it on a green station bag but it really didn't do much.
The black is best- I will try to get some pics up but you should totally try this at home.
Coach sells a leather conditioner and cleaner but in my experience they don't do much and they are like $10 a bottle.
Tags: Coach Bag  , Coach Wallet , Coach Leather , Coach Outlet , Coach Repair |
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What works even better, is something called "shoe dye". It is absorbed by the leather and if applied and buffed properly won't rub off on the new owners cloths. Follow the dye up with a leather softner/conditioner product and the bag appears (almost) new!
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Posted by: Patience at:
12:05am 08/17/2008 |
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