Hi there, I am new here and found this thread the other night when I was in bed kind of half asleep. When I went to look for it again (3 days ago), I could not find it! This was exactly what I was looking for. You folks know so much!!!!
So, I have some coach bags in need of rehab and I am thinking this is going to become somewhat of a little side business.. I have tons of friends excited about me fixing their bags and are willing to pay... so I am willing to do....
As I am searching around for what products to use on the internet, I am quite overwhelmed. So, that is when I came here. So here is what I am doing for the most part: I have some old coach bags that have color rub off on edges, bottoms, straps. Most of them just need touchups, But I do have one in particular, that could probably use a complete dye job, leather is super dry and old color is worn off and leather is brown underneather the black... ick. So, my questions are these: Note, I am completely new at this but am a refinisher of furniture and such so I am familiar somewhat with applications of various sorts of stains, paints, etc.
Are there any dye touch up "pens"??? (im thinking no, but want to ask anyway)
If I want to do a complete dye job, I assume use oil fieblings (from what i read on here) and would I need to use a "deglazer" that I have heard about on here?ok, so I have to admit, I took an old beat up bag with tons of color loss and coated it with kiwi leather dye and it looks great... but very flat. Now im wondering if I should re do it after reading about everything here about fieblings. And, I have not sealed it yet. Do you think I should re do it or just seal it and it will be fine?
MOST OF MY PROJECTS WILL BE BLACK, NAVY OR BROWN.
If I have a super old dry bag, should I deeply condition first prior to dyeing, and what conditioner? I keep hearing about blackrocks on THE PURSE FORUM.
Sealing--to me the most important part. Spinner, I am with you on this. I want to apply a good seal since bags are worn on the body. I want to have a luster when I am done but not a hard \plastic like finish. I keep hearing about resolene, but I am afraid it will be too hard of a finish from what I hear from some...
And, ideas for fillers? I have some little gouges on some bags... I have attached a pic of one of those, as well examples of some color I would like to replace on a couple of bags.
Also, I am a mom with three kids, one disabled. I love my projects, but need them to be efficiently executed.. so I dont want to buff for 4 hours (one poster said this and I panicked). So, I need the expertise of all of you. I literally need step by step directions for this. If it already exists on here, lead me. The options of everything involving leather are endless it seems! i want to spend my money wisely and not go through tons of products searching for the right ones for my bags. And most of all, I want the leather to remain soft and supple with a slight luster.
Additionally, has anyone used this product called "Leather refinisher"? it seems to come in tons of colors. I cant find any reviews..... its on amazon, ebay... sounds great, but not sure.. it seems to dye and condition in one step??? I will find a link and post.
Lastly, where is the best place to buy the products, once I have my list of items I will need?
I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HELP. I AM EXCITED TO GET STARTED AND LOVE TO REHAB OLD THINGS INSTEAD OF BUYING NEW. THANKS!!!
