u/Golmorejungle

Finally decided to make a gallery with items I think are really cute. I'm looking for suggestions of items to add!

This is still a WIP, I want to add greyscale stuff to fill the transitions at the end (I'm thinking cream, white, light grey, to black). I'm also in the search of baby/pastel pink items.

I'm willing to buy anything within a reasonable amount - cheapies are always exciting to me! If it's particularly expensive (anything generally over 1m that requires TP, auction, etc), I'll definitely add it to my gallery wishlist. I do not want to add any NC items in this gallery if I can help it.

Feel free to look at my gallery here and wishlist here if you'd like to get an idea of what I'm interested in.

Thanks so much for taking the time!!

Hi everyone! First time posting in this subreddit and I'm looking for any guidance or advice on a restoration project I'm taking on. I'm pretty novice and have only had experience with washing and conditioning with leather products I own. Please bear with me as I explain the entirety of my situation because I do think the context is pretty important.

I purchased this vintage YSL Mombasa bag on Vestaire Collective. It was flagged for having "cracked damage" with what the former owner did to "restore" the bag. The cracks didn't seem significant enough in the photos the VC sent to me and I accepted the bag. The bag's original listing photos also didn't seem particularly offensive (see above, the first photo in the carousel). When I received the bag, I basically received the landlord special paint job on the entire exterior of the bag. It smelled heavily of chemicals, was so stiff from all the acrylic paint, and a completely matte texture. I knew that I either had to restore it or pay even more money to have it taken into a cobbler/bag specialist and I decided to take it on myself.

The following photos after the listing photo above show (2) before I removed the paint with an entire tin can of Angelus Leather Preparer and Deglazer. The last 2 photos on the carousel are after I used the entire can of deglazer and conditioned the leather with Leather CPR (possibly twice at this point in the photo? I'm unsure of when in the timeline this was) to give the leather a break. I'm currently on about week 2 of letting the leather take a break. There's still a ton of paint on this bag, but it's significantly less stiff and has some movement back. In the last photo there are parts where the paint is significantly less but it also possibly looks like damage I've done?

My main question is, should I just take the L and take this to a shop to do the rest, or should I keep trying to remove the paint myself with another can of the Angelus Leather Deglazer? And if I decided to move forward with restoring, what products would you recommend with conditioning and finishing the bag? I'm happy to show more photos, including the bag tag on the interior that has the original finish of the bag.

Thanks so much for your time reading this!

Hi everyone! First time posting in this subreddit and I'm looking for any guidance or advice on a restoration project I'm taking on. I'm pretty novice and have only had experience with washing and conditioning with leather products I own. Please bear with me as I explain the entirety of my situation because I do think the context is pretty important.

I purchased this vintage YSL Mombasa bag on Vestaire Collective. It was flagged for having "cracked damage" with what the former owner did to "restore" the bag. The cracks didn't seem significant enough in the photos the VC sent to me and I accepted the bag. The bag's original listing photos also didn't seem particularly offensive (see above, the first photo in the carousel). When I received the bag, I basically received the landlord special paint job on the entire exterior of the bag. It smelled heavily of chemicals, was so stiff from all the acrylic paint, and a completely matte texture. I knew that I either had to restore it or pay even more money to have it taken into a cobbler/bag specialist and I decided to take it on myself.

The following photos after the listing photo above show (2) before I removed the paint with an entire tin can of Angelus Leather Preparer and Deglazer. The last 2 photos on the carousel are after I used the entire can of deglazer and conditioned the leather with Leather CPR (possibly twice at this point in the photo? I'm unsure of when in the timeline this was) to give the leather a break. I'm currently on about week 2 of letting the leather take a break. There's still a ton of paint on this bag, but it's significantly less stiff and has some movement back. In the last photo there are parts where the paint is significantly less but it also possibly looks like damage I've done?

My main question is, should I just take the L and take this to a shop to do the rest, or should I keep trying to remove the paint myself with another can of the Angelus Leather Deglazer? And if I decided to move forward with restoring, what products would you recommend with conditioning and finishing the bag? I'm happy to show more photos, including the bag tag on the interior that has the original finish of the bag.

Thanks so much for your time reading this!

Hi everyone! First time posting in this subreddit and I'm looking for any guidance or advice on a restoration project I'm taking on. I'm pretty novice and have only had experience with washing and conditioning with leather products I own. Please bear with me as I explain the entirety of my situation because I do think the context is pretty important.

I purchased this vintage YSL Mombasa bag on Vestaire Collective. It was flagged for having "cracked damage" with what the former owner did to "restore" the bag. The cracks didn't seem significant enough in the photos the VC sent to me and I accepted the bag. The bag's original listing photos also didn't seem particularly offensive (see above, the first photo in the carousel). When I received the bag, I basically received the landlord special paint job on the entire exterior of the bag. It smelled heavily of chemicals, was so stiff from all the acrylic paint, and a completely matte texture. I knew that I either had to restore it or pay even more money to have it taken into a cobbler/bag specialist and I decided to take it on myself.

The following photos after the listing photo above show (2) before I removed the paint with an entire tin can of Angelus Leather Preparer and Deglazer. The last 2 photos on the carousel are after I used the entire can of deglazer and conditioned the leather with Leather CPR (possibly twice at this point in the photo? I'm unsure of when in the timeline this was) to give the leather a break. I'm currently on about week 2 of letting the leather take a break. There's still a ton of paint on this bag, but it's significantly less stiff and has some movement back. In the last photo there are parts where the paint is significantly less but it also possibly looks like damage I've done?

My main question is, should I just take the L and take this to a shop to do the rest, or should I keep trying to remove the paint myself with another can of the Angelus Leather Deglazer? And if I decided to move forward with restoring, what products would you recommend with conditioning and finishing the bag? I'm happy to show more photos, including the bag tag on the interior that has the original finish of the bag.

Thanks so much for your time reading this!