epluribuskirby
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Got a 561 yesterday. Thought I had a nice vintage bag. Tried to pull it off to start the cleaning process. Clearly it had been ridden hard and put away wet.
old bag. what would you do?
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epluribuskirby
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old bag. what would you do?
The spring in the bottom is rusted and there was a good amount of corrosion in the emtor. There's a couple of small tears from where corrsion had glued it to the emtor. Aside from a little fading and the roughly 5 pounds of dirt the rest of the bag is in reasonable condition.
The spring in the bottom is rusted and there was a good amount of corrosion in the emtor. There's a couple of small tears from where corrsion had glued it to the emtor. Aside from a little fading and the roughly 5 pounds of dirt the rest of the bag is in reasonable condition.
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old bag. what would you do?
Cleaned up the nozzle this evening and it's already looking decent. The question of course is would any of you take a chance on washing the bag, or maybe vacuum it inside and out and hang it on the wall? Or should I just leave it as is and hang it?
michael
Cleaned up the nozzle this evening and it's already looking decent. The question of course is would any of you take a chance on washing the bag, or maybe vacuum it inside and out and hang it on the wall? Or should I just leave it as is and hang it?
michael
ultralux88
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I do know these can be repaired. What's been done before is to rip out the stitching holding the spring in and pull the material out. Then you can remove the ruined spring as well as trim the bag cloth back a bit past the destroyed area and sew in a new spring or some strong elastic material.
I myself wouldn't chance washing the bag. I did that with an original bag from a 516 model. Bag held up but did deteriorate the silk screening to some degree. That was on a woolen cycle that is a short cycle and soaks more than aggitates and cold water.
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old bag, new idea
Thank you ultralux88. What you said made me go through my pile of old bags until I found an extremely faded Tradition bag which had either been repaired or originally made by sewing the spring into a separate strip of material which was sewn to the bottom of the bag. All I've got to do now is dig my old Pfaff out of storage and get busy. Just like piping only stretchy.
Thank you ultralux88. What you said made me go through my pile of old bags until I found an extremely faded Tradition bag which had either been repaired or originally made by sewing the spring into a separate strip of material which was sewn to the bottom of the bag. All I've got to do now is dig my old Pfaff out of storage and get busy. Just like piping only stretchy.
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old bag, old silk screening.
Uhhh, hhhmmm. Well, I took a big chance on account of the silk screening hasn't flaked anywhere and still feels soft and pliable. As you can see the bag is definitely faded but the logo looks great.
michael
Uhhh, hhhmmm. Well, I took a big chance on account of the silk screening hasn't flaked anywhere and still feels soft and pliable. As you can see the bag is definitely faded but the logo looks great.
michael
ultralux88
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Glad I could give some help, but I can't take credit for the idea!
