Vintage Train Case

Is it just me, or is anyone else in love with vintage suitcases? Its problibly just me, but if you are obsessed too, then your gonna love this post. Ok so my latest vintage find is this beautiful grey/blue train case.

But sadly, this beautiful piece of luggage did not come in the condition you see here. When I first got my hands on it, it looked a little something like this.

It pained me to see my newest find abused like this, so I got to work. First off, I started to clean off the outside . I was very conflicted about how to clean it though. I didn't want to ruin it, so I played it safe. I took some water with a few squirts of dish soap, and carefully used that to scrub the outside of the case with a paint sponge. (I was too worried an actual sponge might scratch it.)

And I'm so happy with how the outside turned out!

I wasn't done yet though. So your problibly wondering, what about the inside? Well the answer to that was the inside was in beautiful perfect condition.

(ps those are just scrap peices of fabric)

Well almost perfect condition. The only thing wrong with the inside was that it had that old gross smell to it. But I was determined to restore this peice completely, so getting rid of the smell was a must. 

First I looked on Pinterest for some home remedies for the stench. The first option I found was cat liter. So I poured it into a bowl, placed it in the case, and let it sit for 2 days. It didn't work. So then I was on to solution #2, baking soda. So I did the same with the baking soda, and it worked! There is still barely a scent, but most of it is gone. 

Once I got the smell out, I wanted to make it smell good, so I placed some t bags in it, and let it air out. 

Now my train case is all fixed up and ready to be taken on adventures!

Until next time, stay beautiful!

Love, 

Theresa