Case question

[Gilbertfan81]

About 4 years ago my wife bought me an extremely nice 3x7 instroke buffalo case. It has to be the nicest production case ever. Well I've got two problems. Last night I sat my case down and it fell over. On closer inspection one of the legs has broken off. It didn't come loose , the plastic leg actually broke off. How or who can I have to fix this. Second issue I've let my son use my case for the last few months and he got a little bit over zealous. He put an adhesive cue maker patch on the font of the lid and the glue stained it. How can I get these issues fixed, by who, and what would the cost be.
Thanks

 

[JB Cases]

About 4 years ago my wife bought me an extremely nice 3x7 instroke buffalo case. It has to be the nicest production case ever. Well I've got two problems. Last night I sat my case down and it fell over. On closer inspection one of the legs has broken off. It didn't come loose , the plastic leg actually broke off. How or who can I have to fix this.

You can get replacement feet from Ohio Travel Bag. You have to take the bottom off and replace it with a split rivet that you will fold over on the backside of the bottom piece.

I can fix it but the cost of shipping it back and forth plus the $20 I charge might be more than you feel it's worth.

Second issue I've let my son use my case for the last few months and he got a little bit over zealous. He put an adhesive cue maker patch on the font of the lid and the glue stained it. How can I get these issues fixed, by who, and what would the cost be.
Thanks

This one is trickier. You can use packing tape to try and get as much of the glue off as possible. Then you can use something like rubbing alcohol to remove the rest. Use a terry cloth rag that you will throw away. It will get gummed up quickly so keep changing to clean parts of the rag. Even if you get all the glue off the place where the patch was may remain discolored and noticeable. Try cleaning it with a suede cleaner available online and at shoe shops.

 

[Gilbertfan81]

John
You rock. Thanks for the info and sharing your knowledge.

 

[ctyhntr]

Check with your local shoe repair guy. The ones around here also work on handbags, luggage and other leather goods.

 

[JB Cases]

Just wanted to add this here where it can help others. Jack sent you some of his feet and offered his advice in another thread. I have a little to add to that advice:

Hi Justin,

Hope you enjoy the case.

I inlcuded 6 bottom bumpers for you instroke. Just remove the original bumpers and hammer in the new ones. This way you wont' have to remove the bottom of the case.

Removing the sticky contact cement is better off left alone. I would suggest leaving the current patch in place or replacing it with something else. The damage was done the day the patch was installed. Trying to remove it at this stage is just going to make matters worse. Trust me on this one.

Just a quick FYI on the Instroke feet. They are held in with a split rivet. While they can sometimes be removed by prying them out or pulling the foot without damaging the bottom it is also possible to split the bottom if they are forcibly removed. It is safer to remove the bottom piece and pry the rivet flaps up to loosen them.

I would recommend going slowly and if you encounter too much resistance then take the bottom off.

Also to add about nailing the new feet from Jack into the bottom. You want to be really careful there as well because the bottom piece on an Instroke is thin and could be easily split by nailing. I really recommend drilling tiny pilot holes to insure that this does not happen and stay away from the holes left by the removal of the original feet. We use sewing machine needles to make pilot holes for our nails. They can be chucked up into most drills.

Regarding the patch nothing is lost by trying to remove the glue residue. At the end of it if you try to remove it and are not satisfied then Jack's advice to put something over it still works. However you might find that you can successfully remove the residue and end up with a result that you can live with.

If you want to send me a picture I can give you better advice because the Instroke buffalo model has used various leathers over the years from oil tan to light suede.

 

[barking4action]

Just wanted to add this here where it can help others. Jack sent you some of his feet and offered his advice in another thread. I have a little to add to that advice:



Just a quick FYI on the Instroke feet. They are held in with a split rivet. While they can sometimes be removed by prying them out or pulling the foot without damaging the bottom it is also possible to split the bottom if they are forcibly removed. It is safer to remove the bottom piece and pry the rivet flaps up to loosen them.

I would recommend going slowly and if you encounter too much resistance then take the bottom off.

Also to add about nailing the new feet from Jack into the bottom. You want to be really careful there as well because the bottom piece on an Instroke is thin and could be easily split by nailing. I really recommend drilling tiny pilot holes to insure that this does not happen and stay away from the holes left by the removal of the original feet. We use sewing machine needles to make pilot holes for our nails. They can be chucked up into most drills.

Regarding the patch nothing is lost by trying to remove the glue residue. At the end of it if you try to remove it and are not satisfied then Jack's advice to put something over it still works. However you might find that you can successfully remove the residue and end up with a result that you can live with.

If you want to send me a picture I can give you better advice because the Instroke buffalo model has used various leathers over the years from oil tan to light suede.

Your always here to help ! I'm on Johns team!!! Check out my badass case made by him.