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Leather is a natural material widely used to make items such as jackets, bags and fashion accessories. It is a...
Leather is a natural material that can be dyed or left in its natural state. Often used to make quality clothing and...
Among handcrafted leather bags, a true symbol of the tradition of made in Italy, white leather bags have also made a comeback, an accessory that new trends have made perfect for every season, freeing this model from a strictly summer use.
However, these bags, because of their particular colour, can often get stained, dirty or discoloured, especially if you wear jeans or dark garments made of fabrics that tend to transfer colour.
Here are a few tips on how to clean a white leather bag and how to make a bag stained by jeans look like new again.
White leather bags, a classic of the women's outfits of years gone by, have come back into fashion in many versions, from the more classic models, with the baguette shape and showy buckles, to bucket bags, to the wider messenger bags, right up to tiny clutches, ideal also for elegant and formal occasions.
White leather bags have returned to the catwalks of the great fashion brands, and what is surprising is that when we talk about white it is never a single or monotonous colour, but many shades from ivory to cream.
However, white leather bags tend to get dirty easily: that is why it is important to know how to treat them and how to make them look like new again.
Leather is a natural and resistant material, but it must be treated with care, also because stains can be difficult to remove.
To clean a leather bag you can use a damp cloth to rub gently over the surface, a cotton ball with a small amount of cleansing milk or a soft cloth with a little petroleum jelly, which also helps to soften the leather. It is advisable to start cleaning from a small point on the bag to check that it does not get ruined, because every leather, especially if dyed by hand, can react in a certain way.
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To prevent stains, it is good to clean leather bags at least a couple of times a year using a neutral hand cream. Furthermore, never leave a bag to dry in the sun or near a heat source: the leather, in fact, would tend to harden.
How to clean the leather of white bags? White leather bags require greater attention and it is important to choose the right products that are at the same time gentle and stain-removing.
A mixture of baking soda and milk, for example, is perfect for cleaning and degreasing leather and is slightly abrasive, perfect for removing stains. The mix should be left to act for a few minutes, removed gently with a soft brush, and the surface should be gone over again with a chamois cloth.
When white leather bags have rather stubborn stains, you can use an eraser. In fact, both the classic one and the so-called "kneaded eraser" are used to make corrections on canvases for oil and tempera painting and are able to remove even resistant substances.
Jeans are a comfortable and practical garment, but this fabric tends to transfer its colour, and you often find yourself dealing with a bag stained by jeans, especially if it is a light-coloured leather model. By mixing 1/3 whitening bleach with 2/3 hot water and gently rubbing the surface of the bag with a cloth slightly dampened with this solution, the jeans colour should come off. However, if the leather bag is treated, it is better to opt instead for a mix of liquid soap and hot water.
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