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#108
I have my 6 year old speedy. I wanna clean the dirt off the already patina of the handles with this famous sock trick lol. Will post a before n after photo for sure! I had never conditioned it or treated it.
 
#110
Coachie1975 said:
Thank you so much for this info, OP! I bought a Delightful 1 1/2 years ago. I didn't do any sort of treatment on her handle and was super careful when carrying her....never out in the rain, no hand lotion, would carry in the crook of my arm stead of hand held....still ended up with a few water spots and some black underneath the handle. I set her out in the sun a few days ago and read your suggestions last night. I gently wet the handle and trim and it turned out beautifully!! It's a tad darker but more even all over. I'm so happy!
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Love to pics on how it turned out. Too anxious to try it.
 
#111
yumigirl said:
Just did this with my odeon. A little nerve-wracking doing the wipedown with the wet sock but everything's even and I am looking forward to an even and clean-looking patina months/years from now.

I compared it with my totally that was treated with LMB. LMB seems to make the vachetta darker quicker but the color looks even as well. It will be interesting to see the difference/s down the road between the two purses treated differently.
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Post some pics. Like I said before, too anxious I'll screw it up. Love my bag and don't want to mess it up when I just got it.
 
#112
jessicasimpson said:
Have you cleaned your bag yet :)) excited to see photos
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it cleaned some of the dirt that i saw come off. But as u can tell in the after photo. There is prob real dark stain from oils etc accumulated over the years that didnt come off. But im sure if i did this process earlier n cleaned the handles could have been alot cleaner. Im gonna use the leather cleaner when i get it to see the after results. To be continued... Haha
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#113
Purselovn said:
it cleaned some of the dirt that i saw come off. But as u can tell in the after photo. There is prob real dark stain from oils etc accumulated over the years that didnt come off. But im sure if i did this process earlier n cleaned the handles could have been alot cleaner. Im gonna use the leather cleaner when i get it to see the after results. To be continued... Haha
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It doesn't look bad considering its 6 years old. Maybe I should really take the plunge and do it.
 
#114
Purselovn said:
it cleaned some of the dirt that i saw come off. But as u can tell in the after photo. There is prob real dark stain from oils etc accumulated over the years that didnt come off. But im sure if i did this process earlier n cleaned the handles could have been alot cleaner. Im gonna use the leather cleaner when i get it to see the after results. To be continued... Haha
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Maybe it's the lighting but I do see a noticeable difference, your handles after do look a lot cleaner !
 
#115
So today I decided to do this on my galliera pm to even up the patina. Mind you I recently cleaned and conditioned it with the LMB kit before I put it away this winter. Since then I've maybe used it 4-5 times. I didn't think to take a before pic because I didn't think it would be that dirty. I was wrong! Here's a pic of the cloth I used. I only used the one corner but I folded it over for a comparison. Ill post pics of my bag once its dried and buffed. ImageUploadedByPurseForum1370538498.954590.jpg
 
#117
The dirt really does come off with this technique and the vachetta dried nicely n quickly. I saw the same dirt that came off on the sock. Im wondering if it is fine to do this more frquent than every 3 months?
 
#119
Here's my 1yr old galliera. Treated x2 with LMB (most recently in Nov or Dec, dont remember for sure) and then using the suggested method by the "patina champ" earlier this morning. Lol ;)

I think the patina looks more even now (the pics look lighter than it is, it's more of a honey patina) It did darken up just a little but I'm fine with that. When I got it out of the closet today I thought it looked a little dry but now it no longer does. Overall I'm very happy with it!
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