Any bad experiences with Appleguard?
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I would encourage you to just let your bag patina naturally. If you truly struggle with this, set it outside for an hour or so and the sun will help it along.
If we needed to treat the leather, LV would recommend it, imo. I used Applegarde and it added a coating that felt grimy and permanently darkened the leather in a way that looked dirty. I followed the directions! The bag was NEW!
I then spent $500+ to replace the leather on the bag.
I left my other bag with vachetta alone and it looks perfect. So….don’t recommend.
If we needed to treat the leather, LV would recommend it, imo. I used Applegarde and it added a coating that felt grimy and permanently darkened the leather in a way that looked dirty. I followed the directions! The bag was NEW!
I then spent $500+ to replace the leather on the bag.
I left my other bag with vachetta alone and it looks perfect. So….don’t recommend.
I’ve used Collonil Carbon Pro spray which is a similar gig and had no problems whatsoever. Even if you spray heavily there are no stains at all once it has dried (although it does look a bit scary whilst drying so don’t be alarmed). Absolutely perfect by morning and ready to go if you leave it overnight.
Do they still have some patina. Or the vachetta remains same pale color. I was also thinking i let it develop some patina then consider treating so that it does not look completely pale.
I agree with OCMomof3 that it's not recommended by LV. But I also agree with the other comments that I've done it on all my vachetta and haven't had any issues. I might be in the minority since I like the really light vachetta. I think the apple garde may slow the process but I typically use it to prevent the water spots.
I have successfully applied Apple Guard to all vachetta parts of LV bags, light colored leather sneakers, and suede material. Application did not accelerate the patina process or create texture.
I get you. It truly needs a lot of courage to use some product on bags that LV itself does not recommend
So you used it on bags immediately out of the box? Can you share any particular method on using this product
I have. I cover the canvas portion of the bag with paper towel, spray the vachetta from about 12 inches away, let it dry and repeat. I usually put on 3 coats. As another poster mentioned, it looks dark when it's wet but then it dries the same light color. Once it is dry, I usually clean any spray off the canvas and hardware with a baby wipe (water wipe, no alcohol, no perfume, etc). There are You Tube videos on how to apply it. One that comes to mind is by Shea Whitney.
I have also used apple guard on my Ugg and Timberland suede boots - camel colored. Both dried as of nothing was applied and helped minimize stain on shoes.