Black staining on my Coach patent leather wallet
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I purchased a gorgeous Coach Patent Leather handbag in taupe several years ago; I had it stored away for several months as I wanted to save it and not over use it. I took it out one day and was shocked to find a dark purplish mark on it about the size of a nickle and some other minor stains in the same dark purplish-dark blue color...I was certain it was an ink stain from a leaky pen...but the strange thing is the lining was completely unstained! I was upset because this was my fav handbag at the time...tried to remove the stains but the wouldn't budge! Called leather cleaners and asked their advice..they said it's not going to come out. The bottom line is I believe this is some kind of manufacturing flaw with the patent leather...it's deep within the Patent Leather...not on the surface! It's not ink and I don't believe anything "rubbed off" on the handbag. Will never buy another patent leather item from Coach ever again! Ruined a gorgeous classic style handbag!
I know I'm late to this but thought I'd share a Coach experience. I had a number of Madison bags in the Plum Patent from a few years ago. One was stored in a dust bag in my closet for a few months and, when I took it out to use it, I saw it had black marks all over it. Now, I am neurotic with my bags and, like others in this thread, these marks were IN the patent leather, not on it. Obviously, I freaked. My husband took the bag and actually worked the marks out by pushing gently on the surface of the patent leather. Almost like smoothing out bubbles from those screen protectors that we use on our smart phones and tablets. It worked like a charm and all black marks were gone. It does appear to be something in the patent leather process but once I knew how to get rid of the marks they didn't almost give me a heart attack again. Hope someone finds this interesting or helpful.
I had the plum patent Sophia. Luckily this never happened to me. I would have freaked too! I wonder if it only happens in certain conditions, like cold or humidity.
For future reference, if patent comes in contact with other dyes, it can get transferred onto it and may not come out. It is the nature of the beast with that leather. I have a light blue patent wallet with the same markings, it was from being up next to something in my bag. I am glad you were able to get a refund.
You got me worried! I have a Chelsea patent embossed wallet I've never used. I just checked it and it still looks perfect.
I think that often when you get marks on patent they appear as if they are underneath the surface. I've noticed it with coated canvas too. It's like the stain migrates under the surface.