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#451
juliet827 said:
Has anyone ever tried the Saphir Crème Surfine or the Medaille D'Or shea butter neutral polish? I have both but haven't tried them because they have beeswax, but they're supposed to give a great shine. Just curious....I ordered the Saphir Renovateur (thank you, Jadeite, Duna, and Grace Kelly!) but I wondered if one of these neutral polishes after the renovateur might give a glossy shine? A bit scared to try, since they have wax, solvents, etc. What do you think?
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I wouldn't use a wax product on box calf if you ever want to spa it. Your craftsperson will yell at you for getting the coating on the bag.....I have seen it happen :p
 
#454
:wondering
QuelleFromage said:
I wouldn't use a wax product on box calf if you ever want to spa it. Your craftsperson will yell at you for getting the coating on the bag.....I have seen it happen :p
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Thank you for the warning! I use ' doc's method' and can testify that it does indeed turn bags waterproof. It rains a lot here - and sometimes very heavily, as much as I try not to get caught out, it happens and I am much happier waterproofing.bhaving said that, I would only do this to older vintage bags, not sure I'd have the nerve to try it on a brand new box.
As far as colour is concerned is there a code anywhere to identify exact colour, anyone knows?
 
#455
juliet827 said:
Has anyone ever tried the Saphir Crème Surfine or the Medaille D'Or shea butter neutral polish? I have both but haven't tried them because they have beeswax, but they're supposed to give a great shine. Just curious....I ordered the Saphir Renovateur (thank you, Jadeite, Duna, and Grace Kelly!) but I wondered if one of these neutral polishes after the renovateur might give a glossy shine? A bit scared to try, since they have wax, solvents, etc. What do you think?
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i used shoe polish with beeswax regularly on all my boxcalf, both newer (store bought in 2012) and older box calf..beeswax is the ingredient that protects the leather from water. i bought the shoe polish from my local supermarket. and my boxcalf bags have been caught in heavy rain and survived unscathed. the trick is to know how to polish though. it can dull the patina (but it will come back!). use very little and keep buffing.

H has accepted my boxcalf bags for spa too..no issues.
 
#456
gracekelly said:
I agree with this. I stick with the known as it works, has not harmed anything ever and can be used on many different designer brands.
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chincac said:
i used shoe polish with beeswax regularly on all my boxcalf, both newer (store bought in 2012) and older box calf..beeswax is the ingredient that protects the leather from water. i bought the shoe polish from my local supermarket. and my boxcalf bags have been caught in heavy rain and survived unscathed. the trick is to know how to polish though. it can dull the patina (but it will come back!). use very little and keep buffing.

H has accepted my boxcalf bags for spa too..no issues.
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Thanks, GK and chincac. I use the Saphir neutral cream on my shoes, but I think I will hold off on using it on my box bags. Wax is so tricky. I love the smell (weird?) and love polishing, but every time I have tried to polish an antique table or whatever I mess it up.Don't even get me started on when I tried to french polish my dining room table....total disaster. I ordered the Renovateur and will wait for that- I've only used Blackrock's and am curious to see how it compares!:smile1:
 
#457
ladysarah said:
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Thank you for the warning! I use ' doc's method' and can testify that it does indeed turn bags waterproof. It rains a lot here - and sometimes very heavily, as much as I try not to get caught out, it happens and I am much happier waterproofing.bhaving said that, I would only do this to older vintage bags, not sure I'd have the nerve to try it on a brand new box.
As far as colour is concerned is there a code anywhere to identify exact colour, anyone knows?
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(waves to Sarah) Hi Sarah- I don't think there's a code on the bags themselves to identify the color, but there definitely is one. I think there's a list in Reference, and on all my receipts for bags there's a code next to the color. I could be wrong about the bags, but I don't think so. :heart:
 
#458
chincac said:
i used shoe polish with beeswax regularly on all my boxcalf, both newer (store bought in 2012) and older box calf..beeswax is the ingredient that protects the leather from water. i bought the shoe polish from my local supermarket. and my boxcalf bags have been caught in heavy rain and survived unscathed. the trick is to know how to polish though. it can dull the patina (but it will come back!). use very little and keep buffing.

H has accepted my boxcalf bags for spa too..no issues.
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Ahhh. Now I'm tempted to experiment with one of my vintages.
 
#459
juliet827 said:
(waves to Sarah) Hi Sarah- I don't think there's a code on the bags themselves to identify the color, but there definitely is one. I think there's a list in Reference, and on all my receipts for bags there's a code next to the color. I could be wrong about the bags, but I don't think so. :heart:
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Thanks Juliet, good to know that. I am off to Paris this week so wish me all the best.
doc's method worked really well for waterproofing my vintage, I can vouch for that. However there is danger that in untrained hands will use too much product. I mastered the method by polishing my husband's shoes,:D before my skills were transferred to Hermes.
 
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chincac said:
i used shoe polish with beeswax regularly on all my boxcalf, both newer (store bought in 2012) and older box calf..beeswax is the ingredient that protects the leather from water. i bought the shoe polish from my local supermarket. and my boxcalf bags have been caught in heavy rain and survived unscathed. the trick is to know how to polish though. it can dull the patina (but it will come back!). use very little and keep buffing.

H has accepted my boxcalf bags for spa too..no issues.
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Good to know that thank you. You are right that the trick is knowing how to polish.
 
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