Has any one ever had the leather around the top zipper start to flake off. I received a vintage Chanel from my mother in law. It had not been kept in a dust bag and was very dusty. I tried to clean it with a sort cloth moistened with a little water. Since then, the leather in that area is literally flaking off. I don't know if it was very dry and I rubbed I little to aggressive trying to get in the creases. The bag has a top zipper. How do I stop the flaking. I hope I haven't ruined the whole bag. I feel sick about it. Any help will be so appreciated. Thank you. (Obviously, this is my first Chanel bag)
Chanel Lambskin - how do I clean it/care for it?
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Hi t guys.. I have a pink mini and it is starting to look dirty..... I am in Aus so Chanel doesnt offer any cleaning service.. I was wondering if anyone can advise a product to use on it gently. .. i don't mind if it isnt 100% I just want some improvement... Thanks!
There are a few products you can use. Cadillac boot and shoe cream is one, Meltonian also has a cleaning cream, and a delicate polish as well. Always try a product in an inconspicuous place first and let it dry before doing your whole bag, and apply the product to a clean cotton cloth, not directly to your bag.
I am waiting for the metallic gray jumbo to arrive. I have several jumbo lambskins but not in metallic. I clean them with the Cadillac boot/shoe cream and it does a great job. Can I use this also on the metallic lambskin? If I do need to take it to the Chanel Spa can they refurbish the metallic lambskin?
Usually metallics cannot be refurbished by Chanel; this is the one bad thing about metallics. I'd also not be keen on using products on them either, as they are treated with the metallic coating.
The metallic is a treatment to the leather, kind of like how patent leather is a treatment over leather, which also can't be refurbished.
Ok thank u for the info! Now I know two leathers I wouldn't buy r patent and metallic
There are a few products you can use. Cadillac boot and shoe cream is one, Meltonian also has a cleaning cream, and a delicate polish as well. Always try a product in an inconspicuous place first and let it dry before doing your whole bag, and apply the product to a clean cotton cloth, not directly to your bag.
Hi, thanks for that. Is this the cadillac show cream?? I live in Australia and we do not have this or the meltonian and this was all I coud find on ebay....
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There are a few products you can use. Cadillac boot and shoe cream is one, Meltonian also has a cleaning cream, and a delicate polish as well. Always try a product in an inconspicuous place first and let it dry before doing your whole bag, and apply the product to a clean cotton cloth, not directly to your bag.
I did a search on caring for my Vintage Lambskin Blk. Flap and found this thread. I applied the product and it worked well.
But....My cloth is now black where I rubbed the black (not faintly either) and I'm really concerned. It has been 3 months since I purchased the Flap on Bonz. and have only used it one time. I have no idea what this "black" residue is nor have I ever applied anything else to the leather. Does this sound like the bag has been dyed maybe in the past or does this sound like some sort of shoe polish has been applied before I purchased?
Thanks for any suggestions!
There are a few products you can use. Cadillac boot and shoe cream is one, Meltonian also has a cleaning cream, and a delicate polish as well. Always try a product in an inconspicuous place first and let it dry before doing your whole bag, and apply the product to a clean cotton cloth, not directly to your bag.
Here's a photo of the cloth:
I have been using Apple Guard cleanser/conditioner on my Chanel pink cambon bags and wallets for years now. I also bought two different colored pink and one white small bottles of leather dye and mix them together to get the perfect pink color and have touched up the piping on the wallets and tiny parts of the bottom of my pink reporter bag. It was a trade and the person abused it. The leather dye makes the wallets look perfect again. Even after two-three years there is no color coming off when I clean my bags.
It might be shoe polish. If the bag was dyed I think if you look very closely at it, especially around any hardware you might notice color residue? Can you take it to Chanel or a cobbler and ask them if the purse was dyed? Does color rub off on your clothing?
It might be shoe polish. If the bag was dyed I think if you look very closely at it, especially around any hardware you might notice color residue? Can you take it to Chanel or a cobbler and ask them if the purse was dyed? Does color rub off on your clothing?
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