Chanel Lambskin - how do I clean it/care for it?

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Luna_Prima said:
Yes I'm in TO. I believe you are referring to Kaner (same building where winners is). I used to take all my loubis at him for the sole protector but last time I was dissapointed as I took a pair of Daffs to get them coloured from brown to black and when I got them back the leather was so scratched :( and the black had gotten on the sole :((( but for the sole protector he is a pro. So I'm kinda afraid because it's lamb and the leather gets scratched so easily. But I did use the Michael Kors leather cleaner and it worked a little bit... Thank you anyways :))
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It was the other one Luna Prima. Haven't been there in years Bay Bloor Shoe & Handbag repair in the little walk through mall between Bay & Belair. Hermes recommended them as well as Chanel. Holts & Harry Rosen sent their repairs there too. Check and see if there are masses of bags & boxes on the floor not sure if they still do the repairs for those stores now.


So sorry about you had problems w/ Kaner. It's sad when something you value and try to maintain gets damaged by a repair person. Sigh!

Years ago Chanel on Bloor recommend Meltonian All Purpose Cleaner & Conditioner, the manager brought out his own bottle and showed me what to get. Thanks for the MK recommendation I'll look for that too.
 
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Hello,i recently made this purchase and I was planning on sending it to the spa but I guess they don't really do that anymore? Any recommendations as far as conditioner or maybe a place to send it? I think I read something about a leather Doctor? Not sure exactly where that is but here are some pics of the bag...
I think this area has the most wear esp the corners
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The leather on the strap isn't the greatest either but maybe some conditioning will fix it?
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The back has a little bit of color transfer but again, doesn't seem that bad to me...what do you guys think?
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And the front corner has some creases. Any idea what I could do to that corner?
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I'm really excited about this purchase and the condition doesn't seem THAT bad but I would like to know if there's anything that I could do to fix it or have it fixed. Thank you!!!
 
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verychic555 said:
Hi ladies,
I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right place but I have two chanel bags with leather parts. I have no idea what type of leather they are as it is not mentioned on the box. The purple one is three years old. It has some minor scratches on the inside leather part (outside is velvet). I haven't used anything on it so far. The second one has hair in the front and leather in the back. It is three months old and has two minor scratches. I'm usually very gentle with them. I'm confused reading about a product then some other poster mentioning it is harsh. Any ideas/recommendations on what type of leather they can be and how to care for them. Do I just leave them alone? Thanks.
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You may call Chanel and give them your bags hologram serial number then they will be able to tell you what type of leather used....I did it once to know my seasonal,s leather ! Home this helps !
 
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purplepoodles said:
It was the other one Luna Prima. Haven't been there in years Bay Bloor Shoe & Handbag repair in the little walk through mall between Bay & Belair. Hermes recommended them as well as Chanel. Holts & Harry Rosen sent their repairs there too. Check and see if there are masses of bags & boxes on the floor not sure if they still do the repairs for those stores now.


So sorry about you had problems w/ Kaner. It's sad when something you value and try to maintain gets damaged by a repair person. Sigh!

Years ago Chanel on Bloor recommend Meltonian All Purpose Cleaner & Conditioner, the manager brought out his own bottle and showed me what to get. Thanks for the MK recommendation I'll look for that too.
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Thank you SOOO much for the info! I have found that place on Yelp so will def go there so I can have this bag services.

I went to the Chanel in Yorkdale and I asked one of the SA of they would ship bags from Canada to the Chanel Spa in US and she gave me a look like I was crazy ... :( she told me
Chanel didn't have on :@ I was surprised as I have read here on the forum that there's actually one and that ppl are very happy with their service.

Anyhow... My experience at Chanel in Yorkdale was not very pleasant. She basically told me that my bag was trash and that I couldn't do anything about it...
 
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Does anyone know what can to done to "puff" out the bag when it starts to flatten? I've had this lambskin woc for about a year, and I've tried to look after it the best that I can (eg, not lying it on its side). It looks so tired already ImageUploadedByPurseForum1453304323.300447.jpg
 
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iamlovingit said:
Does anyone know what can to done to "puff" out the bag when it starts to flatten? I've had this lambskin woc for about a year, and I've tried to look after it the best that I can (eg, not lying it on its side). It looks so tired already View attachment 3247120
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Buy the A3 Kit from the Leather Doctor. I just got one myself to restore the pufiness of my medium Chanel flap bag. Here is one of the posts on their site explaining the steps on how to use the kit. If you go to their Chanel bags sub-forum, you will see many posts on this exact subject and if you still have any questions, Roger will be more than happy to answer them.

http://www.leathercleaningrestorationforum.com/forum/showthread.php?10529-Chanel-Puffiness-of-Vintage-Chanel-bag-Quilting-Flattened-%96-How-to-revive-the-puffiness-of-the-quilting
 
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Hello everyone!

I just bought my first Chanel classic flap, and got it in black caviar leather but have seen some YT reviews that show how their bags start to wear off on the corners, and when I see older lamsking bags this does not happen (of course they scratch more and get flat but it seems that the quality of the leather is better). What do you think about this?

Anyone that has older (5+ years) both lambskin and caviar bags that can talk to me about her/his experience with them?

Thank you :D
 
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