Cleaning and Protecting Your Mulberry

[shopaholicmum]

I have used a baby 'wet' wipe to clean the bottom of my fuschia antiqued leather bag to clean a dirty mark off it and worked really well, without removing any colour

 

[Mulberry Peony]

Thanks shopaholicmum! Mine is a bit grubby on two of the bottom corners so will try the babywipes.

 

[travelbunny]

Can we ask questions here too - my bayswater flap caves in the middle when it is closed and it drives me mad, is there anything I can do? It looks like it needs a good iron...

 

[shopaholicmum]

Can we ask questions here too - my bayswater flap caves in the middle when it is closed and it drives me mad, is there anything I can do? It looks like it needs a good iron...

Could you try the 'ice in a bag trick' of MM that Claire L posted?

 

[fuzzyfelt27]

I also have a question, if I may... I want to clean my oak rosemary as some bits are looking quite grubby, what should I use as an all over cleaner to remove the general dirt and perk it up a bit, as it's gone a bit dull?

Thanks in advance!

 

[klp0213]

Fuzzy, I used fragrance-free, all natural baby wipes on my oak Rosie and it worked a treat. Alternatively you can get some Woly cream (not sure of exact name). Snowshoe has used that on many of her bags to salvage them.

 

[fuzzyfelt27]

Fuzzy, I used fragrance-free, all natural baby wipes on my oak Rosie and it worked a treat. Alternatively you can get some Woly cream (not sure of exact name). Snowshoe has used that on many of her bags to salvage them.

Thanks for the tips, I'll give the baby wipes a try first and if that doesn't do the trick, I'll investigate this woly cream! Thank you

 

[klp0213]

^^No problem. Just make sure you have Colloniled the bag before you start cleaning it or applying leather cream to moisturise the leather. I didn't do this with my oak Rosie so one of the top flaps is slightly darker than the other!

 

[fuzzyfelt27]

Oh thanks for the additional tip. Think I only have about half a can of collonil left, and I've yet to treat my bays!

Could someone please also remind of how to get denim stains out of antique leather? I gave it a wipe with a damp cloth which seems to have got most of it off, but there's still a little bit visible - is there anything else I can try?

 

[flyvetjo]

small water marks on darwin- bend and massage the leather between your fingers to disperse.

Scratches on darwin/ NVT leather- rub firmly with dustbag

 

[travelbunny]

Could you try the 'ice in a bag trick' of MM that Claire L posted?

Yeah I might - worth a try!!

 

[mulberrymania]

DON'T iron it !

 

[bagcrazy123]

For worn off corners (NOT leather bags!): Quote:"If the piping is a plastic type of material, polish doesn't stick to it for very long. I have superglued one of my corners to stop it worsening and then used an indellible marker pen to cover up the piping (the bag was black and the piping white in this instance). " Thanks Jazzy for this tip!

 

[bagcrazy123]

Mombug posted this tip on another thread for blue stains caused by rubbing against dark jeans: I used some collonil gel and got most of the heavy stuff out, then I used a collonil soft gum and removed most of it.

 

[fuzzyfelt27]

Mombug posted this tip on another thread for blue stains caused by rubbing against dark jeans: I used some collonil gel and got most of the heavy stuff out, then I used a collonil soft gum and removed most of it.

Thanks bagcrazy. Does anyone know if the gel and gum are available in uk and if so, where from? TIA