Help! My poor bag...

[jen87]

I cleaned the vachetta on my neo speedy with baby wipes and it darkened the leather. Is there any way to make the vachetta lighter again? The bag had patinaed a little but I took the bag on vacation with me to Vegas and the handles got dirty. Suggestions anyone? Thanks in advance.

 

[superBag]

oooh I'm sorry to hear that....i couldn't help you with it.... ush:

 

[fashionpop]

i dont think there is anything that you can do once its turned dark.. sorry..

 

[Lee]

Has it totally dried out yet?

 

[bb10lue]

oh no, what kinda baby wipe did you use??I cleaned the vachetta on my denim baggy GM with baby wipes too..and it was ok....

 

[gucci_girl_gg]

i cleaned mine with babywipes and left it over afternoon and night before completely looking at the results. Its completely lightened the patina i think and dried out my leather alot too so i think i might stick to dirty handles next time. It didnt completely take off the dirt you can see it more now because the handles are lighter again but ohwell at least i know for next time
i think i should have let it darken abit more before cleaning it though its only 7 months old but was getting a dirrrrrrty speedy

 

[H_addict]

You have to let the handles dry first.

 

[twiggers]

I'm going to be trying this in about 2 weeks with a cerises speedy I got....I'm soooo nervous about doing it!

 

[GerGirl]

You have to let the handles dry first.

Yes! This could take 24 hours or longer!
And I wouldn't use baby wipes on light handles.

 

[Jadore]

I used baby wips on my bags Vachetta,and it dried out after 8 min,I lightly swept my handles with the baby wipes. Maybe you got your handles too wet?

 

[Jadore]

I'm going to be trying this in about 2 weeks with a cerises speedy I got....I'm soooo nervous about doing it!

Just dont use baby wips with Shea butter ect, because that might damage the handles I heard. I belive LV_ADDICT used a certian brand of baby wips that she had great results with,ask her

 

[kathyrose]

Don't use ones that have alcohol in them either. It dries out the leather.

 

[gillianna]

I clean all my LV leather with Appleguard. It works great. I had water stains on one bag and it lightened them where you can't really notice it. Did not darken the leather. I really feel that there are leather products that are much better to use than baby wipes.

 

[hiram1389]

I cleaned my wapity strap with baby wipes and it worked fine, maybe its depending on the leather...

 

[H_addict]

I used the same wipes that I used on my Alma to clean my Neo speedy's handles. They came out fine. Cleaner, that's all.