I found an amazing vachetta leather protect
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The person I addressed sounded like she thought LV should recommend a product to use against water, and I'm saying LV doesn't and won't do this. I think my response was clear. Moving on.
WOW!! Yes, moving on!!! :okay:
Wauw! I'm from The Netherlands and we always use that same product to protect our shoes. I just have my speedy for a week and trying out the 4 day proces of patina champ. What did the product do to your vachetta? just wondering if it makes your handles dry or they got darker. I'm just not really hesitate to use products on my new speedy
Hi fellow Dutchie!
I have not used it on any of my products yet (first want a honey colored patina) only my luggage tag and it's holding up great! You do have to respray it every 3/4 months.
I would suggest to wait till you have a nice patina and your happy with it. Good luck!
I seriously poored water on my luggage tag and everything fell of immediately!
I have never used Apple Guard, so I can't say anything about that. Mulberry carries Collonil, not sure if they carry this product though. ;(
Good luck
Ill go with this LOL there's more scientific basis. Kudos to the chemical formula for nitric acid and sulfuric acid. Now we just have to figure out the chemical reaction that happens when silicone is mixed with these chemicals...we can also substitute the equation with normal water ( H2O) ....I'm not going to agree with this. Collonil is very well known for it's quality and durability here in Western Europe, it is a German brand. If anything is important in shoe care products, it is the protection of the stitching. The stitching is the most important part of shoes and bags, they keep the product together. Louis Vuitton uses stitches that are twisted, and after the twisting process, they're again twisted, which is called twined. This makes the stitches very durable. Mulberry also advices to use Collonil on their products, they won't advice it if Collonil ruins stitching and leather...
Rain contains sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and nitric acid (HNO3) and pesticides, which are very harmful and will dry out leather. So personally I feel it is a good thing to care and protect your bags against rain. Especially for people that live in countries, where it rains almost everyday.
Does the darker DE leather need any protection? And what about the interior of our bags, do you spray the inside? Thanks
Both no. Damier Ebene has a coating, so it's already protected. The inside will transfer if you spray it.
No we don't because silicones won't react with any of those things under normal conditions. They may react with sulfuric acid but only at high concentrations. Certainly not in dilute acid rain.
Silicones have low reactivity, they hardly dissolve in water, they're thermally stable over basically all the temperatures you might encounter living here on Earth and they even have great gas permeability so your leather can "breathe". Their also essentially non-toxic. There's a reason they make cosmetic implants out of the stuff.
It's possible that these products do damage stitching or sealant but if so I highly doubt it's the silicones that are the culprit.
I use (and love) Colonill Waterstop on all sorts of leather goods, including bags, but I haven't tried it on vachetta. It rains like 2/3 of the year here so not treating isn't an option if I want to ever take my bags outside.
Are you in the US? I buy Collonil products from a seller on eBay. Looks like they have this Nanopro stuff in stock: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Collonil-NANOPRO-Waterproofing-for-leather-with-nano-protection-300ml-10-1oz-/150896399390?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item232220541e
I still have 2 cans of the regular waterstop spray, though so I am wondering if the Nanopro is that much better than the regular stuff. I do have a lot of stuff to spray for fall (jackets, boots, bags, etc.) though so if I start to run low I'll give the Nanopro a try.