Baby oil is known to break down leather and stitching. Saying you've never had a problem is like saying you've never been hit crossing in the middle of the street and night and therefore it's safe. To any posters reading this, please talk to your leather goods manager at your LV boutique before using oil on your vachetta. Please don't take advice from a message board on something as expensive as an LV bag possibly worth thousands of dollars. Always better to be safe than sorry. And always remember that folk lore and home remedies aren't always in your best interests. Get real expert advice first. The way I always look at anonymous home recipes is to ask myself who will bear the brunt of the harm if I follow this advice and it's wrong. If it's me, and it's my bag that's going to potentially be ruined, and the advisor will then only say, "well it never happened to me," that's no real comfort. So I take advice always with a grain of salt with the ultimate knowledge that I'll be crying if the advice was bad. Case in point: all the people that blindly followed advice from posters to use Mr. Clean magic eraser (a harsh household abrasive cleaner) on their vachetta and ruined their handbags listening to people who said, "it always worked for me." Then had to pay hundreds of dollars to replace dried handles that never got their sheen back no matter how much they were conditioned, or sold, gave away or threw away their expensive bags as a result of listening to message board advice. Just go in, and ask your SA , manager or leather goods manager about rubbing baby oil on your handles please first. Then make an informed educated decision based on advice from people with longterm experience caring for and handling LV vachetta. Always remember, the only one hurt and crying with an unbelievably expensive mistake will be you. It's your bag. People giving advice have no stake because it's no loss to them if something bad happens. They won't be the ones replacing the bag. You will.
