Purse care-guard

Hi everyone,

I am fairly new to the forum. I was wondering, when you spray your purses with guard, do you need to cover up the hardware or do you just spray over the hardware?

Thanks in advance!!
 
Good question...And just to add, what brand do you use and what type of leather do you use it on? Do you spray ALL of your bags? Or just the fragile ones?
 
I do not cover the hardware. I spray all my leather bags, accessories, keychains, shoes, and light color cloth (parker butterfly wristlet) with apple guarde, though I am more picky about spraying my metallic and light colored bags right away with a good 2 coats.