Rejuventating, Repairing or Restoring Your Balenciaga

[vesna]

Hello! I would love to know the recommendation for removing the stickiness on handles too if you wouldn’t mind sharing

I found two things for it and will try and post here how it goes. I explored many many forums and threads and found that this works for many the best.

 

[vesna]

I bought the most beautiful bag (in my humble oppinion, because I like adventure equipment, Indiana Jones style LOL)….Bal bowler in dear Skin brown, amazing quality and amazing condition.

My shock when I saw it after 2 weeks sitting on a shelf was heart-attack worth. I did not have a heart to make a photo. It was all WHITE like someone pored flour over it, but that was the colour of the leather, not something on the leather. I cried thinking that it was mold. I have got many great bags from Japan, and just few times they smelled on mold ….this was immediately my first thought, but how it developed so fast and on all of the surface ?

I did not make photos, so stupid, but it looks like this (from some websites about it)




so I read and read and read, and found the test if it is mold OR perhaps FATTY SPEW, which is a very usual occurrence in super fine aniline leathers which are made to showcase natural grain. The fat from the leather which is coming to the surface and cools into white. The test was HEAT. Hair dryer near the bag ….and voila ! The whiteness disappeared. But it appears again after few days. So I bought a spew remover. Few I tried to buy and they were cancelled once shipping started to Canada because they are some “controlled substances”, don’t really know. Then I bought from a US company for treating leather and it arrived.
I used as recommended. Cleaned the purse first with the cleaner, dried, and then rubbed this oily substance so that is has a residue drying overnight. I did it a few hours ago and it looks good so far.



They say it can return and just to repeat. Apparently it seals that fat inside and this is how spew would be dealt with by professionals in any bag spa.

I will report how it looks in coming days and if it returns.

the entire bag was just white 😭, hope it will stay like this:

 

[muchstuff]

I bought the most beautiful bag (in my humble oppinion, because I like adventure equipment, Indiana Jones style LOL)….Bal bowler in dear Skin brown, amazing quality and amazing condition.

My shock when I saw it after 2 weeks sitting on a shelf was heart-attack worth. I did not have a heart to make a photo. It was all WHITE like someone pored flour over it, but that was the colour of the leather, not something on the leather. I cried thinking that it was mold. I have got many great bags from Japan, and just few times they smelled on mold ….this was immediately my first thought, but how it developed so fast and on all of the surface ?

I did not make photos, so stupid, but it looks like this (from some websites about it)


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so I read and read and read, and found the test if it is mold OR perhaps FATTY SPEW, which is a very usual occurrence in super fine aniline leathers which are made to showcase natural grain. The fat from the leather which is coming to the surface and cools into white. The test was HEAT. Hair dryer near the bag ….and voila ! The whiteness disappeared. But it appears again after few days. So I bought a spew remover. Few I tried to buy and they were cancelled once shipping started to Canada because they are some “controlled substances”, don’t really know. Then I bought from a US company for treating leather and it arrived.
I used as recommended. Cleaned the purse first with the cleaner, dried, and then rubbed this oily substance so that is has a residue drying overnight. I did it a few hours ago and it looks good so far.

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They say it can return and just to repeat. Apparently it seals that fat inside and this is how spew would be dealt with by professionals in any bag spa.

I will report how it looks in coming days and if it returns.

the entire bag was just white 😭, hope it will stay like this:

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Looks good, I hope so too!

 

[vesna]

Looks good, I hope so too!

Funny detail: my search for the solution led me to Coach rehab forum where members called it leather spew or spue, blaming bad tanning and they came up with solutions.….. AND to Hermes forum where the problem was called “leather bloom” and the reason there was the highest quality of leather and tanning. Hermes SAs offered the same solution - hair dryer - as an elegant cure.

I did use hair dryer first time I saw a little of the “bloom” and it melted right into the leather and the color was restored.

After about two weeks of sitting in a closet, that became so extreme, covered the entire bag so I ordered the remover, looks OK for now. It is such a beautiful leather and the bag for travel that it would be a pity not to solve this.

 

[muchstuff]

Funny detail: my search for the solution led me to Coach rehab forum where members called it leather spew or spue, blaming bad tanning and they came up with solutions.….. AND to Hermes forum where the problem was called “leather bloom” and the reason there was the highest quality of leather and tanning. Hermes SAs offered the same solution - hair dryer - as an elegant cure.

I did use hair dryer first time I saw a little of the “bloom” and it melted right into the leather and the color was restored.

After about two weeks of sitting in a closet, that became so extreme, covered the entire bag so I ordered the remover, looks OK for now. It is such a beautiful leather and the bag for travel that it would be a pity not to solve this.

I’m sure you will!

 

[haisley]

I bought the most beautiful bag (in my humble oppinion, because I like adventure equipment, Indiana Jones style LOL)….Bal bowler in dear Skin brown, amazing quality and amazing condition.

My shock when I saw it after 2 weeks sitting on a shelf was heart-attack worth. I did not have a heart to make a photo. It was all WHITE like someone pored flour over it, but that was the colour of the leather, not something on the leather. I cried thinking that it was mold. I have got many great bags from Japan, and just few times they smelled on mold ….this was immediately my first thought, but how it developed so fast and on all of the surface ?

I did not make photos, so stupid, but it looks like this (from some websites about it)


View attachment 5932091View attachment 5932092

so I read and read and read, and found the test if it is mold OR perhaps FATTY SPEW, which is a very usual occurrence in super fine aniline leathers which are made to showcase natural grain. The fat from the leather which is coming to the surface and cools into white. The test was HEAT. Hair dryer near the bag ….and voila ! The whiteness disappeared. But it appears again after few days. So I bought a spew remover. Few I tried to buy and they were cancelled once shipping started to Canada because they are some “controlled substances”, don’t really know. Then I bought from a US company for treating leather and it arrived.
I used as recommended. Cleaned the purse first with the cleaner, dried, and then rubbed this oily substance so that is has a residue drying overnight. I did it a few hours ago and it looks good so far.

View attachment 5932097

They say it can return and just to repeat. Apparently it seals that fat inside and this is how spew would be dealt with by professionals in any bag spa.

I will report how it looks in coming days and if it returns.

the entire bag was just white 😭, hope it will stay like this:

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Nice work! I never knew about spew before this post. Thank you for sharing and I hope the bag maintains it’s lovely shade of brown.

 

[vesna]

View attachment 5933671View attachment 5933672Nice work! I never knew about spew before this post. Thank you for sharing and I hope the bag maintains it’s lovely shade of brown.

Two days in and still no white residue, looks nice and shiny

 

[vesna]

Nice work! I never knew about spew before this post. Thank you for sharing and I hope the bag maintains it’s lovely shade of brown.

 

[Conni618]

Also, wishing you luck! 🍀 Good sleuthing job to get to the bottom of this. Would have stumped me for sure!

 

[haisley]

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Success! Cue the Indiana Jones theme song!

 

[protein_]

Has anyone tried Leather Spa in NYC to rejuvenate their bags?

I know LMB is usually used, but I'll be in the city soon so was thinking it could be more convenient instead of shipping a bag back & forth...

 

[baggiebagbag]

Hey! I recently purchased this silver balenciaga first bag and notice there are some speckles/dark spots on the surface… I was wondering if anyone had any experience on cleaning those dark spots?

I’m also thinking to apply a little bit of leather paint to cover those spots? Is there any good leather paint with specific code that will match this bag colour?😅

 

[seagullz]

Just curious any idea how to rectify this if I buy this bag? Hmm 🤔 thanks

 

[seagullz]

And also this silver City any idea how to make it look better? Thanks

 

[A1aGypsy]

And also this silver City any idea how to make it look better? Thanks

Ugh. I like a “lived in” look but that looks squatted in. There are a lot of bags available out there right now, are you sure you don’t want to look for one in better shape? By the time you buy the edge koat, cleaner, treatment and paint (etc) necessary to fix that, you are looking at some $$ that could be added to your budget.