^^ Also, the hardware will tarnish after a while, that is normal, I clean my hardware with Brass-x or some similiar cleaning agent will work. It makes the locks and keys and zipper pulls look like BRAND new! It's awesome!
Ur awesome with all this info! I'm a bit anal retentive w/ my bags too and so far all my LV's haven't tarnished at all and it's been years since my first one. Where can you get the Brass-X?