I wish I had seen these before I decided to return a recent eBay purchase I made
Last month, I made a spontaneous weekend purchased from one of those Tokyo resellers (where the same bag was listed by 4 different sellers) I could tell the bag was either dirty or faded or both and would need some work, but I wasn't prepared for HOW much work. I decided to return it rather than spend time & money to refurbish it, but after seeing this magnificent job you did on the black messenger I'm wondering if I gave up too soon (although I still think this bag was more faded/discolored than dirty)
This is the how the bag looked in photos included in the listing and a separate photo the seller sent to me (I actually got excited when I saw this 2nd pic!)
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But THIS is what it actually looked like when it arrived

More grey or taupe than brown.
I wonder if that Pedag kit would have helped a little more than the suede brush & eraser I have (& tried using),
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