I wanted to jump on here & post some photos of my Speedy B25 that I purchased 1 year & 2 months ago. (Sept 2019) It was starting to look very tarnished & chipped on the hardware. I was really upset because it had only been a year old & I had only used it a few times, besides that it had been kept in its dust bag. I tried using a polishing cloth on the hardware which did nothing. The buttons on the chaps looked so worn you could barely make out the Louis Vuitton logo. I’ve heard a lot of people talk about using brasso, & tried to look up on it but it looked like majority of the people that tried it used it on vintage pieces in which LV did use brass hardware on those pieces. I was hesitate because I heard that LV no longer uses brass and wasn’t sure if brasso would completely damage the hardware. I ended up picking up some brasso today for $3 and said what the heck, I mind as well just try it out on a small area of the bag and just see how it reacts. I’m so happy! All the tarnish and what I thought was chipping is completely gone! It looks almost brand new again and I couldn’t be happier! I wanted to come on here & show my results in case anyone else was hesitate on using brasso on their newer LV bags.
I had used it a lot back then and then I put it away and didn't use it for years. One of the handles has come apart and the other one needs re-stitching aswell. I took it to LV but they told me they don't work on such old bags. I want to have it fixed and re-use it since the canvas is fine. I will take it to an artisan and see what can be done. I hope to be able to post after pics aswell!
