The LV Rescue Club
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I'm trying to figure out how to deal with these tiny dark spots. I thought maybe they were mold, but there's no sign of mold anywhere else on the bag and they don't have a texture or appear to be spreading. I read they could be from metal shards. Someone said to try lemon juice. Other than magic eraser, which I want to avoid due to past experience, any ideas?
Sorry had to post my pictures separate from text because my phone wouldn't download the pictures and then I'm watching my parents house and their keyboard is wireless so when you type fast it makes everything incorrect and misses letters or multiplies letters 5x and it's annoying so I went to my phone to type. Lol.
Anyways, I cleaned up this hampstead. I just dropped it off at a shoe repair to see about fixing the corners. He said he would have to take the whole bag apart to fix it and would let me know the price but if it's expensive I'll just figure it out myself. I really love the size and feel of this bag. I'll post updates about the corners.
The bottom picture are the products I used. I would not recommend the magic eraser personally. Although it does nice on getting out some staining, it's super harsh on the bag. This bag was in very rough condition so I didn't mind going the harsh route but if you have a more precious bag, I would not use that (it also takes away from the gloss on the handles, again mine was far gone so I didn't mind). The alcohol free baby wipes worked nicely getting the dirt off the canvas, took some elbow grease and time but got everything off nicely. The leather care cleaner didn't make much of a difference in my eyes but the conditioner definitely made the leather less dry feeling after the magic eraser.
Anyways, I cleaned up this hampstead. I just dropped it off at a shoe repair to see about fixing the corners. He said he would have to take the whole bag apart to fix it and would let me know the price but if it's expensive I'll just figure it out myself. I really love the size and feel of this bag. I'll post updates about the corners.
The bottom picture are the products I used. I would not recommend the magic eraser personally. Although it does nice on getting out some staining, it's super harsh on the bag. This bag was in very rough condition so I didn't mind going the harsh route but if you have a more precious bag, I would not use that (it also takes away from the gloss on the handles, again mine was far gone so I didn't mind). The alcohol free baby wipes worked nicely getting the dirt off the canvas, took some elbow grease and time but got everything off nicely. The leather care cleaner didn't make much of a difference in my eyes but the conditioner definitely made the leather less dry feeling after the magic eraser.
I've been using a white artist's eraser before I try anything more abrasive or strong. Hopefully they come off.
I tried a white artist's eraser and personally I didn't like how it worked. I feel like it didn't make a difference but my leather got a little bit of a weird texture?
Hi LV rescuers, any suggestions on what can be done with the hole as in the pic?
I have heard of people using drawing erasers like the one attached. I have not tried this method myself though.
Someone did a similar repair on page 94, post #1403. Looks like it worked well.
Yes I read that. Fortunately on her bag the torn bit was dark colored, but this white murakami canvas hole would probably not be easily hidden. [emoji29]Someone did a similar repair on page 94, post #1403. Looks like it worked well.
Aw :/ Wish I could help. Maybe see if a cobbler has a way to fix it?
