Every time I look for pre loved handbags, the first thing I look at are the corners and the glazing. Nothing looks crappier that cracked glazing or worn corners. What can we put on the glazing to prevent cracking? Anyone?
What is the "resin Glazing" on a bag made of and how do we protect it from cracking? It seems to be the first to go on a bag:)
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I’m no expert, but I think it can crack on a new bag if it was too heavily applied. It can crack from usage on an bag you use a lot too. someone may have a better explanation and can correct me.
I do know from my own experience, that a skilled third party professional leather restorer can easily fix this issue.
Not helpful for the original question but I think a craftsman repairing cracked glazing would have to remove it either with a solvent or careful abrasion, or both, and then re-glaze it and polish the edges. Long, long ago I crafted leather bags and sold them to specialty shops. We stained the edges and used a product called Edgecote to seal them and then a polisher to give the edges that completed look. I used my own bags and don’t recall a problem with the glazing cracking so this era of cracked glazing has perplexed me, honestly. Glazing will wear down, just like the rest of the bag will, but the products now used to glaze edges may be heavier and more prone to actually cracking. Just a guess.