Friday, December 18, 2009

My dark wash jeans bled onto my cream leather gucci bag, and it has blue on it now. can i get the color out?

i was carrying around my bag and would set it on my lap or brush it against my pants when walking. so i guess the indigo color bled onto parts of the bag. can i get the color our without damaging the bag? it's real gucci :SMy dark wash jeans bled onto my cream leather gucci bag, and it has blue on it now. can i get the color out?
This will depend greatly on the type of leather you have. If it is an aniline style leather (one that absorbs moisture


http://www.lttleathercare.co.uk/glossary鈥?/a> ) it will be far more difficult to shift, (working on a 拢1500 Chanel bag at the moment). If it has a pigment coating then it may be easier.





Dye transfer can be tricky to remove as the longer it is on the leather and the more agressive the dye the harder it will be to remove. You need to try Maxi Cleaner (LTT) which was specifically formulated for this problem and if this does not remove it then no leather cleaner will and you will need to call a qualified leather technician who will have stronger solvents that he will use and then recolour/refinish whatever is necessary.





Using a good quality leather protector (Ultra Protect is the strongest one on the market) is imperative on a pale colour leather to help guard against this sort of problem as all clothing etc will give off a certain amount of dye as the body sweats and so this problem will only continue. Using a protector means the dye will sit on the surface and then can be cleaned off easily with a cleaner or maintenance product

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