How to clean a light leather bag at home?

A bag for women is not just a fashion accessory, it is also a faithful assistant, because it is incredibly convenient to carry all those 1000 little things that are needed everyday to be sure in any situation. White or neutral tones look especially impressive, but it is they that cause difficulties when deciding how to clean a light leather bag at home? You can find answers to this and other questions in this article.

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Start with the lining

As a rule, they begin to clean a leather bag by taking all the contents out of it. When the inside and outside pockets are empty, you can wash the lining. To do this:

• Unscrew it and use a foamed powder solution to start washing, and then rinse and allow to dry.
• In addition to the powder, you can wash the lining with a liquid soap applied to a soft sponge or shampoo.
• You can not wash it, but simply refresh the lining itself by wiping it with a cotton swab, which you will soak in alcohol.

Often with prolonged wear, the material inside starts to smell unpleasant, and to cope with this problem, we offer several effective waysget rid of the smell of the bag. 

Important! Fans of washing the whole thing must necessarily know that a leather bag can sometimes not tolerate total wetting. Better not risk your favorite thing, because you can clean it at home in much more gentle ways.

If you still overdo it and ruin your favorite thing, then use our workshops and doDIY leather bag. 

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General rules for cleaning genuine leather handbags

In order to eliminate traces of dust, splashes from dirt, wipe all the greasy areas on the bag:

1. First wipe the leather bag with a solution of soapy water, into which add a small amount of ammonia.
2. After that, wash everything with a damp sponge to eliminate stains.
3. The final stage is associated with the return of shine, moisturizing and directly softening the skin.

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A universal way for light bags from any skin

This method of cleaning is the most popular because it is not only incredibly affordable, but also simple. To clean a light leather bag at home in 10 minutes and not damage it:

1. We start preparing a soap solution - ordinary household soap is best suited. Rub approximately 10 g of laundry soap on a fine grater, and then add ½ tbsp. warm water. Prepare a solution that is uniform. In no case should there be any lumps left in it.
2. Soak a cotton pad in the prepared solution, and then wipe your bag with it.

Important! Leather bags absolutely do not like excessive moisture - this leads to quick wear of the skin. Never wet the surface of the bags too much and always wipe them dry after processing.

3. Rub the bag with a soft cloth to shine.
4. Quite often, after such processing, the bag seems somewhat dull.Therefore, after completing any cleaning, the skin should be treated with a special moisturizer.
5. After you have handled the bag with a softener, be sure to wipe it again with a dry cloth.

Also find out how fastfix the zipper on the bag. 

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How to clean a light bag made of white leather?

What to do with black material seems to be clear even without our advice, but here's how to clean a leather bag that has a light or snow-white shade? We use such improvised means:

• Ordinary cow's milk, which excellently eliminates pollution and at the same time softens the skin. Apply warmed nonfat milk with a cotton pad, changing it as it gets dirty.
• Reinforced composition. Beat the whisk, and then add a small amount of warm milk to it. This method at home is incredibly good for any white skin, including patent leather, because it is incredibly gentle.
• Cleanser for makeup. It is better to take the cosmetics that are made on a cream basis. It will not only extremely gently clean a light leather bag, but will also soften the material and increase its resistance to frost and moisture.

Important! Suitable for the important process of completing cleaning - softening, castor oil, glycerin or petroleum jelly - depending on what you can find in your home. Any emollient is applied using a swab and light rubbing movements. The skin may not absorb too much cream, which is why do not overdo it, otherwise you will have to wash it with a rag.

If all of these methods for some reason do not suit you, then you have two options:

• Dye leather bag. 
• Choose a new bag for every day. 

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Tidy smooth and patent leather

A smooth glossy leather handbag should be cleaned with a damp cloth and then rubbed intensively with a woolen dry cloth.

We also prepared some interesting options to decorate leather bag. 

In the same way they look after patent leather. But in order to prevent varnish from cracking ahead of time, you can use a special water-based protective agent, which can be purchased at special shoe stores.

Important! Regardless of the situation and degree of dirtiness, never take the following measures to clean a light lacquered leather bag at home:

• cleaning with an ordinary skin cream;
• cleansing with any greasy cream, lard, vegetable oil.

Remember that wearing such accessories is too hot - more than + 25 C, or too cold - less than -10 C, the weather is unacceptable.

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Useful Tips:

1. Makeup remover is most effective if you drop on the accessory lipstick, mascara. Put it on the bag for a few minutes, and then eliminate the pollution with an ordinary cotton pad. The spots will disappear without a trace.
2. In order to return your bag to its original appearance, cut a medium-sized onion in half in half, and then rub the problem area with one half. The pollution will begin to dissolve right before your eyes. According to the degree of contamination of the cut onion, change it.

Important! The onion leaves absolutely no stains, and also does not change the appearance of the skin.

3. In the event that you are going to regularly wipe the bag with wet wipes, you will not be forced to rush in search of an answer to the question of how to wash a leather bag. She will always be in excellent condition. Using a damp cloth, you can remove not only dust and dirt, but also marks from dirty hands or grease stains.
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   With all of the above, you can always keep your eye-catching, light-colored leather bag in excellent condition.We hope that we have convinced you that in fact caring for such material will not be too tiring and you will allow yourself this joy when choosing a new model.