Can I restore my Coach handbag?
Dear Leather Doctor,
I ruined my Coach handbag by not cleaning it properly.
I just started using this pretty Coach handbag one year ago. Last Sunday,
I found that there were some dirty spots in the surface of the bag, I cleaned the dirty parts with a brush and mild soap, and rinsed the parts with water. After it dried, I found it looked awful. I applied some leather cleaner and repeated the cleaning process again. Then I found the color faded. The next day, I applied leather skincare lotion and it did not help anything. When I just applied the lotion, the color came back for a while. But afterwards when it dried, the color faded again. From the pictures you can see that the parts I cleaned were really white and ugly. I am so sad that I ruined my beautiful bag.
I attached the pictures of the poor handbag after it was cleaned by me. The real one looks even worse than the picture!
Hope this can give other viewers a lesson.
I am wondering if the color can come back again, if not, can I dye it to a similar color?
Thank you!
Springmoon
