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Thread: How to restore this Chanel Tote in White Caviar Skin Leather?

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    Default How to restore this Chanel Tote in White Caviar Skin Leather?

    What would i need to restore this bag?

    I just bought the bag from this site…

    This is Authentic Chanel Tote in White Caviar skin leather. It has 2 interior pockets with zipper and 2 exterior pockets. It features zipper closure for main compartment for security and CHANEL charm is attached to zipper pull. Comfortably carried on shoulder and offers great capacity.
    Made in: Italy
    Serial Number: 4096379 Hologram and Authenticity card included
    Size: app 32 x 30 x 12cm or 12.5 x 11.75 x 4.75 inch, Strap drop is 34 cm or 13.25 inch
    Condition
    Overall: 7 of 10 in great condition with some visible signs of use.
    Outside:
    7 of 10 with some visible signs of use.
    Shape: The bag is keeping its shape well and leather is nice and stiff.
    Leather has more visible signs of use some surface scratches and lines.
    Edges: have some light surface scratches but nothing serious.
    Inside lining has signs of general use.
    Hardware shows only light use and is in perfect working order.
    Smell: Item comes from smoke free environment
    Dust Bag: Item doesn't come with dust bag or box.
    Extra comments: Very nice bag but due to the white color it shows some aging and has darkened in some areas. The item would benefit from overall leather cleaning and I am confident it will look wonderful again. Don’t miss out
    Item Condition: Pre-Owned
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    Last edited by Roger Koh; 08-16-2011 at 11:17 AM.

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    Pictures #2 & #4 is described as:
    Edges: have some light surface scratches but nothing serious.
    Leather has more visible signs of use some surface scratches and lines.

    A restorative cleaning is recommended with this sequence of process:
    Prep-4.4 > Cleaner-3.8 > Rinse-3.0
    It would then reveal the used condition of the leather for options of repairs necessary to the structure or to the finish.

    Pictures #7 is described as:
    Inside lining has signs of general use.
    Smell: Item comes from smoke free environment
    Item Condition: Pre-Owned

    A general cleaning is recommended with sanitizing and or deodorizing
    General cleaning and deodorizing is done with Cleaner-3.8 + d’Odor-4.5 or d’Smoke-4.7 > Rinse.3.0.
    Musty Odor use d’Mold-3.6 and Bacteria Odor use d’Bacteria-3.7.

    Picture #5 & #6 is described as
    Extra comments: Very nice bag but due to the white color it shows some aging and has darkened in some areas.
    Ageing may be caused by general oily soiling that turn yellowish when exposed to sunlight.
    This is best done with restorative cleaning described above with additional pH neutralizing with Acidifier-2.0 and follows with fluorescent whitening treatment.

    This is the recommended kit

    Leather Doctor® Kit W3: White Tanned Leather Care Kit

    With these contents:

    Leather Doctor® Prep-4.4 in 60ml
    This is the leather-safe milder version of Prep-7.7 with a Ph value of 4.4. It’s high viscosity; designed to be painted on neatly; with a foam brush onto the leather. It works by allowing sufficient dwell-time; to penetrate, lubricate and suspense foreign soil contamination; prior to extraction with towel. It’s is used to strip foreign soil contamination prior to refinishing. Also as stains remover for: Grease based ink stains like ballpoint ink.
    Water based ink stains like stamp pad ink. Dye transfer stains like blue jeans, ink prints and newsprints.

    Leather Doctor® Cleaner-3.8 in 250ml.
    This is a Ph 3.8 all purpose leather-safe anionic cleaner that is particularly effective in emulsifying oily soils and in suspending its particulates. It works by penetrating, lubricating and suspending soiling safely and effectively through gentle chemical reaction; working in perfect harmony with all leather constituents that include the tanning agent, preservative, dyestuff and especially the fatliquor. It’s safe for all leather trims including; aniline, vachetta, nubuck and suede. This product is always followed through with Rinse-3.0 as a system to a healthy squeaky feel.

    Leather Doctor® Rinse-3.0 in 250ml.
    This is a Ph 3.0 aqueous anionic leather-safe rinse to neutralize harmful alkaline and perspiration residues; for stabilizing and strengthening leather to its neutral Ph value of 3 to 5 chemistry integrity. It’s safe for all leather trims including; aniline, vachetta, nubuck and suede.

    Leather Doctor® Acidifier-2.0 in 250ml
    This is a pH 2.0 aqueous leather acidifier; developed for dye bleeding control and neutralizing alkaline exposure that cause browning, marks, streaks, brightness, tackiness or sliminess from spills or cleaners. This product is also available in concentrate to be cut with distilled water at a ratio of 1: 25. For severe treatment, the concentrate is cut at ratio 1: 4 with distilled water.

    Leather Doctor® d’Yellow-6.7 in 40gm
    This is a pH 6.7 solution when dilute with 20 parts by weight with distilled water becomes an aqueous fluorescent whitening agent. It’s to enhance the appearance of color, causing a "whitening" effect, making materials look less yellow by increasing the overall amount of blue light reflected.

    Leather Doctor® Hydrator-3.3 in 250ml
    This is a Ph 3.3 aqueous leather-safe hydrator with active surfactantcy for lowering the interfacial tension between the protein leather fibers and its constituents. It’s for relaxing creases and wrinkle and eliminating them while damp prior to fatliquoring it. It’s for hydrating dried, stiffed or shrunk leathers to separates the crushed, stick together fibrils and relaxes them in the inter-fibrillary leather structure for effective distribution of the Fatliquor-5.0. It’s for charging the leather protein fibers below its iso-electric point positive to hydrogen-bond with the ionic negative charged Fatliquor-5.0. It’s for facilitating colloidal water movement within the leather structure during the wicking process to move soiling particulates to the surface. It’s for reactivating the dormant dyestuff to resurface thus reducing the contrast between the color coat and the leather crust. It’s for reducing or eliminate blotchiness when dry especially absorbent leathers. It’s for facilitating better finish penetration during refinishing thus providing good surface properties, especially the uniformity of surface dyeing during aniline refinishing. It’s safe for other leather trims that may include aniline, vachetta, nubuck, suede, hair-on-hide and woolskin.

    Leather Doctor® Fatliquor-5.0 in 250ml
    This is a Ph 5.0 anionic charged micro emulsion fatliquor leather rejuvenator. It’s for replenishing original fatliquor that has diminished thru sun-bleaching, ageing, heat and alkaline exposure or cleaning. It penetrates and lubricates the leather fibers so that after drying, they are capable of sliding over one another smoothly. Besides softening the leather with stretchability, compressibility and flexibility; fatliquor enhances its rip tensile strength greatly thus reduces split or tear to the stitching and perforated holes. It relaxes coarse breaks, creases and wrinkles to provide drapes, suppleness and prevents cracking. It helps to keep leather at its optimum physical performance and prevent premature ageing. It’s safe for all other leather trims including; aniline, vachetta, nubuck, suede, hair-on-hide and woolskin. It is available with infused leather scent as Fatliquor LS-5.5.

    Leather Doctor® Leather Scent-S in 120ml.
    This is a non-film forming, non-stick rub-resistant protector that enhances a natural silky-feel with a classic leather scent. It imparts a non-stick surface essentially to shield the detrimental effects of sticky soiling including the nasty ballpoint ink. And it does help to release those tenacious dye-transfer stains especially on light colored leathers easily without resorting to unnecessary color refinishing. Its natural silky-feel protection increases the leather resistance to wet and dry rubs, thus reduce stretch, scuff and abrasion. And it reduces friction squeaks that wear the finishes when leather is rubbed against during movement.

    Horsehair Detailing Leather Brush-1
    This horsehair detailing brush is ergonomically designed to be an extension of our hand with sturdy grooved grip, designed to produce an effective result easily and efficiently for many years to come. It’s recommended for all smooth leather, to deliver a scratch-free agitation cleaning. The length is 7 inches with a three row 1½ inches bristles cleaning head.

    PolyBrush®
    This is the 3” made in USA washable foam brush that last. It’s used for spreading the Prep-7.7, rinse clean and thereafter used for the leather Scent-B and Scent-D application to prevent overspray.

    Washable Rags
    This rag works like cloth, lint free and highly absorbent for extracting suspended soiling or for wiping the leather Scent-B and Scent-D during routine easy cleaning-protection application.


    These are the optional


    Leather Specialty Cleaner (7):
    Leather Bactericide,
    Leather Fungicide,
    Leather Deodorizer,
    Leather Smoke Deodorizer &
    Leather Sanitizer

    Leather Doctor® d’Bacteria-3.7
    This is a pH 3.7 aqueous biodegradable, odorless and colorless leather-safe bactericide.
    It’s for disinfecting and controlling pungent odor causing bacteria activities after decontamination cleaning.

    Leather Doctor® d’Mold-3.6
    This is a pH 3.6 aqueous leather-safe non-phenol fungicide developed to kill mold growth.
    It’s for disinfecting and controlling musty odor from mold activities after decontamination cleaning.

    Leather Doctor® d’Odor-4.5
    This is a pH 4.5 aqueous leather-safe deodorizer.
    It’s for effective deodorizing of unpleasant human or pet body odor when use in conjunction with d’Protein-11.0.

    Leather Doctor® d’Smoke-4.7
    This is a pH 4.7 aqueous leather-safe soot and smoke cleaning booster and deodorizer.
    It’s for effective removal of its sticky contamination as well as its overpowering odor when work in conjunction with Prep-7.7 or Prep-4.4.

    Leather Doctor® Sanitizer-3.9
    For all leathers including vachetta, nubuck, suede, hair-on, sheepskin, shearling and all fabric except rayon and silk.
    This is a pH 3.9 aqueous biodegradable, odorless and colorless leather-safe sanitizer; for sanitizing bacteria causing odors on a routine basis.


    Roger Koh
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