Burned leather?

[farefinta]

Is there anyway to improve the appearance of this bag? I don't know what happened to it but it looks like it was burned.

[Roger Koh]

Questions:

1] Is the leather stiff?

2] Is it sticky?

3] Is there a smell?

4] Have you tried cleaning is, so far?

5] How does the lining look, do you have pictures?


Roger Koh
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[farefinta]

Leather is very stiff in damaged area, no smell, not sticky, cleaned with cleaner and rinse. Interior photo attached.

[Roger Koh]

Good that you have direct access to the reverse suede side.

The stiffness and the stains is best work from this suede side.

The stiffness will be softened eventually and hopefully the stains will revert to this suede side by the hydrating and wicking process simultaneously with towel extraction removal.

Processing steps on the suede side is as follows:

Dry Soil Removal:
1] Use suede Eraser-5 to remove the staining particulates.

General Stain Removal:
1] Apply Prep-4.4 to the suede side, agitate and let dwell for 4 to 8 hours with constant periodic checking if the stains is suspended.

2] Towel blotting extraction is done at the smooth leather side as well.

3] The stain can be dwell for a day with Prep-4.4 to maximize its effectiveness.

Let’s see how the stain response and any improvement to the stiffness as well before we go into the other steps:

Hydrating with Hydrator-3.3 and fatliquor replenish with Fatliquor-5.0


The basic suede kit is Kit S3; the stains if it does not response may require other specialty product.

Leather Doctor® Suede Leather Care Kit S3

Roger Koh
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[Roger Koh]

This stain has gone through the cross section of the leather, and is safer to remove from the suede side; thus follows this specialty suede stain removal guide if it is a known stain.

Leather Doctor®: Leather-Safe Problem Solving Guide-S9 - Suede

[farefinta]

Thanks Roger, I've applied the 4.4 to the inside and covered with plastic wrap. Is it possible to apply too much 4.4? With the suede interior absoption of the product I wasn't sure how much to apply.