How to maintain leather products?

1. Keep dry and store in a cool and ventilated place.

2. Avoid contact with fire sources, water, sharp objects and chemical solvents.

3. If the handbag gets wet without any waterproof treatment, please dry it with a soft cloth to prevent the surface from wrinkling due to stains or watermarks. Pay special attention to it if it is used in rainy days.

4. Don't use shoe polish casually.

5. Don't use wet water to grind the sand skin. Clean with raw rubber and special supplies, not with shoe polish.

6. Care should be taken to protect all metal fittings, because wet and salty environment will lead to oxidation.

7. When the leather bag is not used, it is best to store it with cotton cloth instead of plastic bag, because the air in the plastic bag will not circulate, which will damage the leather. It is best to put some soft toilet paper in the bag to keep the shape of the bag. If there is no suitable cloth bag, the old pillowcase is also suitable.

8. Leather bags, like shoes, are another active substance. Using the same leather bag every day is easy to cause elastic fatigue of the cortex, so like shoes, several bags should be used interchangeably;

If the bag gets wet by accident, you can dry it with a dry towel first, and then put some newspapers and magazines in it to dry in the shade. Never directly expose to the sun, it will make your beloved bag fade and deform.

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Maintenance knowledge of leather materials

The leather surface of the leather bag to be collected in the off-season should be cleaned before storage. Clean scraps of paper or cotton shirts should be put into the leather bag to keep the shape of the leather bag, and then put into a soft cotton bag. The leather bag stored in the cabinet should avoid improper extrusion and deformation. The cabinets for storing leather products must be ventilated, such as those with shutters, and it is best not to put too many items in the cabinets.

The natural grease of leather itself will gradually decrease with time or too many times of use, so even very high-grade leather pieces need regular maintenance. It is recommended that you dust and clean leather products before each storage.

Generally, it is best to coat leather products with leather maintenance oil first. The method is to wipe the oil on the clean cotton cloth, and then wipe the surface evenly to avoid directly smearing the oil on the leather, so as not to damage the leather.

The most important way to maintain leather goods is to cherish them. Whether to pay attention to not being scratched, caught in the rain or polluted by wet things when using handbags is the most basic common sense of maintaining handbags. Otherwise, wait until something goes wrong before dealing with it, and the effect will be poor.

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Baidu encyclopedia-leather