How do I clean a white leather bag at home?

How to clean a white leather bag at home - this is the main problem for every lucky possessor of such an accessory. In order to properly clean it, you need to have some knowledge, and in this article you will find them.

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How to clean a white leather bag from dirt and dust? Express advice

Leather white bag is a real classic, which should be in the arsenal of every stylish and knowledgeable woman in fashion. But the owners of light bags of genuine leather know that white leather is incredibly capricious - any contamination can lead to an accessory completely unsuitable. But do not rush to throw away the soiled product. There are many ways how to clean a white leather bag at home to restore its exterior attractive appearance.

First aid to a snow-white leather bag: wipe the spot

When there is no time and there is obvious pollution on the bag, try to clean it with the first improvised tools that may be right in your bag:

• Wet wipes are incredibly effective with antibacterial properties. Eliminates traces of ink, and also helps if your bag is imprinted with paint from your clothes.
• Eraser or a stationery eraser - will help you in the fight against almost any fresh spot in a matter of minutes. Use only the white side, which is designed for the pencil, the blue side can further mess the bag.
• Hydrogen Peroxide. Do you have 15 minutes?- Excellent. Acquire a small bottle of hydrogen peroxide in the nearest pharmacy 1 and cotton wool. Peroxide of hydrogen eliminate stains from cosmetics, for example, lipsticks, pencils and greasy gloss, contaminated fingerprints.
  

If you are at home, but do not know how to clean a leather white bag, we offer several more effective ways:

• Glass cleaner - a liquid of bluish color to clean a white leather product from a stain for a couple of times. Using a spray and cotton wheels, treat the contaminated area, then rinse with running water.
• Onions - cut an ordinary bulb in half and a freshly cut half wipe the contaminated area. Onion juice excellently dissolves and ink, and dirt, and fat.
• Melamine sponge is an innovative product that can cope with absolutely any type of pollution without any difficulty. Well, if your farm has several such sponges. Wear rubber gloves, melamine sponge moisten with water and rub the stain on your leather bag without much effort.

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Effective ways to eliminate stains from leather bags

Light skin is easy to clean of dirt is not easy, the main difficulty is that the spot must be cleaned without causing any harm to the material and directly to the paint itself.

Important! Remember, pollution is best to begin to clean when it is still fresh. The old dirt gets into the material and it's incredibly difficult to get it out. Therefore, try to clean the stained object and bring your product in order during the first day after the contamination.

What folk remedies can help you clean a white leather bag at home?

Tooth whitening toothpaste

The cheapest toothpaste, which has a whitening effect, excellently copes with the removal of dirt on a whimsical material like leather:

1. Lightly moisten a soft shoe brush( you can use a soft toothbrush).
2. Apply a small amount of toothpaste on it and lightly rub the dirty area with a little effort. You can distribute the paste on the stain and leave for 1 night. Bleaching substances penetrate into the skin and dissolve dirt.
3. Then simply rinse the remnants of the product with a sponge with warm water.
   

Household 72% soap

A strong soap solution will help to clean a white leather bag from such stains as ink of a ballpoint pen, stains from touching hands and so on.

Important! Use only laundry soap, because it contains as many alkalis as possible.

Method of use:

1. Scrub 30 g of soap on a grater and dissolve it in 40-50 ml of water.
2. With the sponge mixture, wipe the contaminated area with a sponge.
3. If the stain is persistent, soak the skin of the bag, and then rub it directly with soap, without using water.
4. Leave for several hours, wash off.

Important! The place where you removed the stain, lubricate with a moisturizing cream - soap dries heavily, and in order for the leather bag to not crack, you rub it with a cream.

Alcohol

With alcohol you can clean the leather white bag at home from old yellowed contaminants. Also, alcohol is easy to eliminate nonspecific pollution. For example, scrapes on the skin, black bands or dusty areas.

With a cotton swab that you wet in alcohol, without pressing, it's easy to clean the problem area. Vatu change as it is contaminated.

Important! When the stain is completely dissolved, at the end of the procedure, wipe the area with water to remove the remaining alcohol.

Milk or lotion for removing makeup

For sure you will be somewhat surprised, but cosmetic substances are able to clean a light leather bag from dirt better than all of the above methods. And without any harm to the material.

Treatment of the contaminated area will remind you of the evening process of removing make-up - a make-up remover + tampon and light massaging movements.

Delicious Drinking Milk

Ordinary milk has established itself as an effective way to eliminate dirt from the surface of leather products. To clean the white bag with this remedy:

1. Lightly heat the milk in a microwave or on the stove to a temperature of 40 degrees.
2. Use a soft cloth, which you thoroughly moisten in warmed milk, gently clean the contaminated area.
3. You can use cotton wool to see how productive the cleansing process is.

Important! Do not attempt to clean the white leather bag with substances such as: vinegar, nail polish remover, acetone white spirit and so on. They aggressively affect the natural skin, and can also hopelessly spoil your favorite thing.

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Wash lining: practical tips

The white leather bag should look brilliant everywhere: both outside and inside. Lining in light leather bags is also in a large number of cases white. Over time, it becomes dirty. In a washing machine, such a bag can not be erased, and the lining is not unfastened - so how to be in this situation?

In order to clean your white lining:

• It needs to be unscrewed and washed by hand. Try not to touch the bag during washing.
• Wash the underlay without the use of abrasive agents, it is advisable to do this with liquid detergents.
• The edge of the lining, which is sewn to the skin, is extremely difficult to wash. Here you will come to the aid of stain-removing moist wipes. Dry the bag, and then use these napkins.
• Do not dry the lining with a hairdryer. Allow to dry your bag at room temperature.
• It is better to give an expensive bag for cleaning in a dry cleaner, there it will get rid of all the stains and will put the lining in order.

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How to clean a bag of white leatherette?

Light dirt and stains can be removed with exactly the same means used to remove stains from leather bags. These tools we described for you earlier, but still recall this:

• melamine sponge;
• eraser;
• spray, stain remover;
• wipes.

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Can I keep the snow-white color of leather bags?

Be sure to read the following tips and tricks to help you keep the color of your favorite and expensive leather bag. Due to this you will not be forced to perform any strange and very heavy manipulations such as painting a bag. Agree that this is absolutely not what I would like to do with a leather bag.

So, how to save the color of a leather bag:

1. If it is a white bag, you can not do without a mixture of whipped protein and plain milk. But do not beat the mixture until the foam forms. Wipe this product with at least 1 time in a few months and you will be able to avoid darkening or the appearance of yellow spots on your leather bag.
2. For dark accessories you can use lemon juice - in a small amount of freshly squeezed lemon juice, moisten the sponge and walk it over the surface of the bag.
3. If you are talking about a brown bag, then you can not do without the use of coffee grounds. This method will be incredibly popular with lovers of real, fragrant, ground coffee - look into your mug and you will find on its bottom a thicket that you can use. There are several options for using this tool:
   • Wrap the remains of the coffee grounds in a soft cloth, and then wipe the resulting lump of your leather bag.
   • Dampen the old toothbrush in the thick, treat it with the skin, and then remove the remnants of the product. But do not forget to treat the product with a dry brush afterwards.

We are sure that after reading this article, you will no longer have questions about how to clean a white leather bag. We wish you always to be beautiful with neat and clean accessories.