How I Clean Vintage Louis Vuitton Vachetta and the Canvas Myth
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- čas přidán 14. 10. 2018
- This video is about cleaning vachetta and the canvas myth
If you have questions about more details, I am happy to share what has worked for me.
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If your leather is dry, do not clean first, instead
1) condition the bag really well
2) let dry
3) then clean the bag
4) recondition
Bickmore Saddle Soap
Laston Leather Moisturizer
Charmin Fresh Wipes
Husband's old white T shirt, cut into rags
Bar Keepers Friend (use with damp Q-tips and wet wipes)
1990 Vintage LV speedy 30 from an Ebay auction
Dr. Martens Wonder Balsam
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I've watched quite a few of these Vuitton cleaning videos and for a while I thought, ok, this video is the same. Not necessarily a bad thing because at least these techniques are working for everyone. When she did the whole bit about the thickness of the canvas, I was shook! You go girl! So many influencers out there saying it's thinner and Geneva Jo hits 'em with SCIENCE!!💥 Great video!
Thank you for the comment. I am now back to work on my filming and hope to make something useful and fun this year. It's a challenging and fun hobby.
Thanks for debunking the mystery of thickness 👍🏻
Looks great ! Glad you rescued her !
Blessings and Peace !
I was shocked at how well it cleaned up. I did this very recently and it has really taught me a lot about vachetta leather
You did an amazing job cleaning your vintage speedy!
after I cleaned it up, I sent it out to have some custom artwork done on it...I am sure what I picked will freak some people out...we shall see
Love your video! Thanks 😊
Thanks for watching!
Omg new subscriber and I love you and your channel you rock and are really good at restoring
Currently planning on finishing a dye job on camera, and a vechetta cleaning video is on the list
Looks so pretty! Great tips. I have had great luck using those jewelry cleaning cloths on the brass parts of bags. No mess on the leather, and they work so fast.
That sounds exciting to me! Do the cleaning cloths work well if there's darkened residue on the brass already? I have a bag coming in that will likely need cleaning, and if the cloth works well w/o a solution, that just sounds like less risk to the leather. Either way, I'll give it a try! Glad I read your comment!
jlnriddick yes, I used them on my darkened brass and they work very well. Probably not as completely as Brasso, but no risk to try :-)
Thank you so much for the tip! I have recently purchased a jewelry cleaning cloth, just because of this comment. I have also found that buying extremely fine steel wool works well on older bags with eons of crap on the brass.
Great video! Thank you so much!
thank you for watching! I am back to creating again and hope that I will keep going and honing my video skill
I wrote a comment about 2 weeks ago, and you were kind enough to reply! The vintage bag I purchased was actually almost in pristine condition (leather wise), so I didn't really need your tips and tricks for that one, but I've since received a vintage Speedy 25 (1993) that needs help on the handles and brass. Came back to listen again, and was blown away for a second time at how clean you got your handles. It's just amazing! The second time I used my zipper pull (on this new 25), it pulled right off, but oddly enough, I'm not a fan of them anyway... just wasn't expecting that at all! I used an exacto knife to get rid of the torn leather, and polished up the zipper tab beautifully! I forgot to wet the cloth before adding the saddle soap to the leather (dummy), so I'm headed back for several more rounds! Hoping the handles eventually look like yours! Thanks again for all the information! Great video!
Hi, sorry for not seeing this message. Unfortunately I can't read this entire message. It cuts off @ "and was blown away for a second time how...." I am relaunching soon. Going to dye on camera and probably "die" on camera as well :)
Such a helpful video!
Thank you for the comment. I am currently working on some more "helpful" videos. Thank you for watching and commenting
First time ....on ur channel & subbed....thank for the lesson and thank you for letting us know that the canvas is the same thing,
lovin your multicolor at the back! she is soo pretty!
I have shoulder injuries and must go to smaller, lighter bags, so I have to decide what bags must go. While I love the bag, I never carry it because it is simply not my style. It's pretty as art but clashes with my birkenstocks! LOL So, I am going to try to put it up for sale somewhere, facebook or IG tomorrow. It is one of many bags that I have chosen to get rid of to make way for some small, tiny, light boo hoo I love my larger bags but they just kill me! I don't want to clean my lux bag closet out ...but alas..it's a must. I am a nurse in my 50s and man my shoulders have aged fast!
wow! thank you! been a collector of LV classic bags esp the multicolor noir line 💕💜🧡💚💛💖...been trying to grow my collection, 1 mc bag at a time 😅💕
💜🧡💚💛💖 Fantastic
Great job!
Thank you Sir Hard Davidson
LOL!!! OMG I just love your personality
Yancy J thanks!
Thank you for sharing this
I took a year off and still have not finished dying my bandouliere, so I am going to do that on camera!
I love you girl,when you said I own a micronomer, an measured the thickness of the canvas. Then I asked myself out loud? Why does she own that?....lol. TFS
My husband is an engineer and is a hobby luthier (makes guitars). LOL! That was a great question. Why would I have that?
Looks great.
Thank you!
Crazy good job, and great video! Thank you for sharing with us! You actually helped me decide to purchase a speedy 35 on ebay that is lovely. Hoping to make it even lovelier! Still determining the date code, but I think it's from '99! Thank you again!
I am so happy that you found and bag that you can be happy with. Vachetta scares folks and I understand why, but once you fall in love with it, I think that you begin to appreciate it in all of it's aging states from light to deep golden brown
@@JoleeSO Very excited, and happy to have you as a resource!
Hi there, would you recommend the Laston leather moisturizer? I read a review saying it left white spots on a bag, but yours looks wonderful! I wanted to purchase it because they state it will not darken the leather. Please let me know how it has worked for you. Thank you for your video :)
I use it. However, I have not used it on light vechetta as it usually does not require it.
Thx for the truth on the canvas myths I always wonder if that was true 👍🏻😉
Perhaps the canvas itself is not what has changed but the chemicals used to cure it have? just a thought
Louis Vuitton handbag and Dr. Martin's!?!?! Gorl, you are my soul sister for sure! Those are the only 2 things on my Xmas list this year! Please Santa be good to momma!! 🎅♥️
P.S. your deadpan expression.when you told us to keep "living the dream" totally made my heart smile, but when you followed that up with, "I gotta go to work.", I was dead to rights. Idk why I thought that was so funny, but it made my day!🤗
Conscientious objector In the Ham you totally get me!
Is it good for the little dry vachetta on handles of lv cabas alto
Is what good for dry handles? The leather lotion is great for dry handles, it will darken the color and/or need to be done more than once.
Speedy handles are gorgeous. I must say I’ve tried everything but not the lotion! I’ll have to try that! Amazon?
Oh and I use a dremmel on my brass. There is a polishing felt tip that works well and if tarnish is especially stubborn add just a drop of barkeepers friend to the felt. You can get into small spaces easily with the felt tip.
yes!
@@LVReLoved THAT! is a wonderful suggestion!!! so going to try that!
geneva_jo let me know how it works out!
I don’t think I got the part on how to revive/clean the canvas itself. Anyone please explain. Would appreciate it a lot. Thanks in advance.
good idea, I have a bag that needs cleaning anyway
Hi I need help don’t know what to do I recently purchased a bag and I saw videos on how to clean it and condition my bad, so I ended up buying Kali and Blackrock leather conditioner, but it turned darker and I don’t what to do to get it the way I got it.
I don't think that there is much that you can do. Vachetta once dark, doesn't relighted, unless it ix water that darkened it. If you put a leather conditioner on light vachetta and it turned it..I think that is the color now. The bag that I cleaned and conditioned was already very dark, I prefer clean to light and dirty.
Thank you Geneva_jo for your help and your right better dark & clean then light and dirty.
New Subbie! Love your videos, please make more
I sure will
new videos coming soon, starting to film now and I will be getting a new computer next month and will be able to edit and upload once more
Where did you find the pink purse organizer
Amazon
I used Wonder Balm for my Speedy vachetta, and it darkens the leather soooo much, I don't like it. :( Does Laston lotion also darken the color? Yours look AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't compare, I have to say that the leather that I have used it on is already dark. I did use resolene on Vachetta, and it doesn't darken it, but I don't suggest it. I do it for forever bags that I don't want stained up. It seals the leather. LV traditionalist hate that and don't want the leather sealed.
Try masking tape to go around the brass when cleaning the brass. A tape that won't leave sticky residue when you pull it off.
Great tip!
My son was born in 1990 and also own a louis from 1990 for that reason.
I had my painted recently.
@@JoleeSO I think about having mine done but I can't find anyone to paint it and I dont trust myself enough.
What can I do for light corner wear. Waiting for my vintage bag to arrive
Jessica Hernandez on canvas?
@@JoleeSO hi, thanks for replying it's on the vachetta.
There are many leather products. I am typing this from bed right now, but..look up leather experts on you tube ( usually some dude testing products on raw leather ) to see what products work the best. Since it’s vintage you’ll want to condition it first! That way it helps protect from cracking. Now, I am not telling you to do this ( disclaimer in case you mess up your bag ) what I would do after conditioning is use a more waxy conditioner like a shoe protectant like doc Martin sells for old docs. Then after that I would seal it with resolene. But that’s just me. 😛
Did you use any sort of rain guard on this bag after cleaning it?
I now use Resolene on my bags. I have a speedy 25 bandouliere that I treated with it, and it got splashed by a water cooler last week at work. I was sad looking at all of those dark water spots all over it, an hour later...all gone. So, even though I did it a couple of years ago, it is still sealed. I can't recommend it it because it's a huge step and does seal the leather, but many say that it "ruins" bag. I haven't found that to be true. However, it has only been a couple of years. I can't tell you whether or not it shortens to life of the vachetta. For me, I would rather it look clean. It does continue to patina. So it is getting darker but not dirty looking. ew!
I learned to use the resolene, by watching a leather guy treat several different pieces of vachetta in a youtube video. One drawback, it reduces the "leather smell" because it is sealed.
I hope that helps a bit. I am no longer scared of vachetta because of it.
@@JoleeSO Thanks so much!
Estoy traduciendo todo 🙈 no hablo inglés, me encantaría poderte enviar fotos de mis bolsas Lv, para consejo
Gracias 🙂
I am no expert. I am just sharing what I have done. Good luck! Thank you for watching.
no soy un experto Solo estoy compartiendo lo que he hecho. ¡Buena suerte! Gracias por ver.
Canvas does feel different? Not sure what it is about it
You know how companies that make different chemicals etc. continue to update their products and change them. LV may be dealing with some changes that are beyond their control or they may be trying different treatments. You're right, older and newer feel different and I am not sure that it is just the age.
@@JoleeSO Honestly, I prefer the older bags. They seem much better made, and feel it too. The newer ones look and feel less substantial, almost cheaper. I hate to use that word!
@@TraveleronMywayHome that's OK, Cheaper is the right word! :)
How do you clean the canvas?
Soap and water.
A wet wipe
Just nothing harsh
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:)
I don’t know, the canvas feels and looks way darker and way better than canvas now.
you're right, some of my older bags the canvas seems to be made completely differently
Too much talking not very much detailed info on how to clean.
if I do make another video or get another bag to clean up, I will be sure to make to as detailed as possible and take some really good before and after stills to insert as well. Thank you for the comment and critique !