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Favorite Cleaning & Restoration Products & Tools
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items These are some of my favorite cleaning and restoration products and tools that I use for restoring preloved vintage luxury bags.
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Leather & Suede Cleaners & Conditioners
Restoration Tools & Equipment
Leather & Suede Cleaners & Conditioners
These are some of my favorite leather and suede cleaners and conditioners to use when restoring preloved vintage luxury bags.
Apple Leather Conditioner works as both a cleaner and a conditioner. It's our #1 go to.
Apple Leather Care Leather Conditioner 8oz Bottle
If you're looking for a leather cleaning kit, the Apple Leather Cleaner & Conditioning Kit is a great option!
Apple Leather Cleaner & Conditioner Kit
If your leather bag needs a deeper cleaning, start with the Apple Leather Cleaner before applying the 2-in-1 conditioner/cleaner. Works great!
Apple Leather Cleaner for Handbags & More
We use the Kiwi Polish Paste in the color tan to recolor the British tan trim on vintage Dooney & Bourke Bags. Works amazing!
Kiwi Polish Paste - Tan
Many people love using Leather CPR, especially for vintage Coach bags!
Leather CPR Cleaner and Conditioner - for Purses
Bick Leather Cleaner & Conditioner is another popular product for cleaning and conditioning leather handbags.
Bick 1 & Bick 4 Leather Care for Handbags
Bick 1 Leather Cleaner is another popular leather cleaner for leather purses and handbags.
Bickmore Bick 1 Leather Cleaner for Bags
Bick 4 Leather Conditioner is another popular product for cleaning leather handbags and purses.
Bick 4 Leather Conditioner for Purses & Handbags
Saddle Soap is a great option for cleaning and conditioning vintage leather bags. Bickmore makes a nice one. A little harder to apply, but still effective!
Bickmore Saddle Soap Plus - Leather Care
Lexol's two-step leather cleaning and conditioning kit is another popular choice for restoring preloved vintage luxury bags.
Lexol Leather Care Kit for Purses & Handbags
These are our favorite Microfiber Towels for applying leather cleaning & conditioning products to leather preloved vintage luxury bags.
AIDEA 24PK White Microfiber Cleaning Cloths
We love this horsehair brush kit for both applying products and buffing out our preloved vintage luxury bags.
4 Pcs Horsehair Brush Kit
This is our favorite suede tool to use to clean the suede interior of preloved vintage luxury bags. It really gets into tight places like corner and pockets.
Shacke 4-Way Suede & Nubuck Leather Brush
This dual suede brush / eraser kit is super good for unmatting and cleaning the suede interiors of vintage bags.
Fiamme Suede & Nubuck Cleaning Kit
Pink erasers work pretty good at literally erasing grime and dirt from the suede interior of a preloved vintage luxury bag.
PEN+GEAR Smudge-Proof Pink Erasers 2 Count
Restoration Tools & Equipment
These are some of my favorite restoration tools and equipment for restoring preloved vintage luxury bags.
I love using this handheld cordless vacuum for getting into the corners, seams and tight spaces of vintage luxury handbags.
Handheld Cordless Vacuum
I always follow up vacuuming the interior of my handbags with a lint roller to make sure I get out all of the debris.
Lint Roller
If I can't get an ink stain out using my typical stain removers, I use a little dab of 70% rubbing alcohol on the spot and that usually does the trick!
70% Rubbing Alcohol - 16 oz
I use a ton of cotton swabs when I'm cleaning and restoring handbags for applying cleaners and removing stains.
Cotton Swabs - 500 Count
I use cotton rounds to apply metal cleaner to tarnished hardware.
Cotton Rounds - 100 Count
I use white tissue paper to stuff and reshape my cleaned and restored bags.
White Tissue Paper - 20 x 20-Inches, 60-Sheets
I use firm toothbrushes to work in stain remover to deep stains.
Dr. Fresh 6 Pack Firm Toothbrushes
These are the laundry bags I use when I'm laundering my preloved bags. They're great because their small mesh both protects the bag and doesn't leave the bag too wet.
4 Mesh Laundry Bags
I use white hand towels to stuff and reshape my freshly laundered handbags while they air dry.
6-Pack White Hand Towels
I use manicure scissor to carefully and closely cut off loose threads.
Manicure Scissors
I use this upholstery cleaner on canvas handbags that I can not launder.
Blue Coral Upholstery Cleaner
This is a good adhesive for repairing leather trim and accessories.
Tear Mender Instant Fabric and Leather Adhesive
These are the rubber gloves you see me wearing in my YouTube cleaning and restoration videos. I use them multiple times before I have to throw them out.
Black Nitrile Disposable Gloves - 50 Count