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The Art of Restoration: How To Restore Preloved Vintage Luxury Bags
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items My go-to guides for cleaning and restoring preloved vintage luxury handbags and purses—packed with step-by-step tips and super helpful advice.
This is a simple guide on how to clean a small vintage Essex handbag!
How to Clean & Restore a Vintage Dooney & Bourke Small Black Essex Bag
This is a great guide for spotting a fake!
How to Spot a Fake Vintage Dooney & Bourke Bag
This is a great guide on how to easily clean a canvas Coach handbag!
How to Clean & Restore a Coach Madison Audrey OP Art Satchel
The ivy green on this bag is gorgeous! This is how we restored it!
How to Clean & Restore a Vintage Dooney & Bourke Medium Essex Bag
This is a good tutorial on restoring a zip-top vintage bag!
How to Clean & Restore a Vintage Dooney & Bourke Buckle Zip Top Crossbody Bag
This is an easy guide on cleaning a Coach canvas purse!
How to Clean & Restore a Coach Poppy Embroidered Handbag
30+ year old vintage bags can be a challenge to restore and clean. This guide shows you the best ways to do it!
How to Clean & Restore a Vintage Dooney & Bourke Bag
These coated Y2K bags are hard to find without graying or yellowing. This one was in nice condition. This is what we did to make it look brand new!
How to Clean & Restore a Vintage Dooney & Bourke Y2K Shoulder Bag
This Equestrian back looks brand new after this restoration!
How to Clean & Restore a Vintage Dooney & Bourke Equestrian Crossbody Bag
This is a great guide on how to easily remove stains from a canvas luxury bag!
How to Clean & Restore a Luxury Coach Signature Bag
Pebble grain leather bags are pretty easy to clean up. This is a good guide on how to do it right!
How to Clean & Restore a Dooney & Bourke Pebble Grain Leather Tassel Tote
This is a great guide on how to get a stinky vintage bag smelling fresh and new!
How to Clean & Restore a Vintage Coach Slim Vinyl & Leather Tote Bag
This is a great tutorial on how to reshape a vintage leather handbag!
How to Clean & Restore a Vintage Dooney & Bourke Small Essex Crossbody Bag
Pebble grain leather bags are pretty easy to clean. This is a good how-to to do that!
How to Clean & Restore a Dooney & Bourke Pebble Grain Leather Crossbody Bag
Cleaning and restoring mixed leathers can be tricky, especially metallic and exotic leathers. This guide show you how we do it!
How to Clean & Restore a Luxury Coach Bag
This year east-west bags are totally in! We found this one at the thrift and made it look brand new!
How to Clean & Restore a Dooney & Bourke East-West Slouch Shoulder Bag
This is one of the best stain removers to cover large areas on a handbag.
How We Use OxiClean MaxForce Gel Stick for Stain Removal on Our Restored Preloved Vintage Luxury Bags
Using a small, cordless, vacuum is a must for getting all the junk and debris out of thrifted vintage luxury bags.
Why a Handheld Cordless Vacuum Is an Essential Tool for Restored Preloved Vintage Luxury Bags
I love using this stain stick on small, targeted stains. It especially works great on removing ink stains from satin and canvas.
How a Tide Stain Stick Helps Us Gently Remove Tough Stains from Our Restored Preloved Vintage Luxury Bags
This is one of our favorite leather conditioners. It acts as both a cleaner and a conditioner in one step.
How We Use Apple Leather Conditioner on Our Restored Preloved Vintage Luxury Bags to Give Them a New Life
I like to use these as a 1st step when cleaning the exterior of a preloved handbag. They have no chemicals or alcohol so they won't dry out the leather before you can condition it.
How WaterWipes Help Us Give Restored Preloved Vintage Luxury Bags a Fresh Start
Microfiber towels are great for applying cleaners and conditioners because they don't overly absorb the product. They clean up really well, too!
How Microfiber Towels Are Essential to Our Restoration Process for Restored Preloved Vintage Luxury Bags
This metal cleaner works great on both Coach and Dooney & Bourke hardware. It gets off all of the tarnish and removes the dullness. It brings the hardware back to life!
How Brasso Metal Polish Helps Us Clean Brass Hardware on Restored Preloved Vintage Luxury Bags
These are some of the ways we clean suede interiors on vintage luxury handbags.
The Ultimate Guide to Cleaning Suede Interiors in Preloved Vintage Luxury Bags
This tutorial shows you how to revive a 30+ year old flat, vintage leather handbag.
How to Clean & Restore a Vintage Dooney & Bourke Carrier Bag