Leather experts - cleaning grubby handbag

little_critter

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I’ve picked up what should be a nice handbag, but it’s filthy.
It should be green but most of it looks more like khaki.
ive given it a clean with a dishcloth, water and a few squirts of leather cleaner but it doesn’t look any better.
Any suggestions? Or do I need to learn to love khaki?
The 2nd photo gives an idea of the colour difference.

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Not sure what it would cost but there are places that specialise in restoring special handbags. Might be expensive but then it is a Mulberry...

A lesser bag I would probably try really hot water, Fairy and a non-scratch scourer - at your own risk!
 

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You could try putting it into a bag of bran (dry bran that is, not damped) and really shaking it up. They used to clean expensive fur coats this way, specially good for the shaggy ones. Otherwise I would be using soap and water, let it dry naturally and then use a good leather restorer.
 

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I’ve just been told by someone in the know that it’s not dirt, it’s fading/ bleaching. So cleaning won’t help ☹️
I’d best grow to like Khaki.
 

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If it's a genuine mulberry send it to them. They will restore it.
I work for Mulberry ?. This was in the staff rummage sale (read jumble sale with extra pointy elbows). These bags are ones that are deemed unsellable / past economic repair.
From the tags on it I believe it’s a preloved bag we’ve bought back from a customer then decided we can’t get it back to a saleable standard. Often it’s worth a punt, but hearing that this discolouration is likely to be bleaching rather than dirt I suspect it’s destined to stay khaki. Shame, it would have been a nice bag.
 
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