How to wash a bag

A wom­en’s bag is a capri­cious prod­uct in terms of wash­ing. It does not tol­er­ate wash­ing in a type­writer, and quick­ly dete­ri­o­rates from aggres­sive clean­ing prod­ucts. This is espe­cial­ly true for leather bags: their gloss and attrac­tive­ness large­ly depend on care.

We have pre­pared rec­om­men­da­tions, fol­low­ing which you will keep your bag in good con­di­tion for a long time.

Pho­to: allure.com/

General recommendations for bag washing

Suit­able deter­gent — for wash­ing woolen, silk prod­ucts. Such prod­ucts remove dirt and stains from the sur­face of the bag. Gels are also suit­able. If you use ordi­nary dry pow­ders, they can cause wrin­kles on the bag.

In case of light dirt and dust, it is enough to clean the bag with a damp cloth, and then apply a reg­u­lar hand cream to the prod­uct.

If you had to car­ry out a wet wash — man­u­al­ly or in a type­writer — then you need to dry the bag in an upright posi­tion. Place it on a tow­el and keep it away from heaters.

Bag washing methods

First of all, remove all items from the bag — keys, phone, wal­lets, bank cards. Check the out­er and inner pock­ets.

If any met­al ele­ments of the bag come unfas­tened, unfas­ten them.

Hand wash bags

This is the best option, since leather goods and leatherette bags do not tol­er­ate wash­ing in a type­writer. In addi­tion, a num­ber of man­u­fac­tur­ers direct­ly point out the pro­hi­bi­tion to wash bags auto­mat­i­cal­ly, espe­cial­ly if the acces­so­ry has dec­o­ra­tive met­al inserts.

Before wash­ing, we rec­om­mend soak­ing the bag in cold water with gel for 1 hour. After that, wash the prod­uct with your hands.

Pre­pare a soap solu­tion, soak a nap­kin or cot­ton pad in it and swipe it over the sur­face of the bag. The nap­kin or disk must be thor­ough­ly wrung out before use so as not to moist­en the bag too much. After that, rub the sur­face of the prod­uct with cas­tor oil.

In order not to wash the bag once again, from time to time wipe it inside and out with a sponge moist­ened with soapy water. Do not press too hard on the mate­r­i­al.

Washing the bag in the machine

We do not rec­om­mend machine wash­ing bags. Rinse in the drum runs the risk of cracks and holes in the prod­uct, to its defor­ma­tion. If you decide on such a wash, then select the del­i­cate or man­u­al mode. Dis­able auto­mat­ic spin.

Oth­er restric­tions:

1. wash­ing cycle dura­tion — up to 30 min­utes;

2. the max­i­mum water tem­per­a­ture is 30°C.

Place the prod­uct in a pil­low­case or laun­dry bag, then put it in the drum. We rec­om­mend adding 1–2 more things in addi­tion to cre­ate a coun­ter­weight.

Features of washing bags made of different materials

Car­ing for the bag depends on the mate­r­i­al of the bag. For exam­ple, if the skin is wrin­kled, then such a prod­uct is more wear-resis­tant. Tight skin requires del­i­cate care, and if the bag is light, then it will have to be cleaned more often.

See the label on the label for more infor­ma­tion from the man­u­fac­tur­er.

Suede bag

Wash the bag in soapy water, and wipe heav­i­ly soiled areas with a school eras­er. You can also use a suede clean­er, which is designed to remove stub­born stains. To improve the struc­ture of the fibers and restore the bright­ness of the col­or, use a clean­ing foam. It will pro­vide a del­i­cate clean­ing of the pile of suede.

To remove dust, just wipe the prod­uct with a suede brush or flan­nel cloth. If oil stains appear on the bag, wipe them with gaso­line or sprin­kle tal­cum pow­der on top. After the prod­uct has dried, wipe it with a brush.

Do not wash or wash a suede bag under water. It is impos­si­ble to squeeze and unscrew the prod­uct.

Leather bag

It is bet­ter not to wash such prod­ucts. But if the bag is very dirty, add 2–3 drops of ammo­nia to the soap solu­tion and wipe the thing with it. Next, wipe the bag with cas­tor oil or glyc­erin — this will pre­serve the qual­i­ty of the leather. The last step is to wipe the bag with a soft cloth.

Gen­uine leather bags are rec­om­mend­ed to be moist­ened reg­u­lar­ly. Use glyc­erin, oils or creams 3–4 times a year. It is enough to wipe the bags made of arti­fi­cial leather from time to time. If the stain is dif­fi­cult to remove, then it should be paint­ed over with liq­uid leather, which is sold in shoe stores.

Reptile skin bag

Pho­to: psychoticleopard.com/

Such prod­ucts must not be wet­ted. It is enough to wipe the sur­face of the bag with a damp cloth. To remove dirt under the scales, use a sable brush or oth­er soft brush. Move it in the direc­tion of scale growth. To keep them from com­ing off, do not pick them up.

When dust and dirt are removed, use a con­di­tion­er and pol­ish for­mu­lat­ed for rep­tile skin.

In no case do not dry such prod­ucts near radi­a­tors or under the sun — oth­er­wise the bag will quick­ly become cov­ered with cracks.

Eco leather bag

These bags can be washed on a del­i­cate cycle at tem­per­a­tures up to 30°C. Select a pro­gram with water drain and care­ful­ly wring out the gar­ment by hand. You can also wash the bag by hand. It is impor­tant that there is no increased fric­tion.

Eco-leather does not burn out in the sun, but you should not keep it under direct sun­light — oth­er­wise the prod­uct will deform. Turn the bag inside out to dry the cot­ton base quick­ly.

When clean­ing bags made of eco-leather, brush­es (even with soft bris­tles), bleach­es, stain removers, chlo­rine-con­tain­ing deter­gents and prod­ucts with abra­sive par­ti­cles can­not be used.

Sports bag

Such prod­ucts are unpre­ten­tious in care and well tol­er­ate auto­mat­ic wash­ing. Suit­able modes — hand wash up to 45 min­utes, up to 30 ° C and 400 rev­o­lu­tions.

Folk ways to get rid of stains

Pho­to: pasunautre.com/

1. To clean a light-col­ored bag, treat it with whipped milk with pro­tein. This will quick­ly get rid of greasy stains on the prod­uct;

2. Brew cof­fee and thick­en stains. This method is suit­able for bags made of dark mate­ri­als. After treat­ment, remove the rem­nants of the prod­uct using a slight­ly damp­ened sponge;

3. Dis­solve 1 drop of ammo­nia in a glass of water. Treat stains with solu­tion. This method will restore the orig­i­nal appear­ance of the prod­uct.

When hand wash­ing a bag, we rec­om­mend using gloves, espe­cial­ly if you clean the prod­uct using ammo­nia.