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How to clean the Louis Vuitton handbag categorized by the type of materials

From the previous article Famous classical materials of luxury historical handbag brand "Louis Vuitton", you already know the main material of Louis Vuitton's iconic handbags then here, this article will describe the suitable cleaner and how to clean Louis Vuitton, especially, the Louis Vuitton iconic handbags. Therefore, before getting to know about how to clean Louis Vuitton, please note, the Louis Vuitton handbag materials which will be mentioned here are categorized by following the previous article. If you would like to give good quality of cleaning Louis Vuitton to your client, be sure that you totally understand the Louis Vuitton material well because it will lead to the next important thing is how to clean Louis Vuitton for choosing the correct chemical to clean and maintain the luxury Louis Vuitton handbag. However, before going to the next step of how to clean Louis Vuitton if you don't understand each Louis Vuitton material well, that might cause the wrong chemical use. Have you read the previous article? If you have time, it's good to know. Just click the link to read the previous article of Famous classical materials of luxury historical handbag brand "Louis Vuitton" 1. Fabric or textile, cotton, denim, microfiber, and so on, this material is widely used for the inner lining of the handbag because it helps to balance the total weight of the bag. However, the fabric has dirt quite easily. Therefore, 2 products that are suitable are BT.Fabric Ink Remover and BT.Fabric Dry Cleaner. 1.1 Fabric Ink Remover for removing the obvious stain such as a food stain, lipstick stain, or ink stain before general cleaning with BT.Fabric Dry Cleaner, if the handbag doesn't have the obviously stain then just skip this procedure the clean the textile handbag's inner lining with BT.Fabric Dry Cleaner it's should be enough.

1.2 BT.Fabric dry cleaner, as mentioned earlier, if the textile inner lining doesn't have an obvious stain then we will use BT.Fabric dry cleaner one only.


If you would like to go into detail about how to clean the fabric handbag, here is the link to the video clip on Bagtouch's YouTube channel. How to remove ink and lipstick from handbag inner lining 2. Coated canvas and PVC Both materials have the same structure, fabric underneath, and a kind of plastic sheet covered the top. We separate the cleaning chemical by the material colors light and dark. 2.1 Coated canvas or PVC in light color, BT.Cowhide and calf leather cleaner is the suitable one as this chemical is various use. It suitable for light color of Coated canvas like Azur, PVC inner lining, Finished Leather light color, also plastic and rubber, the backside of the Louis Vuitton shoulder strap supporter pad in a crossbody bag. In this article we are focusing on Louis Vuitton cleaner but keep in mind if you can identify the material well then you can use the Bagtouch cleaner to clean another luxury handbag branded as well. Follow the link to see the video on how to use the BT.Cowhide and calf leather cleaner to clean a light color of Coated canvas and Finished leather light color.


2.2 Coated canvas or PVC in dark color, BT.3 in 1 coated canvas cleaner is the recommended one for this material.

Again, if you would like to go into detail about how to clean the Louis Vuitton coated canvas handbag, monogram, Damier ebene, Damier graphite, here is the link to the video clip on Bagtouch's YouTube channel. Blue Box is more than coated canvas.

3. Leather materials are a little complicated. First, we need to divide it by leather type, Finished leather, Unfinished leather. 2nd divide the material by the colors light and dark. 3.1 Finished leather light color, white, yellow, cream, beige and so on. For example, Louis Vuitton epi, Monogram Empreinte. In this case, just like 2.1 as the character of Finished leather light color is the same as coated canvas light color then the cleaner and the cleaning method is also the same. However, some of the pattern on this type of leather is very sensitive then while you are cleaning, should be gentle to maintain its pattern otherwise, the 2 color or some pattern might disappear.


3.2 Finished and Unfinished dark color. When we say dark color means the color should be close to black, navy, dark brown, dark green. This material is the BT.Leather dyeing system is very useful.



3.3 Unfinished Light color, by the production method, the unfinished has been dyed the color through and another one we know as natural cowhide has no color. The unfinished leather light color but not a cowhide, honestly we should clean it for re-coloring or color touch-up for the best result because after cleaning the leather might look like a water stain or faded in some area.



3.4 Another unfinished Ligh color called Natural Cowhide or Vachetta leather is the same type of leather. This is the most sensitive one, even water, and make the cowhide has a stain and easy to get dirt. No worries, we has the perfect solution for the cowhide. Here is the link to see the BT.Cowhide cleansing set instruction. The BT.Cowhide Cleansing set has 3 solution including, BT.Cowhide Whitening, BT.Cowhide and calf leather cleaner and BT.Cowhide polishing for the perfect cowhide cleansing.


3.5 Patent Leather, actually this type of leather is a kind of Finished leather. However, we need to separate the patent leather individually because the extreme coating of the leather is different from the normal finished leather. Therefore, the patent leather of Louis Vuitton which called Louis Vuitton Vernis is need a specific cleaner for the best result. See the detail at the product page by clicking the link.


On the topic of how to clean Louis Vuitton is undeniable that Louis Vuitton hardware clean is also one of the important parts to make a sparking shiny to the Louis Vuitton handbags.

4. Hardware, if you notice, when the hardware gets old some will turn from gold to silver but some will turn from gold to black. Therefore, we need to treat them differently.

4.1 The hardware turn from gold to silver because the hardware has been electroplating then the silver shows that the gold plating is peeling. This problem we need a BT.Electroplating package with 4 hrs. training. The package will come with all solutions, materials, and machines.

4.2 The hardware turn from gold to black because it oxidizes with oxygen. This problem has easily been solved with BT.Hardware Polishing. Let's see the tip and trick to clean handbag hardware by the link.


Here is a covering of how to clean Louis Vuitton iconic handbag materials. Hopefully, it will be useful and increase our world standard of the luxury handbag spa industry. If you already know about how to clean Louis Vuitton and have a good trick, share it with us to be a part of our warmest bag spa service community. The instruction of each is so simple but if you are not confident to try it yourself then BT.Professional Online Bag Spa Training package with the 1-1 live training + actual workshop is available. Here at Bagtouch, with a great product and great support from our experienced training team, our bag spa business can rapidly grow together.


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