Leather is a noble material. So, if you have leather bags in your wardrobe, you may want to know how to store them, how to take care of a leather bag, so that it will serve you many years.

Leather bag may fade or get dirty over time. However, if you want to keep your favorite bag for a long time, it is possible.

1. Remember that a leather bag should not be stored, hanging on a handle, the handle of your leather bag can be deformed and stretched. The bag should "stand" or "sit", then its shape will be preserved, and leather will not crack, will not stretch and will not be scratched.

2. If you want to clean your bag, remember that natural leather can not be cleaned with acetone, gasoline, various solvents, as well as with products made from them. These substances can damage structure and color of the material.

3. You have accidentally got a drop of juice, coffee, tea, or dirt on your leather bag — do not wait for the dirt to dry — wipe it immediately until the liquid is absorbed into leather.

4. You got under rain, the bag is soaked, do not rush to put it to a battery, or to a hot heater, or a hair dryer. Just put a pile of papers or paper towels inside your bag and leave it for 1 day. It will get dry itself.

5. To clean the leather surface, do not use brushes with metal surface or with hard bristle, you will damage the leather structure. Look after the leather bag with a new sponge for shoes or a sponge for washing dishes.

6. To take care for a leather bag at home, you need to remember the main thing: careful attitude.

7. If you just want to wipe the dust from your bag, it is enough to soak a cotton cloth in warm water. Or you can take a disposable wet cloth for it. Let leather dry and apply a colorless cream on it.

8. If the bag is too dirty, take a drop of liquid soap on the sponge and wipe the leather. For shine, you can add a few drops of 10% ammonia on the spounge. Next: dry the bag away from radiators and batteries, as well as from the sun! Finally, apply a colorless cream, and after 20 minutes wipe the bag with a flannel cloth.

9. Often white leather bags get shiny and worn out in some places. To get rid of them, use the mixture of warm milk and 1 tsp of baking soda, diluted in it.

10. The basis in suede skin care is regular cleaning of the bag with a dry sponge or a special rubber brush for it.

11. Leather with naplak coating can easily crack. Therefore, lacquer bags are not for every day life. They're made for going out. To take care for such leather, you need specialized cosmetics and creams.

12. You mustn`t clean leather bags with usual cream for leather;

wear at temperatures above +25°C or below -10°C;

grease with fat cream.

MADRAS — plain matte leather with a fully adjusted top. MADRAS is the most popular embossing in Russia. The leather is 0.9-1.2 mm thick. Average leather size is 4.0 m2. This article refers to inexpensive ones. Leather goes for various models of furniture, bags. The leather is covered with a protective layer that prevents stains and small scratches, which reduces daily care to a minimum. It is a perfect choice for intensive use.

Leather with reptile patterns (CAYMANS, CROCODILE, PYTHON, LIZARD) from cattle skin, sheepskin, pig skin can have a special dressing of the surface, imitating skin of various reptiles: crocodile, snakes, lizards. This leather looks exotic.

Naplak Leather is genuine leather with a shiny lacquer surface. Unlike lacquer leather, naplak is a very soft material, it is not as smooth and glossy as the lacquer. Soft, wear-resistant, elegant material, often used in summer and semi-season shoes for girls. It withstands temperatures up to 10C and retains its look a long time.

Suede is leather processed by the formaldehyde and fat method of tanning, made of reindeer, sheep, goats skin. In the tanning process the leather goes through the cutting machine in which the material is divided into front and back parts. Two layers of leather have an inner part, which are further processed and become the front part of the suede. Suede leather has a small pile, which gives the material a rough surface and exquisite look. Despite the texture, suede is quite durable and breathable, these properties affect its cost.

IMPORTANT! Cuts on genuine leather are not processed. The cuts say that leather is faux!