Friday, December 17, 2010

15 Do's and Don'ts in Caring For Your Handbags

The goods which are properly maintained  will be last longer and give you easiness when you need to use it every time. It will be more efficient if the goods are kept neat and clean than you should buy a new one. Here are some tips and guideline to maintain your handbag keep in good condition. Nowadays, handbag more like a jewelery for some women, than it just have a function only for carrying goods. The bags material also have much variation such as leather, canvas, cotton, nylon etc.  Each material have each own characteristic, so we should know how to take care of it in order to maintain the bags still in good condition for long time. Here are some tips for caring a handbags:

1. When handbags not used for long time, keep it in the box to avoid it from dust exposure. Use it's original box from shop you bought it, or use smooth flanel to wrap it.

2. Don't - Try to avoid grip bag's strap with your hand palm. As we know a hand palm often contact with any things such as dusty goods, lotion, oily food, etc. Lotion will leave  stain on handbags body and also the oily food will harm your bag materials.

3. Do - handbag strap should be better draped on the arm or hold it with your elbow. With this tips, you will avoid handbags have direct exposure with dust, lotion or sweaty hand palm.


4. Don't - Don't put your pen or pencil without cover inside bag. Always put pen and pencil or another sharp item on its own box. Leaving pen without cover will make your bag's body scratched or perforated. Also don't make your bag as writing pads, your pen tip can penetrate the paper and make a hole on your bag.

5. Don't- Avoid putting direct-care products into the bag. Lotion, foundation, cream, or other beauty products. Never know when those products will leak and ruin your bag forever.

6. Don't- Avoid the use of an expensive handbag or special if you see the weather was not friendly or will travel to the damp areas or potentially damage the bag because of weather or conditions that are not friendly.

7. Don't - Do not carry expensive handbags to a salon or a hairdresser, because care products and styling can easily attach to and damage the bag. In addition, new haircuts given chemical can also attach to and damage the appearance of bags.

8. Do- If your bag has a handle made of chains, make sure the chain is stored in the inside of the bag when not in use. This is important so that the chain does not damage the material on the outside of the bag.

9. Do- When storing, you should use a bubble wrap to put on the inside of the bag and maintain its shape. Avoid using tissue paper or newspaper because it can attract termites to breed in it.

10. Don't -  Avoid using special bags to the supermarket because if you put in the cart, the web of the trolley can leave permanent marks or even worse, spilled food or beverages will damage the bag.

11. Do- It is recommended that you perform waterproofing coating or bag to avoid unwanted accidents, such as water soaked or exposed to stain pen. Waterproofing is also ease to clean when exposed to fluid.

12. Don't - Never use new jeans while carrying a new handbag at the same time. It most often founded a jeans stain on the leather handbag. This occurs because the leather bag rubing the jeans that still have strong color, if it happens immediately take the bags to the place of professional cleaning bags, not to wait for the color of the jeans absorbed into the bag for long time.

13. Do- For bags that are stored in the closet, try to provide air flow into the closet, at least give some litle fresh air to the leather bag and shoe to prevent mold. Put Korean charcoal in the closet to absorb moisture, do not use silica gel or absorbing moisture because it can spill and even making bag becoming wet.

14. Don't - For bags of canvas material, do not get used to wash themselves with detergent or brush because it will damage the original condition and even damage the tissue fibers.

15. Do - If the stains are difficult to clean, try to recolor back the bag. Make sure you bring it to the professional bag coloring services


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