Cleaning a messenger bag

Posted on Fri 4th, March 2016

• #1

okwithmydecay
Anyone ever got a stain on a messenger bag, specifically a Chrome one, and managed to get it out? I emailed them and followed their advice of warm soapy water but the stain remains. No idea where it came from. Wondering if I should try spraying it with WD40 in case it's oil based and doing the soapy water again or perhaps dry cleaners can do some magic.

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• #2

edmundro

Just embrace it. Patina is cool.
Or put a massive megadeth patch over it.
• #3

CalAmor in reply to @edmundro

+1 on the Megadeth patch
• #4

pdlouche

Or a Pale Horse Named Death patch. They got horses on em.
• #5

bazschmaz

Mumsnet>>>>>>>>
• #6

Clockwise

Stain the rest of the bag to match, you now have a blackish grey bag.
• #7

pdlouche in reply to @Clockwise

Nah, unpick the stitching for that panel and sew in a whole new piece of material.
• #8

853Superfly

+2 on a Megadeth patch, or a Motorhead one.
• #9

deleted

Just sew a whole new panel over that one. 5 minute job for a friend with a machine. Look out for (green/olive) Carridice type repair fabric for waterproofness and match.

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