Why is my color of my bag running when I clean it with leather cleaner?
- by Super User
It is always good to read the care label on your leather cleaner and test it on an inconspicuous area before apply it on the whole bag.
Different leather cleaners contain varying amount of cleaning agents. These cleaning agents are unable to differentiate between dirt stains and color dyes.
Therefore, they may strip off the dirt stain ALONG with color dyes.
It is the same logic as washing your laundry. Laundry bleach will strip off dirt stains on a white shirt but what if you wash that bright red dress you bought using bleach?
Your bright red dress will turn a dull pink because the cleaning bleach is unable to differentiate between dirt stains and cloth dyes.
The key is to test on an inconspicuous area. =)
