SoleHeeled offers convenient and affordable Chanel bag restorations by Australia’s best craftsmen, with free shipping to your door. This case study outlines how we recently restored a customer’s Chanel bag.
The bag
The denim exterior of this Chanel Denim Urban Spirit Backpack was looking worn out, with considerable discolouration due to continued wear and abrasion around the straps and back. When the customer reached out to us for a free diagnosis/quote, we offered to clean and condition the bag’s exterior before re-dyeing the denim to restore its original colour.
Denim cleaning and colour restoration
We began by thoroughly cleaning and conditioning the denim throughout the exterior of the bag, to ensure the surface was clean and free of any impurities such as dirt and dust. Cleaning the surface is an essential step in guaranteeing even and long-lasting re-dyes — otherwise, the dye may fail to properly set, causing the pigment to rub off onto the wearer’s clothes. Conditioning the denim also helps to prevent the dye from clinging to any dry patches and impacting the overall consistency of the new colour. We then carefully applied our specialist denim colourant throughout the exterior of the bag in seperate layers, before applying a final coat of our waterproofing / stain protection agent to lock in the new colour.
Have a Chanel bag needing repair or restoration?
Our experienced craftsmen have been trusted by not only generations of Australians but also local and international brands (including Gucci, Longchamp and NET-A-PORTER) with the repair and restoration of luxury bags since 1955. If you have a beloved Chanel bag in need of repair or restoration, ask us for a free diagnosis/quote by completing our online order form — where you can upload photos of the bag and let us know exactly what you would like done to it, or let us advise you on what the bag needs based on the photos.
SoleHeeled serves all of Australia through its free 2-way shipping service:
Order online: Answer a few questions to get an instant quote and complete your order.
Send your bag: Drop your backpack off at a local post office for free packaging and shipping to us.
We repair: A team of experienced craftsmen will carefully repair your bag.
We return: We'll deliver your repaired bag to you, wherever you are in Australia.
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