How to Care for Your Leather Bracelet?

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It is important to maintain a leather bracelet; each accessory requires its own care! We all know how leather can deteriorate if we don’t take care of it.

As such, there are some tips to follow to keep your bracelet in perfect condition for years. Super, right? 

Modalova brings you today the crucial tips for **cleaning your leather bracelet**. These methods won’t take up your whole day, but you should add them to your to-do list if you care about your bracelet! 

If you’ve never known how to do it, **take out your leather bracelet or watch** and let’s proceed together with cleaning your leather jewelry!  

The Importance of Cleaning Your Leather Bracelet 

Leather is known for its robustness, strength, and durability. But if it lacks care, it deteriorates little by little: starting with the loss of its color, then the loss of its elasticity… It all depends on the type of leather of your bracelet. 

However, you shouldn’t overdo it either, as too much cleaning can completely damage your leather jewelry. Apart from cleaning, there are also basic rules to respect to prevent it from deteriorating.

Maintaining leather bracelets isn’t just about cleaning; it’s also about **how to care for it daily**: respecting everything that goes against its maintenance.

Things to Avoid to Prevent Damaging Your Leather Bracelet

No matter how small, one wrong move can greatly damage your leather jewelry. **Maintaining leather bracelets** requires vigilance. Regardless of your bracelet’s brand or your watch’s bracelet, whether it’s all leather, with stainless steel, or with steel, your jewelry requires care. 

First, let’s list all the enemies of leather materials, then we’ll proceed to the cleaning step. 

• Water 

Water is leather’s number one enemy. Of course, we’ll need it for cleaning. But here, we are mainly talking about never immersing your leather bracelet in water or cleaning it with a wet cloth.

This is the primary factor in the loss of color in a leather bracelet, or any other accessory made from this material. **Water also dries out this material**.

Leather can **lose all its elasticity and softness** if you make the grave mistake of immersing your jewelry in water. Also, avoid storing your leather bracelet in a humid place. 

• The sun

Also, keep in mind that you should never expose your leather jewelry to the sun. Think of your skin, if your skin changes color after a tanning session. Leather can also tan.

**Sun rays, like water, quickly dry out leather**, no matter the type. There’s also heat, never store your leather jewelry near a heat source. 

• Chemical products 

Chemical products like bleach or any similar substances immediately damage your accessory. And there’s no solution to that. 

Shoe polish is also one of the products to avoid. Shoe polish quickly clogs the pores of your leather bracelet instead of letting it breathe. This method flakes the material of your accessory. 

How to Clean Your Leather Bracelet? 

What is the principle of cleaning? **Cleaning your leather bracelet** involves removing harmful elements like dust that sticks to the bracelet over time. 

This stuck dust dirties your leather jewelry day by day. And not only that, other particles can also quickly dirty or deteriorate the bracelet. 

Before getting to the cleaning, first know the type of leather you have. Is it a smooth leather bracelet, a grained leather bracelet, or genuine leather? **This is essential** because the cleaning of your bracelet varies depending on its leather. 

How to Start Cleaning Your Leather Bracelet? 

**Cleaning your leather bracelets and your watch bracelets** doesn’t require much. You don’t need to go to the supermarket to buy the list of items needed. Everything is at home.

The 2 most useful items are: a microfiber cloth and a soap that contains glycerin like Marseille soap. As mentioned above, there are different types of leather, so there are various ways to clean them. 

For Grained and Smooth Leathers: 

Use a soft fiber brush and carefully brush the dirty area. Then take a damp cloth with a bit of Marseille soap and wipe the brushed areas. And air dry, but not under the sun!

And if the Bracelet’s Dirt Persists?

You should never scratch the areas with persistent stains. **You could unintentionally change the color** of your bracelet or watch bracelet by doing this. Just take some Marseille soap and carefully rub the bracelet with a wool cloth.

For these two methods, avoid putting your leather bracelets in a basin of water. A damp cloth with a bit of Marseille soap will do the trick. 

You should also avoid using steel wool, sandpaper, or sponges. **Aggressive rubbing does not clean the leather bracelet at all; it damages it**.

What Should You Do After Cleaning? 

After a good shower, what do you do? You hydrate, right? **It’s also a way to care for your leather**. After cleaning, make way for nourishing care. 

Once again, you don’t need to go anywhere. Just apply a bit of your moisturizing body lotion to the leather and gently massage it in circular motions, just like you do with your skin. Baby moisturizers are highly recommended. 

Then dry your leather jewelry at room temperature and, after that, give it a final wipe with a soft cloth. And that’s it! 

These simple tips ensure that your leather bracelet will remain in perfect condition. And since you care about your jewelry, we think you won’t do the opposite of everything we’ve mentioned. 

Leather is a natural material that easily gets damaged if not maintained. And in the fashion world, wearing a dirty or poorly maintained bracelet is a big flop! **Take care of your accessories** so they can last over time.

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