Stains on a Dooney and Bourke Purse
By normswife from Jacksonville, FL
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RE: Stains on a Dooney and Bourke Purse
I hate dooney and burke ladies stick with coach or juicy they don't spoil. I'm so mad at dooney and burk. I have spent thousands and about 4 bags have turned yellow! Class action? Anybody?
I called these people and they just say mam send it to our repair shop and they can do a evaluation of the bag and determine the cause I'm like I got the bag 6 months ago! I'm so mad I spent so much money.
Post by CAT33
RE: Stains on a Dooney and Bourke Purse
Omg I thought I was the only one who bought d&b bags and had this happened why do they yellow like that how can I clean the ugly yellow stains. Does it really work? Should I take them to a cleaner?
Post by CAT33
RE: Stains on a Dooney and Bourke Purse
After scrubbing my purse, I wanted to try something different on the other side.
I went to my local store and decided to try some oxyclean. I highly recommend using OxyClean MaxForce. I used the spray bottle. It woked like a charm! I sprayed the purse and rubbed it in real good and let it set for about 10-15 minutes. Then I rinsed it off in the sink in hot water with some detergent. My purse looks as good as new... Minus the plastic coating.
Post by Princess20
RE: Stains on a Dooney and Bourke Purse
Here is what the side that I have started working on now compares to the bottom. It's not 100% yet, but there are just a few darker spots left and I'm sure with a couple more washes I'll be able to proudly take this purse back in public! Thanks for nothing Dooney and Bourke!
Post by Princess20
RE: Stains on a Dooney and Bourke Purse
Here is how dark my purse was before compared to the bottom.
Post by Princess20
RE: Stains on a Dooney and Bourke Purse
I have found a solution! Note: This is not for the faint of heart!
I have a white D&B Bucket Bag. I wanted this purse so badly. I took excellent care of it. I was devastated when I noticed it yellowing. I have never had the purse around smoke of any kind. It didn't make sense that it would be changing color. The bottom is completely perfect still. I decided that enough was enough, nobody has yet posted anything online that gets rid of the yellowing so I decided to figure it out on my own.
I clipped away a tiny piece of plastic and noticed that the fabric under it was yellowed just as badly as the plastic coating. I decided that all the scrubbing in the world would not penetrate to get rid of all the stains. This is where you need to be brave and trust me. I ripped the plastic coating off of one entire side of my purse. I know it was a scary move, but it needed to be done if the purse was going to be saved!
I tried every cleaner I could think of. Nothing, not even a bleach pen was working. Then my mom suggested I use fels naptha soap. This is a yellow bar of soap that can probably be found near the detergent of your local Kmart/Wal-Mart/Target.
I wet the side of my purse and scrubbed the fels naptha all over. Then I took an old toothbrush and scrubbed even more until I had a good sudsing all over the purse. I set the purse in front of a fan to allow it to dry. When the purse was dry, I then took it to the sink and washed it off with a white wash cloth. I set it back in front of the fan to dry again and was amazed at the results!
I repeated the process, only the second time I added a layer of Colgate Baking Soda & Peroxide Whitening with oxygen bubbles brisk mint paste. I noticed that this made some improvement when I tested it on a small section of the fabric, so I figured, why not? Every little bit helps.
Post by Princess20
RE: Stains on a Dooney and Bourke Purse
Care and cleaning instructions for various Dooney & Bourke purses:
http://www.dooney.com/OA_HTML/ibeCC ... 41176&DNBPI=OBQ2iRnUbeZrUOJlMUUPxBCg:S&DNBPI_pses=DNBPI%3DOBQ2iRnUbeZrUOJlMUUPxBCg%253AS%7E
Contact page for Dooney & Bourke:
http://www.dooney.com/OA_HTML/ibeCC ... 20308&DNBPI=OBQ2iRnUbeZrUOJlMUUPxBCg:S&DNBPI_pses=DNBPI%3DOBQ2iRnUbeZrUOJlMUUPxBCg%253AS%7E
Dooney & Bourke home page. You can also click the 'Live Help' link at the bottom of the page:
http://www.dooney.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=12681
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