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Does anyone know how to get mold out of this leather bag? I found it in my closet and I think it was a coin purse back in the day. I would really like to use this for something but the mold on it is disheartening.

Pic related. The black is the mold.

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This is the inside of the bag.

>> No.460638

>>460631
You could try going to a beauty supply store and getting some high concentration hydrogen peroxide and soaking it in it, but I don't know if it would dissolve the leather too or not.

>> No.460640

>>460639
That would ruin the leather for sure.

>> No.460639

boil it?

>> No.460643

>>460640
Really? I did not know this. Can you explain why?

>> No.460642

>>460639
I thought of that too.

>> No.460645

>>460638
I have some Kroger brand hydrogen peroxide. Would that be good? I know it is deluted to shit but still. It is better than nothing.

>> No.460650

>>460640
Or make it into medieval armor.

>> No.460653

>>460643
when you boil leather a lot of the tannins leak out essentially leaving you with a thickened hard piece of leather that cracks easily

as for op you could use a water bleach solution idk how that would affect the leather though, might just make yourself a pouch like that

>> No.460655

>>460653
Damn. I thought boiling would do the opposite of that. I thought it would make it softer. Thanks for letting me know that.

>> No.460661

>>460655
nope if you wanna make leather softer use some saddle soap / mink oil/ leather conditioner on it make it nice and soft

>> No.460668

>>460661
Oh I see. I will do that next time I have hard leather.

So bleach would be good to get rid of the mold?

>> No.460716

>>460668
maybe it will kill the mold but like i said i don't know how it will effect the leather.
we had black mold in our basement so we had to take out the sheet rock and bleach all the inner walls and scrub them.
so you might give it a try, might ruin the leather i don't know.

>> No.460758

>>460631
Weak bleach solution, it's one of the easiest ways to kill mould spores. 95%+ effective.

Brush off any loose mould (wear a mask or work outside if you want to be cautious), wipe it down with the bleach solution, wipe off the excess moisture with an old towel and then leave it to dry slowly (NOT by a heater or in the sun).

The leather shouldn't stiffen up appreciably (I've done this a couple of times on boots and a leather jacket or two), but if it does there are ways to counter it so don't sweat it.

>> No.460833

>>460631
Coin purse or tobacco pouch.