Cleaning a Burberry purse
 

My wife collects Burberry purses. I bought her a Candy purse (pink, to us guys) for her birthday in May. Anyways, it is the first Burberry she has received that has a white strap. It is a woven nylon strap that has Burberry embossed on it. It is getting extremely dirty looking. She has only carried it a few times, but I guess setting it down on bar tops is taking its toll quickly.

Can anyone recommend a safe cleaner for the white strap? I will be killed if I mess it up. Thanks.

oxyclean maybe?...

nylon hmm.. one time i spilled carbonated water on my northfaces backpack shoulder strap and i couldnt believe how much dirt came off it. the water turned brown! so im guessing that would work...

Just send it to me, I'll clean it up. And keep it :D

Bring it to a dry cleaners and see what they suggest.

carbonated water has been the method of choice for flight attendents for years.

Start with the least caustic method first. oxyclean is a concentrated bleach, and while I doubt that it would hurt nylon, it is overkill to try first.

I would start with the carbonated water, after that a mild household cleaner like 409 or something of that nature.

Then I would move up to the enzyme cleaners like Shout or Resolve.

If that didn't work, I would try a mild solvent such as you find in spot rug cleaners.

There are still more steps up the ladder, but by now I would start to question if it is worth it to get out what stain might be left, or leave well enough alone.

What's the purse made out of? I personally would suggest concentrated hydroflouric acid, but then again I'm not much of a professional purse cleaner.