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03Bringing back crocodile gloss

Hermès Béarn wallet in burgundy crocodile — colour touch-up and shine

Burgundy (pale along the grooves) → BurgundyRestored in the same colour

Hermès · Wallet

Before · photo 5

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The same spot, before and after

Before · photo 5
After · photo 4

The same spot, shot from a similar angle. An overlay opens once the two photos have been checked for alignment.

Dye record

Burgundy (pale along the grooves) → BurgundyRestored in the same colour

  1. 01Condition on arrival

    An Hermès Béarn wallet in burgundy crocodile with gold H hardware. The colour had faded along the grooves between the scales, leaving them looking whitish, and the gloss on the front was uneven.

    Parts of the front look hazy.Before · photo 6

  2. 02Target colour

    Touching up in the original burgundy and evening out the gloss — not a colour change.

    In the photos both read as deep burgundy; before the work, parts of the front reflect a hazy grey.Before · photo 5

  3. 03Colour mixing & process

    1. Cleaning
    2. Mixing to the original burgundy
    3. Touch-up
    4. Gloss along the scales

    The gold H hardware was not touched.

  4. 04Result

    In the matching views the haze on the front is gone and the gloss reads evenly across the scales.Before · photo 5 / After · photo 4

  5. 05Limits

    Red lines are still visible in the scale grooves after the work. The cause is not recorded.After · photo 3

  6. 06About these photos

    Both sets were shot on white cloth but with light from different angles, so compare the gloss only within matching pairs.

    The same spot, shot from a similar angle. An overlay opens once the two photos have been checked for alignment.

Leather can only be dyed darker than its current colour.

The text follows the published case description; lines tagged with a photo number are what that photo shows.

Brand
Hermès
Work
Béarn wallet restoration
Material
Crocodile (burgundy) · gold H hardware

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