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

An Hermès Béarn wallet in black crocodile with gold H hardware. The front had lost its gloss and looked cloudy, and the colour had faded at the corners and folds that are handled most.

Touching up the faded areas in black matched to the depth of the original leather, and bringing back the gloss. The colour was not changed.

On arrival the surface looks cloudy, with almost no reflection.Before · photo 1

1. Cleaning
2. Mixing to the original black
3. Touching up the faded areas
4. Gloss along the scales

Only the faded areas were touched up, and the gloss was brought back along the scales.

The gold H hardware was not touched.

In the front pair, shot from the same angle, the cloudy front now reads as black with a reflection on each scale.Before · photo 1 / After · photo 1

There are no before/after close-ups of the touched-up corners and folds.After · photo 1

Pairs 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 show the same areas from similar angles. In pair 2 the before shows the folded edge and the after the front with the tab, so it is not used for comparison.

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