

Step 3: Gently start rubbing the entire leather iPhone case and focus more on the dirty spots. Squeeze your cotton cloth and keep rubbing the soap in, to ensure that it’s evenly distributed. Step 2: Damped (not wet) the clean cotton cloth and rub in a small amount of hand soap on to it. Step 1: Once a month, remove the Ferra from your iPhone from the case. What you’ll need to clean your Hitcase Ferra Leather iPhone case: Exposure to water, oil, makeup, and dyed materials (such as denim) can stain tanned leathers. Keep your iPhone case away from prolonged intense sunlight, heat, and humidity. Should you choose to clean your Hitcase Ferra, it would be advisable to first remove it from your iPhone so as not to get any liquids into the nooks and crannies of your phone. We already know about this from the fact that we’ve already patina-ed it!ĭo not be alarmed, cleaning the leather might affect its color some more. Its appearance will change as you use it. The Ferra leather iPhone case is made from natural leather. So how do you maintain this beautiful part of having a Hitcase Ferra leather iPhone case? Clean Your Hitcase Ferra Leather iPhone Case in 5 Steps No need to concentrate on it.Īnd that! is how you can get an even and rich patina on your Hitcase Ferra Leather iPhone case. Do the worrying at random times in the day, at random parts on the phone as just an idle thing. If you aren’t that patient, you can use your thumb to worry the leather and that will speed up the smoothening process some more. It’ll definitely feel awkward to the touch in the beginning - rough in some places and then color might not necessarily be what you like, but don’t worry, give it some time, about a week, and you’ll see (and feel the difference). Step 5 : Put the Ferra on your iPhone and start getting used to it. Whichever way you choose should work, as long as you work the oil into the leather with a paper towel or even a beauty pad - but be careful, you don’t want bit of cotton getting everywhere. If you prefer to use oil, then you could be like the others who prefer to spill a bit of espresso on their iPhone and patina it that way. Just remember that you need to wipe your Ferra at the end of every day, just to remove any dirt and dust that might have gathered there. As a matter of fact, if you prefer to simply use baby wipes and leave your Hitcase Ferra right next to your Louis Vuitton bag in your sunniest window to patina, that’s quite alright. Step 3 : To darken your Hitcase Ferra, there isn’t really an ideal oil that you can use. While you’re at it, keep in mind that the natural oils from your hands are also going to darken the phone case in time, so places like the center of the phone and the outside edges, shouldn’t be sanded too much! But, if you want to use an oil, then grab that sandpaper. Note: You can skip this step entirely if you want to patina your Hitcase slowly, without too much fuss and use a baby wipe. Remove your Hitcase Ferra leather iPhone case from its packaging, get a low grit (soft) sandpaper. It's so random with each case.bad batches like I read perhaps and we don't know what we're going to get.īut still.this "leather" material is SO different - and not in a good way - compared to the cases we had on iPhone 11's and older.Step 2 : If you want to see change ASAP, then let’s get cracking! Midnight, looks perfectly fine, even checked under a work light for odd darkened spots and it appears ok. My 13 PM Sequoia and Midnight after 1 year is holding up pretty well.slight SLIGHT darker on Sequoia near volume buttons, but that's it. Tried another Saddle Brown a month later and this one was perfectly fine for 3 months, no odd blotching, black edges. Started seeing here about "bad batches" on this forum and Reddit. Picked up Saddle Brown for 12PM, the case I picked up started turning black after 4 days! I returned it. Whatever, nothing I can do at that point. But also explained the blue dye on my fingertips. Chalked it up to my fingers, oil wearing it down. My first Baltic Blue leather case for 12 ProMax was not too bad for a while, after the 3rd month I started noticing black dull spots near the power button and few spots on the back.pretty much exactly where I hold my phone.
