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Leather Cases - Patina Proud Photos

rshroff2 said:
Scrub lightly with a dry magic eraser. You want to avoid water like the plague when it comes to leather.
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I use a product called Dr. Martens Leather Balm(from Denmark) on all my leather shoes and boots. It protects from water and salt stains and got me through quite a few Chicago winters. After seeing how well it did protecting my boots and shoes I figured it was worth trying on my iPhone and iPad cases. I don't go out of my way to get my phone wet but you never know when it might get rained on or splashed.
 
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rshroff2 said:
Scrub lightly with a dry magic eraser. You want to avoid water like the plague when it comes to leather.
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Well, the case started new out of the box, I immediately used a damp magic eraser, got the wax layer off, used a hair dryer to make sure the moisture is out of it, then applied a thin layer of olive oil. I let that dry for an hour then wiped any excess oil off. The case felt weird for a day, now feels smooth, yet grippy, and looks killer. It’s only gonna age better!
 

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Anyone got any pictures of there product red cases with patina? Sure I’ve seen them on here but can’t find them now! Hopefully going to pick one up tomorrow
 
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Knowlege Bomb said:
Other than the post directly above yours? There's one on the previous page.
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Couldn’t tell if that was red or Saddle. Soz mate
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tcdav26 said:
Well, the case started new out of the box, I immediately used a damp magic eraser, got the wax layer off, used a hair dryer to make sure the moisture is out of it, then applied a thin layer of olive oil. I let that dry for an hour then wiped any excess oil off. The case felt weird for a day, now feels smooth, yet grippy, and looks killer. It’s only gonna age better!
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Is that the Product red or saddle brown? Hard to tell from the photo :)
 
Just picked up the red and black leather cases for my Max. I know the black is classy but might try the red out for a while..but does anyone else’s case not have a perfect camera cut out?
 

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Coley99 said:
but does anyone else’s case not have a perfect camera cut out?
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In my case camera cut out is slightly off, bigger gap in two sides and no gap in other two. Mine is X case and phone is also X, so should be 100% compatible. Also I noticed that lip is not cut straight, it even curve on one side so that there is partly no lip over the screen. Looks like quality in both accessories and in hardware is not up to the my expectations anymore (it used to be).
 
0906742 said:
In my case camera cut out is slightly off, bigger gap in two sides and no gap in other two. Mine is X case and phone is also X, so should be 100% compatible. Also I noticed that lip is not cut straight, it even curve on one side so that there is partly no lip over the screen. Looks like quality in both accessories and in hardware is not up to the my expectations anymore (it used to be).
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Yeah the black one of mine is fine but the red one has a gap on one side and the top, whereas on my X they it hugged the camera.. feel like it’s quite noticeable on the gold too. Strange
 
Coley99 said:
Just picked up the red and black leather cases for my Max. I know the black is classy but might try the red out for a while..but does anyone else’s case not have a perfect camera cut out?
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I also have a red leather case on my XS Max. The camera cutout isn't quite perfect. If I am looking at it, the right of the camera has the smallest little gap. Nothing too bad on mine though. Literally just big enough to maybe get the tip of a fingernail in there if I really try.

I have only had the red leather case for a couple weeks and I am already starting to see some darkening after scrubbing off some of the wax coating. Glad too - it is a little too bright for me out of the box.
 
Coley99 said:
Yeah the black one of mine is fine but the red one has a gap on one side and the top, whereas on my X they it hugged the camera.. feel like it’s quite noticeable on the gold too. Strange
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Mine is black. Luckily my phone is SG so it is not that noticeable. I think problem must be plastic frame under leather. How hard it can be to manufacture perfect size plastic frames today? :rolleyes:
 
0906742 said:
In my case camera cut out is slightly off, bigger gap in two sides and no gap in other two. Mine is X case and phone is also X, so should be 100% compatible. Also I noticed that lip is not cut straight, it even curve on one side so that there is partly no lip over the screen. Looks like quality in both accessories and in hardware is not up to the my expectations anymore (it used to be).
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That’s strange.

At the Apple store they sold me an XS leather case for my X saying it was the same. Although it fit, the camera hole was misaligned. I bought a real X Apple black leather case from Best Buy and it fits the X perfectly.
 
I've got a XS leather case on my XS and the cutout isn't perfect. The one on my X last year was worse.
 
Nhwhazup said:
That’s strange.

At the Apple store they sold me an XS leather case for my X saying it was the same. Although it fit, the camera hole was misaligned. I bought a real X Apple black leather case from Best Buy and it fits the X perfectly.
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I avoided the Xs case and went to BestBuy for the real X case also and fitment is perfect.
 
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Anyone have the Mujjo case for the XR? I've had it for about a month, and it shows virtually NO wear or oil absorbed. Was hoping to have it naturally patina, like the Apple saddle brown I had for my old iPhone 6, but it's looking like I may need to take some sandpaper and oil to it to help it along... Would be interested to hear anyone's thoughts...
 
Schism0411 said:
I’ve had mine for about 6 months now, that’s the product red leather case, I really like how it has been aging
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Oh no that looks absolutely horrible... I regret getting the product red leather case now... I knew this happened but I didn't think it happened so soon.
 
Because Apple is stupid and didn’t make leather cases for the XR (even though I emailed Tim asking him nicely), I picked up a few leather cases for my red XR from Mujjo, Sena, Nomad, and Toovren. I got the Mujjo and Nomad in black and the Sena and Toovren in red, and I also ordered Mujjo in brown.

So ultimately, I think the one to keep will be the brown Mujjo. The Sena blew me away when I first got it, but it quickly got stained with water and now doesn’t quite look the same when I look at that spot even though it dried. I’m also not a fan of that microfiber pattern, just make it full microfiber, why does it have to be a weird pattern? I’d be too worried about staining. The Mujjo feels nice, but I decided to try the brown over the black because of potential aging. The Toovren all around sucks in quality, crooked buttons and just doesn’t feel great. I think overall red leather is a bad idea, might be better off getting a nice matte red case from Diztronic instead. The Nomad is a great case but I wouldn’t want to keep it on all the time I don’t think.

Ultimately it may come down to the Mujjo brown, but only if it can patina like the Apple case does. Has anyone had one for awhile? Or maybe my email to Tim begging him for leather cases will work.
 
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