Nikolai has this fabulous collar, but it's getting kinda nasty/grimy and sort of...dull looking. Anyone have a tried and true technique for restoring it to it's beautiful original color?

I hand wash tags/harnesses or pop them in the washing machine with a load of clothes on gentle every now and again. They do tend to fade over time and while you can get it clean and smelling good again, I don't see ever restoring the original color. Who knows, maybe someone will prove me wrong!

My mom is amazing at restoration and Koda had that exact collar and it didn't clean up as well as we hoped. I think the material they used for it is prone to fading and things of the sort. :\

in the washing machine or leave it on during a dog wash and that seems to do the trick. i leave the tags on in the machine and put them in a "wash" mesh bag to keep from snagging on things and do it with kens load of pants that are heavy duty and will not get damaged.

I put my cloth/nylon dog collars in a bowl of warm water with oxy clean in it. If the fabric can take it, i'll give it a scrub with a brush. It usually gets most of the nasty off.