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1525633 No.1525633 [Reply] [Original]

I have a backpack with a (standard I guess?) plastic lined interior, which apparently they put there to make it waterproof, the problem is that when the backpack gets old it starts flaking and the flakes are so small and difficult to get rid of it's annoying as fuck and ends up sticking somehow to what the fuck ever gets into contact with, my question is how do it get rid of it permanently? How do I rip it off all at once?

Pic is random, not my backpack, mine is an average one from the brand "eastpak".

>> No.1525639

>>1525633
the liner is flaking?

pull it inside out and bash it against the side of a building like a rug until it don't flake no mo

>> No.1525690

Right. This happened to my bag when I was 16. I just cut off the parts that were peeling and picked the rest off. Hope this helps.

>> No.1526194

>>1525633
the lining is polyurethane, it'll basically dissolve in a 90ºc wash cycle.

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1526269

>>1526194
Won't this melt the poliester fibres trashing the whole bag?

>> No.1526286

>>1525633
>small and difficult to get rid of it's annoying as fuck
can't you just like remove your possessions and vacuum them out?

>> No.1526289

>>1526286
No, because some pieces are still glued to the fabric, some are falling out. If I were to do what you say I would accomplish nothing since whenever you put something inside again, the friction would make the flakes appear again.

>> No.1527295

I have the same problem. Bumping for interest

>> No.1529336

>>1525633

Just take your time faggot, and pick it out bit by bit. It's a fucking backpack not an elephant, it won't take you ages.

>> No.1530712

Also interested.

I have a bag from when I used to be a swimmer which I now use for the gym. Is there any way to repair this layer? I'm somewhat aware of tape you can get for resealing seams on raincoats, would that stuff work?

>> No.1531078

>>1526289
get a stiff bristled nylon brush and scrub it off then vacuum the mess