Question:

[omimouse]

How does one get lighter fluid out of a mostly cloth backpack?

Someone doused Bear-Cub's backpack in lighter fluid on the bus home today. We're busy getting the important stuff hashed out with the bus-driver (Bear-Cub didn't see it happen, but two of her friends told her about it, and the incident has been reported), but we don't know how to clean the backpack. It's pretty heavily soaked.

We've been told that it would be a Very Bad Idea to toss it in the washing machine; possibility of explosion was what the lady said.

This is not helping with Bear-Cub's growing hatred of school.

Comments

[catchild.livejournal.com]

the bus driver is turning the kid over to the school. kid will be expelled and have to replace the backpack.

expelled is good

[titaniablue.livejournal.com]

that works. i was going to suggest immersing it in something else to allay the effects of the lighter fluid. like maybe potato salad. or mud. or fire. fire would probably work best at this point, but you wouldn't be able to use the backpack for much after that. my vote is for potato salad. it leaves it with a smell that will make the other children love her even more. much better than the smell of lighter fluid.