u/Ivee_1220

Hello everyone,
I was gifted a Kankan a number of years ago, and used it as my primary backpack my first year of uni. However, it got quite dirty, (A pen must have exploded inside, as you can see,) so I retired it after the year. Fast forward to now, about three years later, I found it again, and am attempting to clean it so I can use it in the fall when I am going to be a paraprofessional in a preschool classroom. I know you can’t wash it, but I tried spot cleaning years ago and just spent 45 minutes scrubbing this thing to hell and back and following Wikihow’s article, but she’s still super gross. I really want to take her out of retirement: is she too far gone? If not, what can I do?

Thank you in advance for your help! :)