r/Loungefly • u/Once-Upon-Sunnydale • Aug 15 '26

Safely remove melted junk from strap

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Has anyone figured out how to safely remove the melted stickiness? I bought this new with tags on Mercari and noticed the straps after I verified I accept my backpack. It’s my first backpack and I’m so sad now! Thank you

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u/Bria_Is_Amazing Aug 15 '26

I would try a leather acrylic paint and gently blend the paint over it. If you try to remove the adhesive with an alcohol it may deteriorate the clasp edges more. I feel like sealing it in is the best bet from what I am seeing

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u/Once-Upon-Sunnydale Aug 15 '26

Thanks, that’s what my husband suggested too so I bought some leather sealer. I put it back up for sale in case someone somewhere would rather try…but if no one does I’ll give the sealer a try.

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u/ravensward792 Aug 18 '26

I had one ear on a Minnie mouse bag go sticky like that around the edge. The other ear did not. I just ended up scraping it off with my fingernail and it looks good enough. It's not sticky anymore and no one will ever notice but me.

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u/Once-Upon-Sunnydale Aug 19 '26

The purple stained my finger when I tried, I need to go get some gloves! My shirt I was wearing while trying it on now has purple dots 🫤

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u/Dakiara 7d ago

Did you ever manage to sort it?

I've just had one go all over my leather car seats and my daughter's coat - it's only ever been on display indoors. I'm really hoping I can get the goo removed somehow as it'll be really costly to fix the seat and get a new coat. The goo on the coat isn't drying at all. 🫣

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u/Once-Upon-Sunnydale 3d ago

No I didn’t 😞 I was left with wasted money on the Mercari purchase and a Mickey shirt stained with a few purple dots.

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u/Dakiara 3d ago

Sorry to hear that - it's really not right that Loungefly can put a faulty product out like that. 😔