HELP my binder is covered in mould 😭

I’d not been able to find my binder in AGES. It’s a sports binder so not my everyday one, and I swear it’s been missing for months at this point. Sometimes I took it out with me in case I needed to change out of my normal binder, so I figured maybe it had gotten lost somewhere and I eventually accepted that and forgot about

I’m thrilled because after all this time I just found this mf in the very bottom of a clothes drawer. One issue. It’s covered in fluffy white and orange mould, to the point that it was almost crispy 😭😭

I REALLY don’t want to throw it away, not when I just found it again. But am I an idiot for wanting to save it? How do I fix this??

I don’t have the money to buy another binder in its place. It’s really sucked not having it all this time but I couldn’t afford another one. I got this one super cheap from vinted and was very lucky. I love this binder.

I’ve currently got it soaking in vinegar 🥲 in a Tupperware, and planning to let it soak for an hour and then give it a good rinse in the sink with hot water, before drying it in the sun and then hopefully washing as normal?

I mean it’s currently submerged in vinegar but looking totally fine now all the mould has rinsed off, it’s not stained or anything. What do I do with it? Can I save it? I don’t really care if it smells like vinegar for a bit, I just wanna save my binder 😭