What if you don’t clean the lint from your dryer?
Think about what dryer lint actually is, and you’ll understand why it’s a considerable fire hazard. It primarily consists of tiny fluff, fibers, and particles that shed from our clothes and other laundry articles during drying.
These fibers are generally made up of natural materials like wool, cotton, and linen, and synthetic materials like nylon and polyester.
In other words, it’s a big pile of kindling for a fire. It can also trap and carry other particles, like pet hair, dust, and even microscopic pollutants that can be in the air or on the clothes you’ve just washed.
Excess lint is usually the culprit if your dryer isn’t drying because all this glop blocks the airflow, shortening the life of your dryer and ultimately leading to a buildup of bacteria, mold, and even carbon monoxide, depending on your dryer.
So, we always recommend cleaning out that lint trap every time you dry your clothes. And don’t ignore the vent, either.
Leading appliance manufacturers suggest thoroughly cleaning dryer vents at least once a year to lower the risk of fire and other potential hazards to your property and health.
To help you, we recommend this Dryer Vent Cleaner Kit from Amazon to help you in the cleaning process.
We hope you found these dryer lint hacks useful. Let us know if you can think of any other ones and you’d like to share them with our readers.
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9 Responses
I found the lint hack very interesting. Now to start saving my lint
You are being very irresponsible by telling people to use the dryer lint in a pet cage. That can be very toxic to them as chemicals are used in the detergent and fabric softener used on clothes. They use shavings for a reason.
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He’ll no! Absolutely not.
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When you clean the dryer vent after every load you will have small pieces. If you clean after 3 to 5 loads (Depending on your dryer) you will be able to remove it in sheets which most of these hacks would actually need in order to work properly.
Cleaning after each load is not necessary at all. There really isn’t enough on the screen to do anything but make a mess of the laundry area. That has been my experience, anyway.
I like the ideas. I thought about all that lint being used for something but, I never tried to come up with anything.
I liked your ideas for dryer lint but wondered if it is possible to use dryer lint to make paper. I knew recycled paper products can be used to make new paper but since lint is recycled fiber I wondered if it could be processed into paper.
Tried them ! Didn’t loose a single lb.! Rip off!!!!!!
you are a moron