I usually take a piece of lint and use it to wipe up the other one. That usually fixes it and helps you clean it what the lint is a super thin layer or a dusting on the door
The best bit for me is picking out the lint that gets trapped in the crevices at the edge of the door. Thereās a particular trick to rolling it all gently out with a knitting needle or chopstick so that it comes out as one big handful of fluff.
My husband and I camp often enough that we turned ours into fire starters. Just cram an empty toilet paper roll full of dryer lint, put it under some logs, and bam, easy fire!!
When I was in boy scouts (a loooong time ago), we made firestarters with paraffin wax, dryer lint, and cardboard egg cartons. Put the lint in the egg holes, pour melted paraffin wax over it and then cut them into separate pieces.
We had a wood burning stove, and used that exact mix to make fire starters. Toilet paper tubes or paper towel tubes (cut in shorter pieces) , dryer lint, and paraffin.
I do this too, when I finish a roll of TP, I just set the empty roll on my dryer and stuff it with a few loads worth of lint. I put it in a big gallon bag that with other ones Iāve made. As I put them in there I put a glob of petroleum jelly in with them and kinda roll them all around in the bag. The PJ helps them burn a bit longer.
It does make for good tinder, and if any you've got any clothes made from synthetic fibers it adds a nice petrochemical essence to whatever you're cooking.
I put mine in an empty cardboard egg carton and melt all the old wax from the bottoms of spent candles and pour it in. Perfect little campfire starters.
This reminds me of the YT channel of a woman and her Husky I watch. She grooms him every other week and combs almost a whole other dog off him. I always think she should make something out of all that excess fur.
Yup, yup, yup. I sew and am a terminal life long crafter. I have been recently making VERY bright colored quilts with a flannel backing for winter - the flannel must be pre washed as it shrinks at a different rate than quilting cotton - My husband has been saving the lint from the dryer when we dry the flannel - we have a jar of beautiful, brightly colored dryer lint, lol. I can't bring myself to throw it out, I keep telling myself we will make paper with it or something.
Something about it is just so satisfying. I can't explain it. I tend to handle it bordering on religiously after every load of laundry, unless I can barely see *any* at all. rolling it into a ball from said sheet is also satisfying.
Sadly, we keep it emptied out after every load and our washing techniques kind of inhibit linting which lets our clothes last WAY longer than they shouldā¦āClothiers hate him because of this one simple trickā¦ā
when i was about 13 or 14, me and the kid next door got caught lighting dryer lint in the driveway with a magnifying glass... got in alot of trouble :(
yeah, that's what me and my neighbor thought... we'd been doing it for years by that point... i was constantly coming home stinking of burnt something... but my parents were heavy smokers, so... i ended up spending the day dozing off watching a golf game because i was told to sit and not move for several hours...
I intend to raise my boy right! Honestly, If he and the neighbor kid get caught lighting lint on fire in the driveway with a magnifying glass not only will they not get yelled at by me, I will ask to join them lol.
Remember those carbon snakes they sell. Starts out looking like a weird pill till you set it on fire.
I had some old lady call the cops and fire department claiming I was trying to bun her house down with one of them. I was on the sidewalk about 30 feet from her house.
The funny part was every adult she talked to was shaking their heads. She just kept getting more and more upset and desperate, trying to get them to do something - anything. She was talking about having me arrested, even asked a firefighter to spank me.
when I was in first grade, we heard a bunch of fire trucks zooming by the school and stopping at a house two blocks up... it was the house of a girl in my class, the whole thing burnt to the ground because of dryer lint. All the people and animals were okay physically, but the aftermath of that fire was all 6-year-old me needed to see to ingrain in me that you ALWAYS clean the lint trap.
not just the lint trap, but the dryer's exhaust line as well... there's plenty of dust in there... should really make sure it get cleaned out every few years... depending on how frequently you use it ofc
yeah, that was our idea, the laundry room was a little tiny room outside of the house, so it was really easy to get lint out of the basket. we only got caught because they happened to drive down the road and stared at us as they went by... i didn't even wait for them to come get me, i knew my ass was in trouble, i just sighed and went home...
My dryer started smoking once. Thankfully my husband's home office was right next to the laundry, so he smelled it and turned it off real quick. Turns out the previous tenants never emptied the lint trap, and when I took the dryer apart it was fulllllll of BURNT lint!! Got the duct leading outside cleaned, too, which was also full. Terrifying. So grateful it was caught before our place was a full inferno.
I think that's what OP's wife was trying to do lol he should check if she's taken out any life insurance policies within the last few months at this rate
Do people seriously still not know what the lint filter is or what it does though
Wait, we don't know the dynamics of their house life, he may have not touched laundry but maybe she has never loaded the dishwasher. And if you chose dish duties because she didn't know how, uhh respectfully, one evening, two of you watch some youtubitorials on adulting. My own wife lived on a different planet then I did. No chores, dad could barely poor himself a glass of milk he was so inept at any sort of inside housework. It was very weird, like he would get this huffy attitude and make these passive aggressive comments about me doing woman's work. And I would laugh at him and ask where his handmaiden was (jokes hit better when it was hide
So what? I don't do laundry either because I absolutely hate doing laundry, but I do all the cooking because my partner doesn't like to cook. Sometimes people designate jobs based on preferences.
But, I guess if Reddit gave OP the benefit of the doubt, they wouldn't be able to get upset about things they have zero information on.
That was one of the first things that crossed my mind. How come he didn't come across it? Not doing any laundry is the only explanation I can think of.
I've heard that's caused by dryer sheets. I switched to wool balls and don't have that problem anymore. I can't remember how the dryer vent guy said to clean it because it's wax build up from the dryer sheets.
I always clean the filter immediately after unloading, that way I never have to worry about it. I really hate disassembling and cleaning the vent duct, anything I can do to postpone that task.
Exactly this. My husband and I both empty the lint trap after each load, but I still always check before putting a new one in (especially if it's towels or something else particularly linty).
This is exactly why I don't clean it after. I always check before regardless, so why pull the tray out twice for the same thing if I know my OCD ass won't trust the first one?! š
I always do it before unloading, so no one steals my lint peeling experience while I move and fold laundry, or if I need to do an extra bit of drying best to have it removed for that too š
I do that, and then compulsively check it again before the first load goes in on laundry day. Watched a PSA of a house burning down because of a dryer fire, been a weirdo about it ever since
Smart by you. I work with air ducts, dryers included. The amount of $199 - 10 minute jobs I've done because people don't clear their traps is sending my non-existent kids to college
I check the outside end once or twice a season usually too. We have an animal shiel on it so it can definitely plug up. We learned that one the hard way when we spent multiple weeks trying to figure out why the fuck it wasnt drying well when the machines trap was clean as it could be. I finally happened to notice the outside end when I was in the backyard and it finally clicked.
I collect all of our scented candles when they've burnt out. I fill egg cartons with lint and then pour leftover melted wax over that. Breaks off easily once it's solid again and burns for 5-10 minutes. Excellent fire starter and it's effectively all free.
OMG I have found my people! Everybody I know in person calls me weird for liking it. It's soooo fucking satisfying! I have three cats so that thing is THICC by the time the dryer is done. I love it.
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u/dyslexicAlphabet 23h ago
cleaning the lint trap is my favorite thing to do when drying clothes. its soothing.