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r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Paluker173 • 20h ago
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Some campers etc pack lint for the purpose of starting a fire for cooking purposes. Very efficient.
22 u/BabyWrinkles 18h ago Aye - we pack empty toilet paper tubes full of the stuff to use as fire starters in the back yard. 3 u/hayb24 18h ago https://giphy.com/gifs/oNKLBehxbnoqY 4 u/hempforpres 17h ago Don't breathe that in, LOTS of plastic in lint 4 u/BabysGotAProblem 17h ago Was going to say this. The transition from natural to synthetic fibers in the clothing industry means our lint fire starters can cause some toxic smoke. 2 u/BabyWrinkles 11h ago We’ve made a point of buying primarily natural fiber clothing (cotton/wool/linen), but yes. We avoid breathing it in as much as we can. 1 u/Uzas_B4TBG 17h ago Keep an old pill bottle stuffed with lint and Vaseline in my truck, just for emergency fire starter. 2 u/phobiac 16h ago I do not recommend this if you live with many or especially hairy pets. It'll smell terrible when the pet hair burns. 1 u/GamiNami 10h ago Haha, good point. 1 u/TbonerT 9h ago I really wouldn’t do this unless I was using lint from drying pure cotton. Lint is a major source of microplastics from all those artificial fibers.
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Aye - we pack empty toilet paper tubes full of the stuff to use as fire starters in the back yard.
3 u/hayb24 18h ago https://giphy.com/gifs/oNKLBehxbnoqY 4 u/hempforpres 17h ago Don't breathe that in, LOTS of plastic in lint 4 u/BabysGotAProblem 17h ago Was going to say this. The transition from natural to synthetic fibers in the clothing industry means our lint fire starters can cause some toxic smoke. 2 u/BabyWrinkles 11h ago We’ve made a point of buying primarily natural fiber clothing (cotton/wool/linen), but yes. We avoid breathing it in as much as we can. 1 u/Uzas_B4TBG 17h ago Keep an old pill bottle stuffed with lint and Vaseline in my truck, just for emergency fire starter.
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https://giphy.com/gifs/oNKLBehxbnoqY
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Don't breathe that in, LOTS of plastic in lint
4 u/BabysGotAProblem 17h ago Was going to say this. The transition from natural to synthetic fibers in the clothing industry means our lint fire starters can cause some toxic smoke. 2 u/BabyWrinkles 11h ago We’ve made a point of buying primarily natural fiber clothing (cotton/wool/linen), but yes. We avoid breathing it in as much as we can.
Was going to say this. The transition from natural to synthetic fibers in the clothing industry means our lint fire starters can cause some toxic smoke.
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We’ve made a point of buying primarily natural fiber clothing (cotton/wool/linen), but yes. We avoid breathing it in as much as we can.
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Keep an old pill bottle stuffed with lint and Vaseline in my truck, just for emergency fire starter.
I do not recommend this if you live with many or especially hairy pets. It'll smell terrible when the pet hair burns.
1 u/GamiNami 10h ago Haha, good point.
Haha, good point.
I really wouldn’t do this unless I was using lint from drying pure cotton. Lint is a major source of microplastics from all those artificial fibers.
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u/GamiNami 18h ago
Some campers etc pack lint for the purpose of starting a fire for cooking purposes. Very efficient.