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Deirdre · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:23 am Post subject: PSA: Lint Trap

From the Board Czar's Household Hint Department:

This isn't about VO-- it's about saving energy.

Every few weeks, you should remove the lint trap from your clothes dryer and wash it-- scrub it. The stuff that's in the dryer sheets we use collects on the screen and eventually blocks the transmission of moisture. The First time I took a look at my lint trap to see how "bad" it might be it looked perfectly clear-- I clean it out religiously between wash loads.

Then I ran some water into it.

It retained nearly all the water, as though the screen were a solid.
yecch!

Think how much air flow it was blocking. Waste-o-rama! and the lint was sticking to the dryer door and other places because the screen wasn't doing its job.
I scrubbed it with 409 (a spray cleaner) and a toothbrush until the water ran through. Now I do it about every 6 weeks.

Dryer lint is enormously combustable-- the last thing we need in our homes is MORE places for it to accumulate. Especially places that are hard-to-reach.

That's all for now.

Mama DB
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Philip Banks · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:49 am Post subject: PSA - Save money on binoculars

Rather than spend money on binoculars to view distant objects just stand closer to the object you wish to view and use the naked eye.

Hart · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:59 am Post subject:

On a related note, back when I was a Boy Scout we used to collect the lint from the dryer and take it on camping trips because it makes such a good fire starter. Very flammable.
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Deirdre

mcm · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:10 am Post subject:

According to the Tightwad Gazette you can use dryer lint to make Hallowe'en masks, if you don't have any campfires planned.

I just tried running water through my lint trap to see if regular fabric softener might have that effect but apparently it doesn't. Now I can return to my regular program of worries.

Deirdre · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:26 am Post subject:

Nah-- it's the dryer sheets.
Good ol' Downy in the washing machine doesn't have that waxy buildup we housewives hate.
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anthonyVO · 14th Avenue Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 1470 Location: NYC

i was at a friend's house one day and we smelled smoke. his dryer caught fire - luckily we were in the basement and noticed it right away. someone went to get water and I yelled "NO!!!!" I dumped a box of baking soda on it while someone called the fire department. (By the way, the baking soda did nothing - it couldn't get to the source from where we were.)

NEwho - funny you should bring this up now because I have so much laundry to do and I now have a reason not to do it Inoccent

-Anthony

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bisonvoice · Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:12 am Post subject:

Hmmmm, after each load dries, I just clean out the lint trap by hand.
Tom

Deirdre · Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:41 am Post subject:

I always clean out the lint trap by hand, too.

Take it out and see if water runs through it.
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BenWils · Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject:

"Dryer of Dreams" ....if you clean it, they will dry (clothes).....

Yeah, I know, I have issues.
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donrandall · Guest

I must be too fussy, but I rinse mine thoroughly each time I clean the lint from it. Hey - it ain't no big thing, ya know, the laundry tub is right there next to the washer dryer and I see no sense in putting it back without rinsing it out first.

And yes, I do most of the laundry.

DaveChristi · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:15 am Post subject:

Hart · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:21 am Post subject:

Just took the time to go wash mine out.
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