There’s something therapeutic about finger-peeling that dark-gray-with-red-flecks fuzz patch off the trap, rolling it into a ball, and tossing it in the trash. Yes, after you ditch that hot, furry blanket both you and your dryer can finally breathe again.
AWESOME!
Photo from: here
40 Comments
May 19, 2009 at 12:03 am
LOL- No word of a lie, I have a huge ball of this stuff sitting in a pile on the shelf above my dryer. I keep on thinking I could use it for something! It’s so smooth. Let the bidding begin!!
May 28, 2009 at 12:24 am
Apparently it makes good fire starter. I say kindly ‘pay it forward’ and stuff it into a firelog next time you’re at the store.
November 15, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Use it to make a cuddly Dryer Lint Bunny!
http://www.allfreecrafts.com/recycling-crafts/dryer-lint.shtml
April 23, 2010 at 10:55 am
If you leave it on a tree or somewhere outside, animals will use it for their nests; birds especially.
May 19, 2009 at 12:37 am
It sucks when you can’t quite get a hold of it, so you have to scrape it off little bit by little bit. The best is when it comes off in one solid sheet.
May 28, 2009 at 12:24 am
Oh, totally, megan.
May 19, 2009 at 1:07 am
It’s actually good for the compost too…all those dead skin cells and stuff!
May 19, 2009 at 1:07 am
oh man, one of my favorite things in life
May 19, 2009 at 2:56 am
Haha holy crap i literally did it about 20 minutes ago for the first time ever and then i logged onto the computer and saw this entry. weird…
May 28, 2009 at 12:25 am
We were telekinesising.
May 19, 2009 at 6:46 am
until today I’ve never heard of a lint trap. We don’t have those in England. Never the less it sounds Awesome!
May 28, 2009 at 12:25 am
Where does all your lint go?
January 4, 2010 at 12:10 am
it magically disappears… i thought that was obvious!
May 19, 2009 at 7:50 am
My dryer just spits all of the lint out onto the floor… freaking piece of crap dryer…
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May 19, 2009 at 9:09 am
I agree with megan, it’s best when it comes off in one sheet.
May 19, 2009 at 11:50 am
And I thought I was the only one!
May 19, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Where does all this dust come from? Maybe we should vacuum space some day?
May 28, 2009 at 12:25 am
Ha ha
May 19, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Dude! You’re totally reading my mind! Last week, I couldn’t figure out why my clothes wouldn’t dry, so I checked the lint trap. Behold, as usual my roommate hadn’t cleaned the thing out for a couple of weeks, and the mat was an inch deep. As it literally fell off the lint trap, I thought to myself “this should be on 1000 Awesome Things.”
May 28, 2009 at 12:26 am
Colby, me, you, telekinesising.
May 19, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I proudly keep all of my lint. I think it may be possible to use it to clone my fuzzball cat… but in the meantime it makes an awesome firestarter, wet camping wood be damned.
May 19, 2009 at 7:29 pm
You know, there are people out there that would love to buy that lint, they use it to do that felting craft. You use a needle prong and pound it into the shape and design you want, looks pretty cool too! They look for odd colors of lint to buy all the time! Check it out!
May 28, 2009 at 12:26 am
You should hook them up with bigtunelover and get an auction going. People, the free market demands it.
May 19, 2009 at 7:45 pm
It gets even better when you clean out the entire tube leading to the vent outside the house. Your clothes dry in 1/3 the time.
May 19, 2009 at 8:59 pm
haha i kinda like this too!!
May 19, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Seriously, where the heck is all that lint comming from? This question could be on a list of top 1000 curious things.com
May 20, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Ooh yes! I got new flannelette sheets the other day, and WOW, the fluff that came off them after the first washing and drying! Probably the thickest sheet of lint I’ve ever had the pleasure of peeling off. All in one piece, too :D
May 20, 2009 at 11:46 pm
I slave the stuff. Best fire starter.
May 21, 2009 at 7:28 pm
I’m glad/relieved to know that other people out there take pleasure in such a little thing. Thanks!
May 23, 2009 at 2:50 pm
The awesome thing to do with a big wad of dryer lint is to take it with you next time you go camping and use it as tinder for the campfire. Nice and flammable. An awesome camper can start a fire with just one match. To be extra awesome, the dryer lint can be used to start a fire with a magnesium firestarter (the little stick thing that sparks when you scrape it.)
May 24, 2009 at 11:44 am
Truly an awesome thing! Thanks for the website, heard about it on CBC radio and gave been checking daily!!
May 28, 2009 at 12:28 am
Thanks, Krista.
May 29, 2009 at 2:29 am
I love you for finally getting the word out about this. Removing the lint is one of the simple joys of life. I have no idea why it’s so sweet and satisfying, it just is.
June 16, 2009 at 9:26 pm
So glad I am not the only one who loves this.
June 18, 2009 at 5:18 pm
It’s like therapy :D
I love it
November 7, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Why not stop burning up the planet and just put your cloths on a washing line to dry, like we do in the rest of the world.
Did you know nobody makes cloths pegs in the USA anymore?
March 16, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Because we are superior…everyone knows this. Anywho, Neil is Canadian!
April 19, 2010 at 1:43 pm
I have 4 years worth of dryer lint in a Target bag on the shelf above the dryer. Much of it is gray or lightly tinted plain lint, but a solid rectangle of thick monochrome lint marks the first washing of a major item such as towels or new bedsheets. I have considered trying to use it for something creative, but it is also sprinkled with short black cat hairs, and thus far has been piling up.
April 20, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Every party has a pooper and I’m it: know what’s really yucky and you only do it once? Cleaning out the lint trap with damp hands.
July 8, 2010 at 2:53 am
I’ve just decided, upon reading the comments that ‘telekinesising’ is an awesome word.