When I do laundry and turn the dryer on after moving the wet clothes from the washer, I've always wondered how lint is made during the drying process. Is there a special process that causes the dryer to create lint?
2006-06-21 21:24:29 · 10 answers · asked by Bird Brain 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
The lint must definitely be from the clothes, because when I wash "white" the lint is also white, red is red, black is black, and so on....
I don't think there is a "special process" that does it, just the friction of (almost) dry fabric rubbing at each other and braking off, wool much more so than e.g. linnen.
2006-06-22 00:54:13 · answer #1 · answered by Marianna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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After much wear & tear from the washing machine & repeated wearings, the fibers will break off. Some fabrics' fibers break more easily than others.
The science behind it is that static electricity builds up in the dryer as it tumbles the clothes around. This static helps pull the fibers away from the clothes & hopefully into the lint filter. If it gathers in the actual drier then I would check the lint filter. That is a possible fire hazard.
2006-06-30 12:26:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dryer doesn't "create" lint; the lint is fiber particles from your clothes. Manufacturers will advise that the dryer does the most damage to clothes, and that we should air dry the clothes we can to prolong the "life" of the clothes (saves electricity too).
2006-07-04 09:21:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Driers do not "create" lint.
Do you ever hang your clothes out to dry on a clothesline? The stiffness from drying on the line is mainly lint.
Since the clothes circle and get blown around, they fabrics soften, allowing worn pieces of the cloth to break free, causing lint.
2006-07-04 22:19:35 · answer #4 · answered by Obama, 47 y/o political virgin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dryer lint has always baffled me. My question is: If the lint is from our clothes, how come our clothes last so long????
2006-06-22 04:30:07 · answer #5 · answered by mom6425 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the lint is the fabris which from wear has been lifted from the clothes or fabric...
the air fluffs it and taskes it into the lint filter
it is sort of like a dust only it is fabric dust
2006-07-03 19:17:13 · answer #6 · answered by Linnie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this ain't an answer.
how come the clothes get stuck together by static but the lint don't stick to the clothes in the same way?
2006-07-01 19:12:14 · answer #7 · answered by phil0s0pher2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is just a collection of fluff from all the laundry, and the wetness helps it collect together. If you have ever used a damp mop to remove hair or fluff from a carpet, it's the same thing.
2006-07-04 04:53:44 · answer #8 · answered by VelvetRose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's little bits of fiber from the wearing down of fabric.
2006-07-03 02:16:53 · answer #9 · answered by C R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same way belly buttons do!!
2006-06-28 08:51:59 · answer #10 · answered by merrymatriarch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋