where does it all come from? i know loose strings and ends. but it looks nothing like that in the lint trap. and why is there so much.
2006-08-10 17:03:14 · 10 answers · asked by internet_mack 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Dryer lint is all the tiny fibers and hairs that accumulate on clothing during wearing. (example, pet hair) It's excess fabric, and in many cases, like with towels, it's part of the fabric itself. That's why towels wear out, and clothing wear out. It's because the excess fabric is ending up in the lint trap. The reason there is so much depends on how many things the clothes come in contact with, and what types of fabrics. For example, terry will "shed" more than polyester.
2006-08-10 17:10:35 · answer #1 · answered by tinydancer42001 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you were to go shake one of your towels right now it would look like there was some fine dust coming out. Well, it's not. It's little itty bitty pieces of the material. When your clothes are all together in the washer (minus one sock) they rub up on eachother loosening the material of others. That's only some of it. Then you get your dirt from your socks, loose skin, your hair, your pets hair, and all of this is stuck onto the clothes in the washer. The dryer catches all this fine material in it's trap. I have 2 pets that shed. When I take my lint out I could make another small animal with it. To cut down on your lint you would have to take each piece of you laundry out individually and give it a good shake, then throw it in the dryer.
2006-08-11 02:05:01 · answer #2 · answered by windandwater 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to assume that it's usually from cotton clothing/materials. Cotton is not grown in long threads, hehe, it's little fibers spun tightly together. I think some of the small fibers are escaping when the material gets wet...the weave is stretched and those fibers end up in the lint catch. Maybe?
2006-08-11 00:13:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wash and dry something chenille and you will soon know...slowly but surely your softest clothing comes apart...all the nice fuzz comes out and that is where it goes...to the lint trap. Towels are bad for it...sweatshirts too...even T-shirts. The smoother the fabric the less lint.
2006-08-11 03:04:14 · answer #4 · answered by alexajbully 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually lint and also dust comes from dead skin. When we wash the clothes the dead skin stays in the fibers and threads and releases when the clothes are drying therefore causing lint.
2006-08-11 01:25:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have often wondered that myself and tried to figure out things to do with the lint...I may be going into the sweater biz...
OK, just read the part about some of it being dead skin, scratch the sweater idea.
2006-08-11 02:23:04 · answer #6 · answered by Amy >'.'< 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Figure out where your lint filter is, and clean it about every other time you use the dryer.
Use dryer sheets.
Separate your dark clothes from your light clothes.
2006-08-11 00:33:27 · answer #7 · answered by Austin W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know is, My son doesn't know how to empty the lint trap.
2006-08-11 00:09:32 · answer #8 · answered by Just Gone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a lady and I have no idea! I guess I never really thought about it!
2006-08-11 00:08:46 · answer #9 · answered by jesslovesblink 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
every time you wash anything it begins to shed bits of fiber, eventually it wears through and you throw it away,
2006-08-11 07:05:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋