Dryer Lint - Am I the only one?

[mayken4now]

Been wanting to ask this question for a long time.

Washing in my daily driver, Maytag A608, drying in my DE608. (off topic, MAH4000AWW & MDE4000AWW also daily drivers) but relates to the same question.

After your dryer has completed it's cycle, how do you dispose of the lint residual in the dryer. I always hold the lint filter as far back as I can in the drum, quickly with wet finger tips remove the lint from the screen. Close the door and run on Air Fluff for a few minutes to extract any lint in the drum. Reason being, if you clean your lint filter the way I do, close the door then open it for another load, guess what? All that loose lint is sucked out of the dryer into a clean house. Now I have to dust. Have been doing this practice for a long time. Never asked if I was the only one or do some of my other AW.ORG friends do the same thing. When using the DE608, I tend to not run on Air Fluff, but rather Damp Dry with low heat/normal dryness selected for a very short run. I know it puts the heating element on for 2 minutes, but the time is far less than Air Fluff. On the MDE4000AWW, it has time dry so, you can open and stop. Not wise to do that on a control switch????

We all know the A608 will make a lot more lint than the front loader.

Let me know your thought and practices with Dryer Lint Please!

 

[jeff_adelphi]

Whirlpool 29" dryer,

What I have always liked about my Whirlpool 29" dryer with it's top mounted lint filter, is that I can clean the filter with the dryer running. When I start the next load I pull the filter and hold it above the opening as I remove the lint, all the fine lint dust is sucked into the vent and sent outside.

 

[pulltostart]

My washer and dryer are in a utility room off the carport.  I have to confess that since moving into this house 2 years ago, I've never dusted that space.  However, the door is not weatherstripped and the space is neither heated nor cooled, so it's not like I'm a poor housekeeper.

 

The short of it is, if dust is escaping the dryer it's not a problem.

 

lawrence

 

[tomturbomatic]

A side effect of the lint filter placement on the HOH dryers is that it is right in front of the blower and a lot of the fine lint is sucked through the small screen and blown out the back of the dryer. This is not a problem when it is vented outside through a short vent, but when you try to use one unvented inside, you have to use something large and heavy to catch the lint because it is so fine and blown with such force.  My WP and GE dryers do far better with inside lint collection.

 

[DADoES]

 
I remove the lint bucket, dump it into the trash, replace the bucket.  It needs dumping only when full, not after every load.  Any stray lint from the filter/grill area stays in the drum for the filter to catch on the next run.

I handled my KA and other classic-style Whirlpool dryers as others have described ... pull the filter while it's running so stray debris is sucked down.  However,
  1) Be careful that the full lint-load on the filter doesn't loosen and get pulled down
  2) Don't run it for an extended time without the filter in place.  Airflow is pulled through the filter chute instead of over the heater and through the drum, which can cause the element (or gas burner) to overheat.

 

[mayken4now]

Brilliant

Idea if you have a WP made product with the top filter. Tom, the A608 is not a HOH. It has the lint filter in the front.

Glen, is that your F & P dryer?

 

[DADoES]

 
Surely that is it.

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

I would imagine that IF my dryers were in the house, I would hold the lint screen over a large enough trash can and carefully peel the lint there.

 

Being my dryers are in the garage, I pull the filters and peel the lint where I stand.  The exception is the WP dryer, I pull the screen, turn it over and tap it on the edge of the plastic trash can, which "de-lints" it with one gentle whack.

 

As for any residual lint falling from the lint screens, I don't worry about it because everything in the "garage" will get dusty in a week so anyway, so it's a loosing battle.

 

Kevin 

 

[kimball455]

Hello Everyone

Take the lint screen out of the LG dryer. Clean the lint off and toss the lint into the trash can. Occasionally wash the screen to keep it clear of fabric softener buildup.

Vent is to outside where I do see some lint deposit around the vent cap but nothing really huge. I don't think that I have over 10ft total of vent pipe with two elbows. Vent pipe is metal as I have a gas dryer.

Harry

 

[askolover]

I just use my damp fingers after throwing wet clothes from the Asko into the GE...but I have to hold my breath and run away as I am pretty badly allergic to dryer lint and kleenex fuzz.  Makes my throat feel as though it will close off!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Steve, I'm sorry. I did not mean that your dryer was a HOH, but since you were talking about lint problems with yours, I posted a lint problem with mine.

I have an outlet for my central vac near the dryers in the basement and one of those short hoses to clean the lint screens.

 

[mayken4now]

Recently, April 30th 2016, moved into my new home. I had decided at that time that there would be no more cleaning the lint filters out in the house/in the drum of the dryer, since I do have indoor laundry. Well, that lasted for a week and reverted back to the way I did it in my previous home. The idea of taking the filter outside, slowly, or having a vacuum nearby would/could greatly reduce the ability for dust escaping into the house. Don't know where I came up with running the dryer on Air after cleaning the filter in it. But it does seem to work. Kind of thought maybe I was the only one doing that. It is the same principle of the WP made machines with the top filter being cleaned with the machine is in operation, be it air or the next heat load to be run.

Tom, Love the idea with your HOH and the central vac. I don't have one however, but wish I did sometime.

Harry, I clean my filter for build up quite often. It works.

Kevin, Even if my machines were in the garage, as they were in a home 10 years ago, I'd still do my lint procedure. I am crazy about dust in or near my home.

Greg, maybe you might consider taking yours outside if you are that alergic to the dust?

Glen, I remember you doing that with the F & P back years ago at your wash-in.

Thanks for all the advice and different ideas guys!

--Steven

 

[vacerator]

My whirlpool

made dryer has the lint screen inside the door. I vacuum the rear exhaust vent every 6 months. Every one to two years I take the front panel off the blower plenum and clean it. Carefull, it's edges are very sharp.

 

[maytagbear]

With my Maytag Dependable Care

I take the lint filter out and swipe it with my hand before I remove the clothes, so I don't forget to clean it.

I have a long brush I bought from Fuller Brush that I poke down every 3-4 weeks.

I believe that we know that dryer lint is highly flammable.

A GOOD use for it is to put lint out in early Spring for birds to use as nesting material!

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[tomturbomatic]

Dryer lint is also useful to put in the drainage holes of flower pots to keep soil from coming out when you water, especially the first time or two.