L i n t

@Modestah (11179)
United States
February 24, 2008 10:36pm CST
How often do you clean out the lint from your dryer - every use? after the last load for the day? once in a while? how about your blow dryer - it collects lint too - how often do you clean it out? and your computer and the dust it collects at the vents - do you wipe it out or blow it out at regular intervals?
4 people like this
9 responses
• United States
24 Mar 08
I clean the lint before every load. With my dryer or computer, though, I only clean it when I notice it.
@mari61960 (4893)
• United States
23 Mar 08
For dryer lint we clean it after each load. So many fires are started due to lint. All it takes is one little spark and the stuff burns like wildfire. I use it for fire starter when I go camping. The hair dryer is another story...lol I don't use it very often so if I notice lint on the intake screen I wipe it with a damp face cloth or use my laundy toothbrush to get it.
@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
3 Mar 08
After every use without question. That goes to one of the active posts I have about electricity. In fact if I am doing heavy towels or the such I will run the dryer and then half way through stop it and clean the lint filter and then start it back up again (don't do it when it's runninng). Then, after every half-dozen or so I get out the vacuum and actually get everything around the lint trap and also clean the lint trap itself with a brush attachment. Thanks Zelo
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
1 Mar 08
I clean my lint filter in my drier before each use. The thing is, I've only used it once in the 27 months I've been here...lol. I hang my clothes on the clothes line...it saves energy and therefore money and the clothes last longer. I also check my computer every now and then.
• United States
23 Mar 08
i do the dryer vent after every use.a family up the street had a housefire that started from a clogged dryer lintscreen..scary :( the comp i do about once a month.
@valerie37 (1002)
• Christiansburg, Virginia
26 Feb 08
I usually clean the lint filter after every use. I do sometimes forget though, but if I do I try to make sure it's not more than two uses anyway.
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
25 Feb 08
I clean the lint from our dryer after every load. I don't use a blow dryer so no lint cleaning there LOL as for my laptop, I wipe it down probably once a week :)
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
25 Feb 08
I usually clean the lint trap out after the 2nd or 3rd load of wash. I have tried to do it sooner than this, but there usually isn't enough lint on the trap to collect it which makes it difficult to remove. So I wait until there is something there, so that I can grab it easily. :) As for the computer, I usually just wipe it down.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
25 Feb 08
The dryer I do it inbetween loads. With the hair dryer I do it when I see a buid up and the computer also when I see a build up.