I need an adult: dryer lint edition

May 25, 2018 11:36 AM

I put a chenille blanket in the dryer. I have a lint problem.

I foolishly ran a very sheddy chenille blanket through a full cycle in my all-in-one washer/dryer combo. There are golden retriever-sized piles of lint. There is lint in every crevice.

I have vacuumed out what I can, wiped it down and picked it out of the lip where the rubber door seal is, run the dryer twice with a damp towel and repeated the vacuum-wipe approach. There is still an unholy amount of lint coming out. It’s very fine, so every time I do this I also have to mop.

Any ideas on how to find it all and get it out?

posted by OrangeVelour to Home & Garden (3 answers total)

I don't have a magic answer for how to get the lint out of the inside of the dryer. I popped in to say that is not your only concern. You need to also make sure all that lint is also removed from your external lint vent. That's the hose that runs from your dryer to somewhere outside your house, and there will be a vent at the end of it. If that becomes clogged with a large amount of lint, it's a major fire hazard. Unfortunately, I know this firsthand.
posted by ImproviseOrDie at 2:04 PM on May 25, 2018 [1 favorite]

Run a rinse cycle to flush as much out as possible.
posted by essexjan at 2:09 PM on May 25, 2018

Response by poster: The dryer in question is part of a washer dryer combo and doesn’t get hot or vent anywhere. It uses steam or something to wrinkle my clothes into a damp ball - so while I’ll make sure to get the lint out, this isn’t the fire hazard of a standard dryer.

I’m currently running a “tub clean” cycle, but will continue to cycle until I decide I need to take the damn thing apart.
posted by OrangeVelour at 6:55 PM on May 25, 2018