OK, so I did the unthinkable. I put new towels in with a pile of clothes and all the fluff from the towels came off and is now abundant all over my clothes. Apart from removing the fluff with cellotape, are there better, quicker ways to remove the fluff? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Louise
My suggestion would be to get a square of netting, tulle, about the size of dryer sheet, pin to one piece of clothing & air fluff or run through rinse cycle & then dry.Depending on amount of lint, you may have to do several times. I use this netting with every load of colored clothes I wash & dry. Good Luck.
If you have a Walmart or Kmart nearby, go buy a clothes shaver. It's like an electric shaver but for clothing. I have used mine for taking the little "pills" off of sheets, sweaters, etc. It's a miracle worker.
Put the clothes back in the washer without any detergent and run them through the cycle. Then put them in the dryer and see if that doesn't remove all the lint. It worked for me.
If the lint comes off easily try cleaning the lint screen and put them in the dryer on air dry, without the towels of course. Clean the lint screen every 5 minutes and keep restarting until loose lint is gone or screen is collecting no more lint. For anything that is not loose, after testing in an inconspicuous area to be sure it won't harm the fabric, try a piece of drywall sanding screen, this will grab the lint and works wonders on fabrics that have pilled as well. Polyesters knits in particular, don't always do well with this treatment.
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Archived on 11/05/2009
Tips for removing lint from clothing. Post your ideas!
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Duct Tape
To remove lint, hair, and especially cat hair from your clothes, take about 6 inches of duct tape, wrap it around your hand with sticky side away from your skin and stick end to end. Then dab away. Not much will escape the duct tape sticky.
I have found that simply dampening my hand and rubbing it over a garment is one of the best ways to get off lint and pet fur. It is easiest when the garment is being worn. (08/27/2004)
A great way to remove lint or animal hair from clothes, furniture and bedding is to take a Playtex glove and sweep it with the glove and vacuum the hair. It really works well.
(08/28/2004)
By Renee
Make Your Own Lint Remover
Here's a quick way to make a lint remover in a pinch. Roll up a magazine and tape both ends. Then wrap another piece of tape around the top of the roll, sticky side out. When the stickiness wears out, add a new piece of tape. (09/02/2004)
If you find your lint roller empty and have animal hair, or lint, on your clothing, just roll a piece of tape, (I use masking tape), sticky side out, around your 3 middle fingers and dab the areas and the hair/lint will come right off.
Sister and I are trying this as I type. I had a really nice sweater poncho and it was covered in lint, but we took a blue-white two sided sponge and wet it a little bit, wrung it till it was damp and then scuffed it over the sweater and it started removing lint really well. (03/11/2005)
By J and J
RE: Removing Lint from Clothing
Green 3m scour pad. I tried everything else, but I had some really tough lint and that was the only thing that worked. (05/23/2005)
By Annette
RE: Removing Lint from Clothing
Run a disposable razor over the clothes and follow up with the tape ideas (08/15/2006)
By Mary
RE: Removing Lint from Clothing
Try putting a cup of vinegar in the wash load. It has worked for me. (09/24/2006)
By Wendy
RE: Removing Lint from Clothing
Rub a slightly damp cloth one way down the clothing it removes the lint. It has worked for me. (11/13/2006)
By Mandy
RE: Removing Lint from Clothing
A damp sponge gets lint off of any fabric. Just be sure the fabric can tolerate water first. (04/02/2007)
By Jean
RE: Removing Lint from Clothing
Mr. Clean. Is there anything the "Magic Eraser" can't do? The only thing that worked for caked-in fuzz and lint on a 89%acrylic/9%nylon/2%spandex "super soft" sweater was the Magic Eraser. The inside and outside were both solid caked-in, down in the nap of the sweater. I used the all-white Magic Eraser sponge that is "Extra Power" (the box has a hot pink swirl across it). Thank you, Mr. Clean.
Accept no substitutes. Spend the extra change on the name. It works great. (03/17/2008)
By Erica from TX
RE: Removing Lint from Clothing
Take some mini scissors and cut the lint pieces off. Be careful not to cut the garment. (10/31/2008)
