TIB proposed the self cleaning lint system for your tumble dryer. But why waste it when you could use it for ...
DIY Fuzzy Felt.
[For those too young to remember, or those too far away from the UK to be exposed to such things, Fuzzy Felt was a felt based childrens toy. The little pieces of felt were shaped into trees, sun, sheds, houses and people. By laying them onto the felt background, you could make a heart-warmingly lovely felty picture.]
Remove the lint from the dryer carefully and cut the sheet into shapes as described above. Use another complete sheet as a background. Use the shapes and background to make a picture of your garden and post this to the internet somewhere where we halfbakers can admire your hardwork.
Only available in the predominant colour of your drying.-- jonthegeologist, Jan 09 2004 some inspiration - but don't waste it! http://www.halfbake...r_20clothes_20dryer [jonthegeologist, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] Fuzzy Felt http://www.fuzzyfelt.com...ahh...takes me back to my childhood. [jonthegeologist, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] Felt Clothing http://www.halfbake...Clothing_20Paradigmby [sartep] [k_sra, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] Dust Recycling http://www.halfbake...ea/Dust_20Recyclingmaking felt from lint was discussed here (in the annotations) [krelnik, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] I've seen pink.-- k_sra, Jan 09 2004 Baked in theory, believe it or not, by some arty character in a book I once read who makes collages out of tumble dryer fluff. She calls them "lintscapes". Apparently if you dry you clothes using a colour coded system you can get any colour you want,-- squeak, Jan 09 2004 It's always blue in our house.-- hazel, Jan 09 2004 Fight the monochrome, [hazel].-- k_sra, Jan 09 2004 And to think, I was going to make a quilt from all the lint in the trap ...-- Letsbuildafort, Jan 09 2004 [lbf] a felty picture of your garden is what we all need.-- jonthegeologist, Jan 09 2004 A faulty picture of my garden?-- Letsbuildafort, Jan 09 2004 I thought this would be the application of fuzzy felt in designing DIY jobs. Like where all the new kitchen units would be installed. I do like this though. (+)-- silverstormer, Jan 09 2004 With a selection of 3D lint filters, one could tumble-dry ten loads and then peel off a mitten or a hat.-- FarmerJohn, Jan 09 2004 <*lighning bold eminates from cap>-- Letsbuildafort, Jan 09 2004 My lint isn't really dense enough for this. Perhaps market a quick drying glue spray - just spray, wait a minute, and iron flat.-- Worldgineer, Jan 09 2004 (just back from a few tests)
get some eggwhite, add equal water and mix. Add lint. Pat flat onto some kitchen paper until its the right thickness for your art. Microwave for 1 minute. The eggwhite cooks and holds the lint into a flat, cutable, piece of felt.
[bakers beware]-- jonthegeologist, Jan 09 2004 More like flat, cutable, piece of felt that will become germ-infested wads of gross after a week or two in the hands of chilren. Any non egg-based ideas?-- Worldgineer, Jan 09 2004 I think the colours will be problematical-- po, Jan 09 2004 [worldgineer] spray glue would do it I think. Simple sugar solution would do the job too I think.
[po] I'm realiably informed that if you sort your washing/drying into strict colours and not just whites and colours, then you'll get a nice pretty palette of colours to play with... assuming that you have a pretty palette of coloured clothes of course.-- jonthegeologist, Jan 09 2004 if you wanted say red felt, then you would only be able to dry red clothes for a week or so.
I wear a lot of black and white.-- po, Jan 09 2004 [po] lil red riding hood is sorted for red, but struggling for black. Maybe you could do a deal?-- jonthegeologist, Jan 09 2004 Or use a bit of red dye on the white lint (no, not on the white load of laundry unless you'd like a fashion change).-- Worldgineer, Jan 09 2004 when I was a kid I used to make blankets for my Barbies out of dryer lint.-- PinkDrink, Jul 18 2004 halfbakery