What's the best way to remove lint from clothes?

What's the best way to remove lint from clothes?

flifus@gmail.com> wrote in message
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What's the best way to remove lint from clothes?

Wrap celophane tape around your fingers so the sticky side is out. Pat the
lint off. Renew the tape as necessary.

Smee

"Smee" <pscissons@roadrunner.com> wrote
flifus@gmail.com> wrote

What's the best way to remove lint from clothes?
Wrap celophane tape around your fingers so the sticky side is out. Pat the
lint off. Renew the tape as necessary.

Likewise masking tape, the wider the better.

For serious removals, you can also double-back the tape on its roll
so you have a nice 5-inch diameter sticky roller. I do that at work
sometimes whenever I make a mess in my cube.

Don K wrote:
"Smee" <pscissons@roadrunner.com> wrote
flifus@gmail.com> wrote

What's the best way to remove lint from clothes?
Wrap celophane tape around your fingers so the sticky side is out. Pat the
lint off. Renew the tape as necessary.

Likewise masking tape, the wider the better.

For serious removals, you can also double-back the tape on its roll
so you have a nice 5-inch diameter sticky roller. I do that at work
sometimes whenever I make a mess in my cube.

You shed a lot?

The lint-rollers are a buck at the dollar store. I've never been happy with the
tape-around-the-hand method, but I don't have enough lint to invest a buck in removing it. Maybe
if I save up...

Don K wrote:

"Smee" <pscissons@roadrunner.com> wrote

flifus@gmail.com> wrote

What's the best way to remove lint from clothes?

Wrap celophane tape around your fingers so the sticky side is out.
Pat the
lint off. Renew the tape as necessary.


Likewise masking tape, the wider the better.

For serious removals, you can also double-back the tape on its roll
so you have a nice 5-inch diameter sticky roller. I do that at work
sometimes whenever I make a mess in my cube.


You shed a lot?

The lint-rollers are a buck at the dollar store. I've never been
happy with the tape-around-the-hand method, but I don't have enough
lint to invest a buck in removing it. Maybe if I save up...

What about using clear packaging tape? There's a lot of tape on a

The Real Bev wrote:

Don K wrote:

"Smee" <pscissons@roadrunner.com> wrote

flifus@gmail.com> wrote

What's the best way to remove lint from clothes?
Wrap celophane tape around your fingers so the sticky side is out.
Pat the
lint off. Renew the tape as necessary.

Likewise masking tape, the wider the better.

For serious removals, you can also double-back the tape on its roll
so you have a nice 5-inch diameter sticky roller. I do that at work
sometimes whenever I make a mess in my cube.

You shed a lot?

The lint-rollers are a buck at the dollar store. I've never been
happy with the tape-around-the-hand method, but I don't have enough
lint to invest a buck in removing it. Maybe if I save up...

What about using clear packaging tape? There's a lot of tape on a
$1-2 roll. Or would it be too aggressive?

gamer wrote:

The Real Bev wrote:

Don K wrote:

"Smee" <pscissons@roadrunner.com> wrote

flifus@gmail.com> wrote

What's the best way to remove lint from clothes?

Wrap celophane tape around your fingers so the sticky side is out.
Pat the
lint off. Renew the tape as necessary.


Likewise masking tape, the wider the better.

For serious removals, you can also double-back the tape on its roll
so you have a nice 5-inch diameter sticky roller. I do that at work
sometimes whenever I make a mess in my cube.


You shed a lot?

The lint-rollers are a buck at the dollar store. I've never been
happy with the tape-around-the-hand method, but I don't have enough
lint to invest a buck in removing it. Maybe if I save up...

What about using clear packaging tape? There's a lot of tape on a
$1-2 roll. Or would it be too aggressive?


Makes no sense to pull your punches with lint. Give it an inch...

I hate clear packing tape. It's a bitch to prise up a corner with
your fingernail without splitting the cheap stuff, it slips back and
sticks to the roll if you aren't super careful, and it sticks to
itself WAYYY too easily. It's nice and strong, though, which is the
only thing that keeps it alive.

Good point. I use such tape frequently for packaging where I have a

The Real Bev wrote:

I hate clear packing tape. It's a bitch to prise up a corner with
your fingernail without splitting the cheap stuff, it slips back and
sticks to the roll if you aren't super careful, and it sticks to
itself WAYYY too easily. It's nice and strong, though, which is the
only thing that keeps it alive.

Good point. I use such tape frequently for packaging where I have a
nice "industrial" dispenser that a mover left behind. Makes it real
easy to use.

gamer wrote:

The Real Bev wrote:

I hate clear packing tape. It's a bitch to prise up a corner with
your fingernail without splitting the cheap stuff, it slips back and
sticks to the roll if you aren't super careful, and it sticks to
itself WAYYY too easily. It's nice and strong, though, which is the
only thing that keeps it alive.

Good point. I use such tape frequently for packaging where I have a
nice "industrial" dispenser that a mover left behind. Makes it real
easy to use.


I have one of those too, but it never seems to work properly. Fluff
gets stuck to the exposed tape, it folds back on itself sometimes, and
the tape wrinkles before the pusher-downer-thingy has a chance to do
its job.

You may need to move up a grade (thickness) on the tape. From your