I know its not quite that simple, I’d have to make thread first, and after I get enough, make clothing out of it. Could this actually be done? I can sew, but never made my own clothing nor have I ever made thread, so I don’t know if it could actually be done or not. I’m 100% sure the time and effort would not be worth it, or money spent on stuff to produce the thread, etc. But looking at my lint garbage pale made me wonder.

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    One use for lint is as a fire starter.

    You can just use it as is and light it and it works great.

    Or you can soak the lint with Vaseline, then store a small bunch of it into a sandwich Ziploc bag and keep it for emergencies or camping.

    Because it’s so good as a fire starter … always check your dryer for excessive accumulation.

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      Also blow out the duct. So many people don’t even know that’s a thing that needs done. Took me a decade until I learned that, and it was so clogged.

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      It does work good, but always good to be aware of how much of your clothes are synthetic fibers. Burning that is like burning plastic. Not good for BBQing.

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      One use for lint is as a fire starter.

      General caution, this is true irrespective of your intentions.

      Clean your dryer regularly.

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      Shout-out to the GM of the Aaron’s calling me an idiot that doesn’t know how to operate a dryer when they sold me one out the door so clogged I’m amazed my house didn’t light on fire. Swore up and down they quality checked everything, the 2 hours I spent with that machine open scraping the lint out suggests otherwise.

      Yes, I’m still salty about it over a year later.