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How to reduce lint on Clothes from Washer.?

We dry our clothes on an Outdoor Clothesline and it seems that we always have a large amount of lint on the clothes. Is there a trick to reduce this from the washer?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Turn the clothes inside out so the lint lands on the invisible wrong side instead. Wash linty fabrics like towels and fleece separate from darks or synthetics, which seem to attract lint - it's okay to throw them in with the sheets, since lint there doesn't matter. Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of vinegar to the final rinse water - it reduces the static cling that causes the lint to cover your clothes. (You won't smell like a pickle - the odor goes away in the breeze.) Vinegar also reduces the soap scum build-up that can dull your clothes color.

    I use a clothesline too, and wear darks - no lint ever, at least not on the side that shows.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    issues you'll want: White or cider vinegar Step1 clean your washer in the previous your next wash load to be certain there is not any lint trapped everywhere in the device. Fill the tub approximately 0.5 complete of water then upload a pair of cups of white vinegar to the wash water. enable it to agitate and then sit down there and soak for no less than an hour in the previous you empty the device. Step2 upload a cup of the two white or cider vinegar on your washer alongside with the detergent in the previous loading on your clothing to maintain lint off. Step3 handle all towels and washcloths for the reason that they convey lint. positioned them through a separate wash cycle to maintain them from moving lint on your clothing. Step4 verify the labels on all your clothing to be certain you form them wisely. Cotton clothing produces lint in the showering device jointly as polyester clothing possibilities it up. Wash them at diverse cases to maintain the lint off people who're probable to %. it up. Step5 turn your clothing interior out in the previous putting them into the showering device to maintain them from amassing lint as they pass in direction of the wash cycle. ________________

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Don't wash towels with regular clothes.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Machines--beat the living heck out of your clothes..

    Hand washing is your only--escape.

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