Special offer

Lint: Fuzzy Logic

By
Real Estate Agent with Bean Group / Franklin

What Do You Do With Your Dryer Lint?

Lint Painting

Stacey E Bernstein's artwork caught my attention. As an art lover and former art teacher myself, I was looking for something to do with my dryer lint. Doing a Google search brought me to this simple but effective website, advertising this woman's passion for lint painting. She is an art educator in Colorado. She gives instructions on how to do this, as well.

Not into actual painting? How about other lint crafts?

PlanetPals has recipes for papier mache, clay and homemade lint paper:

HOMEMADE Lint Clay

Ingredients::
2 cups firmly packed dryer lint
1/3 cup warm water
6 tablespoons white glue
1 tablespoon clear dishwashing liquid
Food coloring

Directions:
Put lint into a mixing bowl.
Add the other ingredients.
Mix thoroughly. When you can no longer mix, kneadwith hands until of a uniform texture.

Shape and model figures or cover molds with it,

Lint as Function:

In Girl Scouts, we learned to make fire starters by filling egg cartons with lint and then pouring melted wax ocer the lint. When colled, cut each egg carton into separate cubes and place in fire pit to start the fire.

One man used it to create a digital online story. Please read the entire story as it will not only give you a smile, but it will tug on your heart strings, too. What Do You Do With Lint?

Lint As A Musical?

Yes, you read that correctly. There is even Lint: The Musical.

So, if you are looking for a logical way to deal with lint, start here, but feel free to add your own.

Frances Sanderson, Franklin, NH  REALTOR®, Certified EcoBroker®

 

Mary McGraw
GLREA - Rockford, MI
2015: Solar Energy Is Still A Simple Machine!

That's interesting Frances! I like the firestarter idea also! What creative folks!

Jan 26, 2009 01:04 AM
ASHEVILLE REALTY REFERRAL RESOURCE 828-776-0779
REAL ESTATE REFERRAL NETWORK - Asheville, NC
CONTACT janeAnne365@gmail.com

Frances~

THANKS for f inding this and reblogging it!!!  I can see every grandmother in the world applauding =)

Jan 26, 2009 01:52 AM
Frances Sanderson
Bean Group / Franklin - Franklin, NH

Thanks Ladies! I wondered if you could use it as stuffing for pillows and stuffed animals, too, but something tells me that the dog hair in my dryer lint won't appeal to allergy sufferers :-)

Jan 26, 2009 02:30 AM
Diane Daley
Caron's Gateway Real Estate - Northumberland, NH

I always use it as a firestarter never thought to use it for art with the kids... I 'll have to give the clay a try...  Thanks

Jan 26, 2009 02:32 AM
Jeff R. Geoghan
Coldwell Banker Realty - Lancaster, PA
REALTOR, Marketing Manager

Well now, you've proved once again that we can find almost anything on Activerain.

Jan 27, 2009 07:51 AM
Frances Sanderson
Bean Group / Franklin - Franklin, NH

Jeff,

Well, I do have to give credit where credit is due. I don't know that I would have found Lint: The Musical on ActiveRain.... but wait a minute... now it is!

Fran :-)

Jan 27, 2009 07:56 AM