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Dryer lint made useful
I keep a bin by my dryer and once it gets filled i likw to make paper its cheap and resourceful

Posted by Interstellar Supernatural from Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States • Published See Interstellar Supernatural's 32 projects »
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  • How to make paper. Recycled Paper - Step 1
    Step 1

    get lots of dryer lint wet make a sort of pulp.

    Lay it out and put heavy bricks on it

    Wait till it dries and now you have paper

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lightfrommoon4u
lightfrommoon4u · Palisade, Colorado, US
soak the lint at least 30 minutes, or overnight. Then use a blender, 1 cup of the soaked lint mixture at a time, fill the rest of the blender with water. Use a screen stapled to a wooden frame (or cardboard covered with duct tape) to dip into a tub filled with the blended "slurry." Turn the lint onto a piece of cloth and weigh down to keep paper flat. wait until its dry! Happy try adding fabric dye or bleach to get a white or colored paper.
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Scarlet-Begonias
Scarlet-Begonias · Everett, Washington, US · 15 projects
I was just thinking yesterday "There must be something I can make out of all this lint.." Happy
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Interstellar Supernatural
Interstellar Supernatural · Fayetteville, North Carolina, US · 32 projects
i have never added glue but the weight is what really helps it stay together
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Joanna
Joanna · 4 projects
Just lint and water, really? Does it stay together, or would it be a good idea to add some glue to the water?
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ChaeEatzZombehGutz
ChaeEatzZombehGutz · 2 projects
Cool it works right?
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Cady Rae
Cady Rae · Weert, Limburg, NL · 6 projects
yes!
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caitlin c.
caitlin c. · Toledo, Ohio, US · 5 projects
SWEET!!!!!!! This is sooooo for me!!!!!!! I don't have to use a blender!!!!!!! Yaay Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
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Sugarlishes
Sugarlishes · Fort Hood, Texas, US · 136 projects
oh wow i have a bag full of dryer lint in the laundry room!!! Especially when i bout some blue towels and washed them the lint turned blue! I must try this!
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Gypsie Moon
Gypsie Moon · Edisto Island, South Carolina, US · 75 projects
I love making paper out of bits of junk mail and construction paper, etc. But dryer lint? That's genius!!! I must give it a try!! =)
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