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.
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.
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.
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.
General caution, this is true irrespective of your intentions.
Clean your dryer regularly.
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.
Started 3 fires in the last week with lint. Great stuff if your kindling is dry. For wet stuff I use homemade napalm (old unleaded + styrofoam).
There are some really good flint and steel survival rods available now. Not the flimsy Scouting ones of yesteryear, but ones with anodized aluminum housings, hardened metal strikers and large diameter flint rods.
Started our winter stove with it the other day and am really happy with it.
The one I have, from a survival perspective, is a little risky, because when configuring them for use they must be taken down into multiple parts, but damn if it doesn’t make huge sparks.
Can you link me an example?
🎶 Goodness gracious, lint starts a fire 🎶
🎶 Goodness, gracious, lint starts a fire 🎶