Are you allergic to dust? Does cleaning the lint-trap of your clothes dryer bother you when that cloud of dust billows out, engulfing your head?
I found a great solution - don't clean the lint trap when the laundry drying ends. Start the next load, let it dry for around 1 minute, then clean the trap! Enough dampness from the new load will soak thru the lint in the trap, so nothing will float thru the air when you clean it.
What should you do, you may ask, about the very last laundry load? How do you clean the trap then? My answer is, you don't. That lint ain't goin' no place. Leave it until you begin the first load next week, and clean it then.
I figured this out today while doing the 5th load of laundry (out of 7).
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That lint IS going someplace - right into your dryer and lining up the inside of your dryer duct.
As a Professional dryer exhaust technician, I can tell you from experience I've seen dryer duct systems that contained so much lint buildup even though the person religiously clean the lint trap after every single load. If you're looking for a dryer fire keep doing what you're doing, and even if that doesn't occur(which I sincerely hope you don't have one) you're probably paying through the nose on your energy bill because of a buildup of lint on the inside of your dryer and the duct exhaust itself causing the appliance to work harder and taking longer to dry your clothes. Not to mention the unexpected repair or replacement cost you'll incur when the dryer dies as a result of overheating and tripping the high heat limiter swith time and time again. My advice is do it every time (with a paper mask on) and have your dryer and dryer duct cleaned every 8-12 months by a professional dryer vent cleaning company.
Just a word to the wise...
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