Mission Organization: Week 17 - The Dryer: Round 2

Last week I brushed and cleaned the lint out of my dryer vent and was quite pleased with the results. I felt that the long time build up of lint inside the vent could have caused a house fire, even though I had always cleaned the lint filter out every time I put clothes in the dryer. After my mission was posted last week, I got a call from my friend Tammy. She told me that she recently had the same experience with her dryer vent, but that she had cleaned hers out with a product called a Lint Lizard that she had seen on TV, then bought at a Bed Bath and Beyond store. After she described to me how well it worked for her, I knew I would have to have one of those Lint Lizards for myself, so I bought one this week, and I couldn't wait to try it out.

It is a long hose attachment that fits on a vacuum cleaner. Even though I just cleaned out my dryer vent, I wanted to test it to see how it worked and to see if I had left any lint behind when I cleaned last week with the long brush.

I started with an empty vacuum cleaner and attached the Lint Lizard. I followed the directions and vacuumed both from the front of the dryer and from the outside of the vent.

This much more lint came out! My brush is just not as good as the lizard! For your viewing pleasure I emptied the lint out of my vacuum onto this bag.

I am so disgusted with this, but I'm also happy to have it cleaned out! Last week I thought I had done a great job, but I found that I didn't have the right tool to do the job the best way. I'm thankful that Tammy clued me in to this product; maybe I should watch more TV. At least when I bought the Lint Lizard, I remembered to use the Bed Bath and Beyond coupon I had in my purse!

The opinions stated in this blog post are my own, and I have not been compensated in any way by Lint Lizard or Bed Bath and Beyond. I just like to clean things up!

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Last week I brushed and cleaned the lint out of my dryer vent and was quite pleased with the results. I felt that the long time build up of lint inside the vent could have caused a house fire, even though I had always cleaned the lint filter out every time I put clothes in the dryer. After my mission was posted last week, I got a call from my friend Tammy. She told me that she recently had the same experience with her dryer vent, but that she had cleaned hers out with a product called a Lint Lizard that she had seen on TV, then bought at a Bed Bath and Beyond store. After she described to me how well it worked for her, I knew I would have to have one of those Lint Lizards for myself, so I bought one this week, and I couldn't wait to try it out.

It is a long hose attachment that fits on a vacuum cleaner. Even though I just cleaned out my dryer vent, I wanted to test it to see how it worked and to see if I had left any lint behind when I cleaned last week with the long brush.

I started with an empty vacuum cleaner and attached the Lint Lizard. I followed the directions and vacuumed both from the front of the dryer and from the outside of the vent.

This much more lint came out! My brush is just not as good as the lizard! For your viewing pleasure I emptied the lint out of my vacuum onto this bag.

I am so disgusted with this, but I'm also happy to have it cleaned out! Last week I thought I had done a great job, but I found that I didn't have the right tool to do the job the best way. I'm thankful that Tammy clued me in to this product; maybe I should watch more TV. At least when I bought the Lint Lizard, I remembered to use the Bed Bath and Beyond coupon I had in my purse!

The opinions stated in this blog post are my own, and I have not been compensated in any way by Lint Lizard or Bed Bath and Beyond. I just like to clean things up!

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Mrs. Happy Homemaker Mission Organization

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Mission Organization: Week 16 - The Dryer

The dryer did not start out as my mission this week, I had something else in mind altogether. I only decided to post this as my mission after I realized how much of a fire hazard a dryer can be right under our noses! I was appalled at how much lint I found when I cleaned mine, and I know if this could happen to me it could possibly happen to someone else.

My dryer has one of these lint filters in the front when you open the door. I clean it out every time I put in a load of clothes. There are few other things that I am this on the ball about, but I do keep the lint filter cleaned out. When I cleaned it out one day this week, I noticed that underneath the filter I could see a lot of lint down in the dryer wall.

So I got my handy, dandy long brush tool and started brushing it out. That's when I realized there was really a lot of lint in there.

I pulled the dryer out from the wall and checked inside the vent hose at the back. It was almost completely full of lint!! I brushed and vacuumed and cleaned it out, and was totally disgusted with the whole mess.

THIS is what I sucked out of my dryer! Unbelievable! How bad does it have to get to start a fire? I always thought that if I was keeping my lint filter clean, then everything was fine with the dryer. I hope no one else has a lint build-up like mine, but please check just to be on the safe side. A house fire would be a very bad thing!

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The dryer did not start out as my mission this week, I had something else in mind altogether. I only decided to post this as my mission after I realized how much of a fire hazard a dryer can be right under our noses! I was appalled at how much lint I found when I cleaned mine, and I know if this could happen to me it could possibly happen to someone else.

My dryer has one of these lint filters in the front when you open the door. I clean it out every time I put in a load of clothes. There are few other things that I am this on the ball about, but I do keep the lint filter cleaned out. When I cleaned it out one day this week, I noticed that underneath the filter I could see a lot of lint down in the dryer wall.

So I got my handy, dandy long brush tool and started brushing it out. That's when I realized there was really a lot of lint in there.

I pulled the dryer out from the wall and checked inside the vent hose at the back. It was almost completely full of lint!! I brushed and vacuumed and cleaned it out, and was totally disgusted with the whole mess.

THIS is what I sucked out of my dryer! Unbelievable! How bad does it have to get to start a fire? I always thought that if I was keeping my lint filter clean, then everything was fine with the dryer. I hope no one else has a lint build-up like mine, but please check just to be on the safe side. A house fire would be a very bad thing!

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Momnivore's Dilemma Creative Juice Thursday

Mrs. Happy Homemaker Mission Organization

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