• t3rmit3 ( t3rmit3@beehaw.org ) 
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    7 months ago

    dryer lint fires tend to happen most often by the lint not getting cleaned out, and getting squished into the internals and coming in contact with the dryer heating elements and igniting. Lint is basically a perfect tinder material, because it burns fast and hot. You can actually save your dryer lint to use for campfires. in my experience, it’s nearly as good as char cloth.

      • If you’re feeling extra frugal: save the last bit of wax from your candles, stuff the dryer lint into the pockets of an empty paper egg carton, melt the wax down, and then pour that over the lint. Once it cools you have a dozen fire starters that will happily burn for like 5 minutes each.

      • azerial ( azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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        7 months ago

        Oh no it’s super flammable. You can make fire starters with that shit. Last week my appointment complex insisted on cleaning out my dryer everything with a really cool vacuum, and I was sick, but let them. Best not to catch the whole building on fire. Yeah it’s a risk for sure.