When should the dryer lint trap be cleaned?

[/dev/ram]

Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear, I thought it was a give it gets emptied everytime. The first choice is emptied immediately after you pull the dry clothes, the second one is where you leave it for the next person to empty when they come with a new wet load.

Yeah, I've lived that life. Now I empty it whenever the #$% I feel like it. It's joyus! Oh, sorry, got sidetracked there - right after the wet load goes in. Shit ain't hurtin' nobody when it ain't runnin...

 

[BigBody79]

so when do you do it?

Apparently, the OP does it at the wrong time. Probably doesn't matter which it is.

 

[UncleWillie]

As long as it gets cleaned every load who cares. Leave it for a few loads if you like house fires.

 

[RenegadeT]

Apparently, the OP does it at the wrong time. Probably doesn't matter which it is.

no...my wife does it at the wrong time

 

[ManglerYJ]

The wifey said'' take the clothes out of the washer and toss in dryer...gather up my loose change from the washer and stash it in her laundry money jar...add snuggle..clean lint trap..start dryer''

That is the one thing I miss about my oldest step-daughter living here.... She was HORRIBLE at managing cash. She would stuff it in every pocket and never have any idea where it went. She also is the type that would put her clothes in the washer and then leave for days at a time, which meant I had to move her stuff to the dryer and then from the dryer to her bed. I considered the money that was left in the washer and dryer to be my "tip". Some times, I'd make up to $40 for a load of clothes! Pretty good for an unemployed stay-at-home dad! That dried up when she moved out, though - but so did the stress level in the house.

 

[RatLabGuy]

1 - take soggy clothes out
2 - smell to see if they've been sitting too long... if so, put 'em back in for another spin (since I'm doing it, chances are, yes, Wife told me to do this 2 days ago...)
3 - toss clothes in dryer
4 - clean lint trap
4a - cuss at wife for the 3 layer quilt in there
4b - cram the leftover lint into giant ziplock bag
4c - promise myself someday I'll actually need the 4 giant bags of lint I already have to start a fire in the woods, might as well add more... really....
5 - turn on dryer
5a - cuss, stop drier, toss in softener sheet, re-start dryer
5b - miller time

 

[trailhugger]

Cloth diapers, even almost two years in, will leave an unbelievable amount of lint in the trap.

 

[UncleWillie]

Yes they will Cyd. I think cloth diapers take piss and turn it into lint.