How to Clean Your Dryer Lint Trap

Take your dryer lint trap out of dryer lint trap keeper and wash with hot soapy water and light soft sponge. This will help keep your dryer from costing you and from burning out the heating element. Good luck and keep your dryer lint trap clean.

Reasons for cleaning your lint trap in this manner -- rub your fingers on dryer sheets. You will feel a film on the lint trap -- that film collects on your dryer lint trap causing your lint trap to clog, and washing with hot soapy water will remove the film allowing the air to flow more freely and will keep your heating element from burning out. It will also allow your clothes to dry faster.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• dryer lint trap
• hot water
• soap
• soft sponge

1. Take your dryer lint trap out of dryer lint trap keeper

2. Wash dryer lint trap with soft sponge and hot soapy water

3. Dry lint trap & return to dryer lint trap keeper

Tips & Warnings

• This will help keep your dryer from costing you and from burning out the heating element. Good luck and keep your dryer lint trap clean.
• Reasons for cleaning your lint trap in this manner -- rub your fingers on dryer sheets. You will feel a film -- that film collects on your dryer lint trap causing your lint trap to clog, and washing with hot soapy water will remove the film allowing the air to flow more freely.

[eyota53]

on 9/14/2009 Good Article! A lot of people don't know to wash the lint trap. 5*stars!

[respectfully]

on 9/7/2009 GREAT ARTICLE! I never thought of washing the lint trap. I always just cleaned it with my hands. 5* rec

[turtledove]

on 9/2/2009 Thanks. I try to clean the trap regularly, and I don't use dryer sheets (allergic to the chemicals) so it's easy. 5*

[bfreethree]

on 9/2/2009 Thank you for the great info on 'How to Clean Your Dryer Lint Trap'. This is very important for the dryers heat temp. 5*

[redar]

on 8/29/2009 Thank you for that 5* advise, I have never cleaned that off.