DIY Lint Lizard

[Granny Smith]

I saw a commercial today for something called a Lint Lizard. I got to thinking, 'that would be so easy to make', so I am making one. I had a 3 ft. piece of 1/2" flexible tubing (leftover from some homeschool project, no doubt) and found a small plastic bottle with a neck that would fit the tubing and a base that would fit the hose on my vacuum. I cut the bottom off the bottle and glued the hose inside the neck of the bottle. It has to dry overnight, so I can't try it till tomorrow. If it works, I've saved $10.99 plus S&H.

The last time we took apart the dryer and cleaned all the lint out of the inside, we ended up with nearly a trashbag full of lint. I'm curious to see how much I get with this contraption. I'll try it tomorrow and post pics if it works.

[michelle]

Sounds very cool

[Granny Smith]

This is my homemade Lint Lizard~



Close-up of the bottle I attached to the end. The bottle fits snugly into the hose on my vacuum~



I didn't think it was working until I looked in the vacuum canister. None of this came from the lint trap, because that was empty when I started, but from the space below it and back into the dryer a little ways~



I need to reglue the bottle because I accidentally pulled it off of the tubing. I'm going to use epoxy this time. I think it will hold better than the Seal-All I used the first time.

[michelle]

Oh wow

[Granny Smith]

For reference, the container is about 7" in diameter and about 3" of it was full. That's a fair amount of lint.