I realize it is Lent, so I guess that is why this Lint question is bugging me. If I were to wash and dry the same article of clothing....say a pair of socks....over and over and over again, would they eventually disappear and I would only be left with enough lint collected from the dryer lint screen to equal the socks that are now disintegrated?
Your thoughts and observations appreciated.
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hmmm. good question. I think that, at worst, the article in question would be reduced to a threadbare shell of its former self then spontaneously disintegrate. The lint collected from its glory days could be spun to make a new line of eco-socks, all in a utilitarian blue-gray shade, that could be sold for $20 a pair retail. Hey, people have been known to spin pet hair (presumably collected from that favorite sweater that has been their cat's favorite napping place for the last week?) and knit it into a new sweater. There are books about it!
Didn't the Reenactor open a chest of Antebellum clothes and fabric only to find that they instantly turned to goop upon meeting the 21st century air?
I'll leave it to The Reenactor to answer that himself, but to my memory that hasn't happened to him personally. But I love the idea of a cat nappin' sweater! Makes one wonder if the cat would continue to find it so accommodating after it found it's own hair in the weave.
And would it matter if you had a red sock? Would it create a matt of pink-ish fuzz in the lint collector?
No, that was the folks who found the Arabia in KC. When they excavated the site, they found wooden boxes that, when they ran their hands through them, were filled with multicolored layers of mud. Turns out the mud perfectly preserved wool fibers, but cotton disintegrated. The crates they opened had held ready-made cotton dresses, but the fabric dissolved, leaving behind their china calico buttons and dyes. Still lots to discover there.
I had a neighbor who collected lint from all the neighbors dryers and made really ungly wreathes out of it. I'm hoping they will just disintegrate! She won't have anything left to show for her hard work. Thank goodness she moved away! Oh well, "dust to dust" right?
Auntie Gizzmo
THAT is my big laugh for the day! What a weird and disgusting thing to do!! I suspect even Martha Stewart would say, "It's NOT a good thing!"
Wow!
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