▲ 9 ▼ It took more than 30 hours for sailors to put out a dryer lint fire aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford last week (www.nytimes.com) submitted 4 months ago by spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments archive link
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Few years back I saved the dryer lint over a year and compressed it and gave it to a sister as starter logs to use at her cottage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dmention7@midwest.social 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 3jane@piefed.ca 1 point 4 months ago Pine cones work too permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dmention7@midwest.social 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 3jane@piefed.ca 1 point 4 months ago Pine cones work too permalink fedilink source parent