Pet Hair & Lint Catching Wash Balls (12)

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Additionally, avoid overloading the washer so that all items get cleaned evenly without too much friction between them during the spin cycle. Key Takeaway: To remove pilling from your clothes, try using a lint roller or tape, a razor or sweater stone, or an electric fabric shaver or pill remover tool. Understanding lint balls and fabric pilling is an important step in maintaining the quality of your clothing.

Sammy Wang is a consumer-focused engineer with experience commercializing disruptive products across multiple categories. Additionally, avoiding overstuffing the washer or dryer with too many clothes at once is key in preserving your wardrobe; air-drying more fragile items like woolen sweaters will ensure that they remain in tip-top condition for longer periods of time than if you were to machine dry them on high heat settings which could quickly lead to excessive wear and tear down the line. Wrap some packing tape around your hand with the sticky side facing out and press it against the fabric in short strokes until all of the pills come off. The device is designed to be used as a lint brush, but with its unique design, it has the ability to grab and remove even the smallest lint particles from any fabric surface. Keep in mind that removing lint means you literally remove some of the fibers of the material and cutting free the small fuzz balls cuts also the fibers these balls are still attached to, so in time this shaving will actually damage your item.Well, this is why I left this for the end, while lint (and other factors, like wrinkling) should be taken into consideration, certainly they are only a small part of the decision. If there are many small pieces of fuzz and lint, this means the fibers are already loose and it’s likely this fabric will be producing lint.

To reduce the amount of lint that builds up on clothing, washing with a gentle detergent in cold water and brushing or vacuuming before wearing are recommended. Lint may also occur when friction is being applied by constant rubbing even when outside the washing machine like in the images below. With a service like DhobiLite, you can simply drop off your dirty laundry at one of their convenient locations and pick it up when it’s ready – no more waiting around for hours trying to scrub out stubborn stains or dealing with excess fuzziness on your favorite garments. At DhobiLite they specialize in removing lint balls while preserving the integrity of delicate fabrics such as cashmere and silk.

In the images below are the four devices in active use at this time in my household, all of them are used, they are in different places for convenience. Be sure to test a small area of fabric first to ensure that you don’t damage your garment in the process. This method is great for removing lint from more delicate fabrics, so it’s best to start off with a gentle touch.