Stack Dryer Lint Drawers

[Rondo]

Who has the best way to clean the crud that builds up and blocks the air flow in your lint drawers. I'm thinking a trip to the car wash, any other suggestions?

[Howard]

I am assuming that you are not talking about lint on the screens, but some other kind of "crud" buildup in the drawer.

I can't imagine enough "crud" accumulating to block airflow, but as long as you dry the drawers thoroughly, I can't see any harm in a car wash jet spray. If it is that thick, try a spatula.

[Gary C]

I would say a high pressure air hose would work fine. Around 100 psi should do the trick. Any small compressor would do the trick.

Gary

[pete f]

If you have steel screens it might work. I think a car wash spray would tear the nylon ones. Some of the crud on mine seems to be melted crayons, and possible melted candy, gun etc. I am not sure a car wash would work. Goof Off or Goo Be Gone would be my first choices. I have not tried it yet and have a couple screens that do need a special cleaning.. let me know how it works and I can add it to the " List" LOL!

[Rondo]

If you open your drawers a look closely as pete said it's probably crayon, wax and god knows what that is blocking the screens(probably 15 - 20 %) I've tried scraping and that doesn't do a good anough job. Maybe I try the combination,scrape,goof off and blasting at the car wash. I'm thinking going in to winter is a good time each year to address this problem. I'll post the results
when I find the time to do it. Gary C I've got a good pancake compressor I might try that too.

[Kitty]

If you are talking about the lint screens, the gummy yuk that cakes in the screen itself? We use a broom and sweep it off, comes right off.

[pete f]

Rondo
do you have steel screens.. My Dexters do, I do not know about the others. I was thinking becuase most of that "stuff" is leftover melted goo cuased by heat of the dryers, it might take heat to get rid of it. I know when I get some melted plastic something stuck in the dryer drum I run the dryer a little to heat it up and the stuff usually peels right off. I wonder if a small blow torch on low flame would work to heat the gunk if you were careful, and had steel screens?

[Lar Hylobates]

I looked at those screens when I bought the mat and again when the new dryers went in. Haven't seen them since.\