Art Tip #37

This has mostly to do with paintbrushes. Washing them. Well....
not so much the washing part as the where you put them after you wash them part.

Don't put them on top of your dryer. That wouldn't seem like a problem, would it? Ha – the problem comes when the completely innocent paintbrush takes a flying suicidal leap into the hole you created as you removed the lint filter.

Have you ever wondered how deep a top loading lint filter is? Very. And do you know how to get to the bottom of it to retrieve your errant art item? I thought not. Neither did we.

Unfasten about 15 screws from the back panel, then the two screws from near the top of the lint filter hole, try to pull the chute that holds the filter out from around the dryer drum. Curse just a little, 'cause it won't cooperate. Eventually, if it gives in before you give up, remove it.














While you've got it all apart you may as well vacuum the lint from the inside of the duct and the fluff balls from the floor. Keep the nickel from the duct as payment for doing such a good cleaning job. Remember to take the picture hangers out of your pocket before you dry your jeans.

Me: "Looks like it really needed a good vacuuming anyway, huh?"
Nice Mr. repair man: ".................."

Several minutes of silence. "Here, take this."
It was my long lost green sock with (only a tiny) hole in it. I thought they disappeared in the washing machine. Good thing I kept it's mate over the past 18 months!