How To Make Paper Out Of Lint

Step 7 Last Step

If you are making multiple pieces of paper, then place another piece of fabric on top of the lint and repeat the process. Once you are finished you can add books on top of the stack of fabric to flatten out the paper and press out the water.

After several hours (mine took about 6 hours indoors) remove the books and allow the lint to completely dry.

Once the lint is dry, you have your very own Lint Paper!

Comments

[avoss2]

Instead of squishing the water out with books, I just rolled it out with a rolling pin between a few towels. That worked well and fairly quickly and then I set the sheets of paper in the sun on a paper bag to dry. They stayed pretty flat that way. How were you able to get yours such a light colour? I bleached the crap out of my lint and still it is that nasty red/grey. If you have any tips on that please let me know!!

[TheJoshinator]

I'd bet you could make the paper stronger and crisper by adding a bit of gelatinized cornstarch to it. Take 1 cup of water, mix in 2 teaspoons of cornstarch, and microwave it until it turns clear; add to slurry as necessary (as determined by experimentation) and you've got yourself some nicely starched paper.

[eyevegotstyl]

I remember doing this experiment in middle school, it's really cool for homemade cards and the such, I added some glitter to the tub for an extra punch.

[liza.lu]

That is so cool! I'm going to make that! I have a recipe for making dryer lint clay that I've been hanging on to for like 10 years and have still never done it, but I'll be sure to do this one.