sylviasmom

Ever so often I will get a clean towel and have to pick knotted cat hair off of it. Cat's been dead for three years. This conversation started on a different thread, but it is still on same subject. I am going to say what we are all or some of us are thinking. It is the customer's responsibility to present to the LA a clean top, batting and backing. No loose threads, pins, or animal hair whatsoever. Sometimes I am too outspoken for my own good. And you are right, I have very few friends .

Onebyone

My thinking is if it is your personal items you are putting in dryer and you have a pet what difference does it make if the dryer keeps dander or pet hair? It's all around you daily anyway. Always ask the LA if having pet in the house is a problem and have the top and backing as free of pet as possible.

bearisgray

I was actually thinking about another thread -

If i am allergic to pet dander - why would i want someone else's pet dander in MY dryer?

When the other poster was asking how to deal with allergens on items brought to her for long arming.

Linda1

I never put unwashed items in my dryer. It is just one of my little quirks.

maviskw

I never put dirty items in my dryer. I have put things in it to get warm, but they were clean - - - or clean enough. Sometimes I put my pajamas in the dryer to warm up when I'm not feeling well and need the warmth.

I take dirty items outside and shake, shake, shake. Then just wash them. The washer seems to take everything off. Sometimes a pillow will loose feathers or a rug will loose pile in the washer and I have to wipe it out with a damp rag. But the dryer lint catcher does a good job.

sinceresissy

This is all I know -- sometimes when I washed cat beds I would have to run an empty cycle to get all the cat hair out of the machine so we wouldn't have cat hair towels or something like that. I don't know about the dryer. I don't remember having a problem with hair inside the dryer. I would still have a lot of hair to take out of the dryer vent. I don't think I ever put anything hairy in the dryer without washing it first. Interesting. I have put pillows in the dryer to get dust out or for some reason. Didn't seem like it did much.

NanaCsews2

I can attest to the fact that yes dirt, hair, fabric softeners do build up inside a dryer. We were selling a very good name brand set of washer and dryer and I simply could not let anyone else see our 'dirt'. Scrubbing the outside of the machines wasn't enough for me, so of course I had to take off the holder for the lint trap. Checking the gasket that was underneath the it, we found actual sandy, black dirt and pet hairs (2 dogs, one cat over the years). It was dried on hard. Also, something at one time had gone through the pockets in the wash and survived getting to our new dryer. It stuck to the tumbling blades inside the dryer, right where the blade and the drum are attached. Over time, things have also attached themselves to it. So yes, dirt can be released inside the dryer.

romanojg

the top may have animal hair on it but that doesn't mean its dirty, or even had an animal on it. Their hair flies thru the air and gets onto everything. My animals don't come into my sewing room but I still find hair there. It gets caught up in the filter and the vent. I have a front loader and I'd worry more about the pump getting clogged than the dryer. I do agree that I would never put muddy wet clothes in there, but that's different.

romanojg

You do realize all of these could have human dried skin on them. If anyone is worried, then after you run the dryer, run a damp towel in it, that should remove anything that can't be seen or sticking to the inside of the drum.

Wonnie

Well, I have not had a dryer in 30 years nor a pet but I've enjoyed the thread.