# How do I get lint off a silk duvet cover?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 17, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-lint-off-a-silk-duvet-cover/834121 "2019-05-17T18:03:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-lint-off-a-silk-duvet-cover/834121/1 "2019-05-17T18:03:10Z")

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I’ve just taken my silk duvet cover out of the wash and it is covered in lint. How do I get the lint off? It’s currently hanging up to dry.

(I am, of course, cleaning the washing machine.)

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-lint-off-a-silk-duvet-cover/834121/2 "2019-05-17T18:08:37Z")

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Use one of those sticky-tape lint roller things? Or, if you don’t have one, wrap several turns of Scotch tape, sticky side out, around your hands and pat down the duvet.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-lint-off-a-silk-duvet-cover/834121/3 "2019-05-17T18:25:31Z")

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Should I wait until the duvet cover is dry?

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-lint-off-a-silk-duvet-cover/834121/4 "2019-05-17T18:57:38Z")

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I fear I have damaged the silk somehow. There are areas which are visibly furry - no lint, but fibres above the surface.