# Lint, lint, everywhere and not a piece to eat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lint-lint-everywhere-and-not-a-piece-to-eat/334829>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 9, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lint-lint-everywhere-and-not-a-piece-to-eat/334829 "2005-12-09T04:23:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lint-lint-everywhere-and-not-a-piece-to-eat/334829/1 "2005-12-09T04:23:02Z")

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My comfy blue sweatshirt was run through the wash some some fuzzy pink towel (CURSE YOU, fuzzy pink towel!) and now my sweatshirt is covered with pink lint. I started to pick it off piece by piece but then I realized that would take me approximately five weeks.

How can I get this lint off? I would prefer not to use one of those lint brush roller things but if there’s no other way I’ll do it.

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lint-lint-everywhere-and-not-a-piece-to-eat/334829/2 "2005-12-09T04:28:33Z")

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Tape works, too. I kinda like the rolling action with the brush, personally.