Submitted 11 months ago by Aatube@kbin.social to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
https://kbin.social/m/showerthoughts@lemmy.world/t/694591
Often when I empty my vacuum cleaner I find the dust has "weaved" together
Probably not realistically. Weaving fiber into thread relies on those fibers being long enough to hold onto eachother. Dust particles are too small for that. Even dryer lint doesn’t work well - anything you made would pull apart much too easily.
I think you’ve invented dryer lint.
Dryer lint, steel wool, and a 9V battery can make a nifty little firestarter
There was a time when I thought it might be an interesting idea to try and make pillows using dryer lint as the stuffing…
Never actually tried it though … 😂
Cloth, probably not. But look into homemade paper - you might be able to turn vacuum lint into something like construction paper, but ew.
It’s called felting.
It’s more likely to need a wet felting process… Even then you’d probably need longer strands involved.
Just save the bag for starting camp fires.
Maybe with a lot of glue?
intensely_human@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Yes! I have an entire startup based on this. It’s called Dustweavers and we weave dust into everything from clothing to microchips. It’s all very straightforward and not even a little batshit.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I would like to launder $50MM through your startup please
intensely_human@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Just send us your dust and we’ll weave new dollar bills from it
muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Send me a matrix account and im sure we can come to an egreement
Plopp@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Protip: add cats to the factory to increase high quality weavable dust. Cats are also good for microchips.
rockerface@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Do you have connections with Dustbringers and Lightweavers, by any chance?
SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They prefer “releasers”