HELP! Chopsticks in the lint trap of dryer!!!

[overcome]

Yes, you read that correctly. I vacuumed out the lint trap ( its a newer machine, lint screen is in door of machine). I looked in to see if I got it all and saw A BUNCH stuck in the bottom.

So I got a chopstick and got about 2 c. Of lint out!! Then chopstick fell in. So I got training chopsticks to use as pinchers to get the said fallen chopstick. One of the tongs of the training chopsticks broke off and fell in!!!! Ahhhhh!

How can I get them out. It is pretty deep......

[TwoBees]

Can you try to vacuum them out?

[overcome]

Nozzle is not long enough to reach down there :-(

[Wife_and_mommy]

Something sticky on the end of scissors maybe? I've had to dig things out of the dc's bathroom sink and scissors worked well for me.

[emily]

Do you have a shop vac? Ours has a flat attachment that might fit.

[kristenk]

How about sticking a paper towel tube on the end of the nozzle of the vacuum cleaner? You can tape it in place and flatten the tube down so that it'll fit inside.

A paper towel tube might be too big, but any sort of hollow tube that you can tape securely to the nozzle might work.

[wendibird22]

An unraveled metal coat hanger with double sided tape or duct tape wrapped backwards to help "catch" them?

[overcome]

You guys are AWESOME!!!! Great ideas. I ended up putting packing tape on the end of a long spoon (too big to fall in) and while it couldn't bring the chopsticks up on its own, the tape held them in place so I could grab them.

THANK you for caring and offering such intelligent suggestions. My brain was in panic mode and couldn't think.