Q. See question above. Also, could I clean out the lint trap as that is my custom as I tend to forget when I put a load in or is that stuff muktza?

A. The lint is indeed muktza and should not be removed or cleaned during Shabbos.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a