Yes, that's great but he wants to know how to get lint on the top.
I use a lint roller like the ones you get at dry cleaners but a strip of packing tape wrapped sticky side out around your fingers will do the same thing. You can either dab it or pull it across the top, it won't hurt the fabric.
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