Cotton Facts Friday: The Fuzzy Seed After the ginning process, which separates the cotton lint from the seeds, the fuzzy cotton seeds (often still covered in short fibers called linters) are typically transported from the gin to a cottonseed crushing mill or processing facility for further handling. There, the seeds undergo additional steps. They are: ✅cleaned ✅delinted (removing the remaining linters, which are then used for products like paper, batting, mattress stuffing, or photographic film)