20 Ridiculously Amazing Toothpaste Hacks You've Never Heard Before

By Editorial Staff in Facts On 18th December 2017

Toothpaste comes in a number of flavors, whitening strengths and brands today and many people buy it to get the whitest and brightest smiles possible. Brightening your smile however is just one thing that you can do with toothpaste. There are actually a number of other uses for this common household item, many of which may surprise you. Take the toothpaste with you and look at these unique and pretty awesome uses for toothpaste, aside from whitening your teeth. Keep in mind that the uses below are intended for plain, white toothpaste.

#1 Clean your cellphone screen with toothpaste

Sick and tired of all those fingerprints on your phone screen? Worst of all, those tiny scratches and nicks that you can’t seem to get off? What about that partially mutated buffalo sauce that you left on there while you were thumbing away on your phone during a night of chicken wings and pizza? Well with a combination of a small microfiber cloth and some toothpaste, you can fix all of that.

#2 Remove Clothing Stains

Toothpaste is an excellent ingredient for removing lipstick stains, ink and even grass stains from your clothing. You just have to put some toothpaste on the stain, ensuring that you cover it well. Then simply fold the fabric over and rub it vigorously. Rinse with warm water and then launder as usual.

#3 Cleans shoes

Toothpaste may not make your yellow teeth white but it can sparkle your sneakers for sure!

#4 Spackle the drywall holes

Fix small hole of your wall using toothpaste.

#5 Removing Permanent Marker And Crayon Marks From Walls

Toothpaste can remove crayon marks on the wall. Just use a damp cloth and rub toothpaste on those little art strokes to make them disappear.

#6 Clean your fingernails

Toothpaste is a great cleaning agent, which you probably already know. After all, it keeps your pearly whites nice and shiny each and every day! But it can do so much more. If your nails need a little bit more luster, for instance, apply a bit of toothpaste, buff, rinse away, and watch them gleam.

#7 Toothpaste can glue together paper

Need to glue two pieces of paper together or seal an envelope? Just use a little toothpaste on the one piece and spread it evenly before pressing it down to glue it onto the other.

#8 Soothing Mosquito Bites

If you put small amount of toothpaste on the bite, it can relieve itch and swelling.

#9 DVD scratch remover

Have a DVD with Minor scratches? Rub a tiny amount of toothpaste and it will get rid of the scratches. This works best with small scratches and only a small amount of paste should be used, too much will make it worse.

#10 Revive Headlights

The cover on headlights gets dirty and scratched over time, reducing the brightness of the lights. Clean the cover with soap and water first, and then buff it with toothpaste and a polishing pad or cloth.

#11 Eliminate Acne

Forget those expensive acne treatments. You can get great results with a cheap tube of plain white toothpaste. Just use a small amount before going to bed and when you get up in the morning, you should see a major improvement. The toothpaste dries up the acne and leaves you with smoother skin.

#12 Preventing Goggles From Fogging

Apply toothpaste both inside and outside of your goggles and rinse them with water.

#13 Iron Cleaner

When your iron’s soleplate looks gunky due to mineral buildup, you can easily clean it with a damp cloth and toothpaste.

#14 Clean the bathroom sink

Non-gel toothpaste works as well as anything else to clean the bathroom sink. The tube's sitting right there, so just squirt some in, scrub with a sponge, and rinse it out. Bonus: The toothpaste will kill any odors emanating from the drain trap.

#15 Clean smells from hands

The ingredients in toothpaste that deodorize your mouth will work on your hands as well. If you've gotten into something stinky, wash your hands with toothpaste, and they'll smell great.

#16 Deodorize baby bottles

Get rid of that stale-milk smell from your child’s bottles. Squirt some toothpaste in the bottle, add warm water, shake, and rinse out.

#17 Polishes silver

Sick of all your cutlery and jewelry going a dusky grey color? No need for expensive polishes, just buff in a little toothpaste with a cloth and you’ll have your sparkly silver back in no time.

#18 Whitens piano keys

It’s very sad when your beautiful piano looks older than its years due to yellow keys. Just as toothpaste helps with yellow teeth, it does the same for piano keys, so make your piano look brand new in minutes.

#19 Stress reliever ball

If you fill a condom with toothpaste and tie its end firmly, you’ll get a stress reliever ball that will serve you for a long time due to the endurance of latex, of which condoms are made. Squeeze all you like and let the stress evaporate!

#20 Keep a bathroom mirror fog-free

Squirt a few dabs on the glass and rub it in thoroughly. Rinse well.

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