Do/did people really clean jewelry with toothpaste?

[maxamusa]

fact or fiction?

 

[stellarstella]

I have for my silver jewelry. It works

 

[levitate]

The grittiness of the paste can remove surface dirt and oil. The tooth brush bristles can get in crevices that larger cleaning items can not reach.

So, yeah…I guess so.

 

[Big Mountain Hélà]

You can temporarily restore headlights with toothpaste too

 

[maxamusa]

I have for my silver jewelry. It works

why tho....ran out of cleaner or something? and thank you for confirming

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

I used to repair my scratched CDs with toothpaste

 

[Swirv]

I do and it works.

 

[stellarstella]

why tho....ran out of cleaner or something? and thank you for confirming

It’s one of those old wives tales that I was taught to do if I didn’t have any cleaner.


FUN FACT: If you have a minor burn, put toothpaste on it for a minute and then rinse it off. The burn will still be there, but the painful burning sensation will be gone.

I always did this if I got burned by a hot comb etc

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Yeah n mouth wash too

 

[Child_Of_God]

You can clean dirty white shoes with tooth paste and baking soda too.

 

[maxamusa]

I do and it works.

@stellarstella already confirmed for silver....you've done this on gold/diamonds?

 

[richaveli83]

Yeah I used to use toothpaste to clean jewelry back when I was into jewelry.

 

[Swirv]

@stellarstella already confirmed for silver....you've done this on gold/diamonds?

Yes

 

[NatiboyB]

Back when I used to wear jewelry I used to put my stuff in toothpaste and scrub it but it was mostly just gold herringbones, figaro links, Rolex links things like that.

 

[BEN23]

Broke boys don’t have a ultrasonic cleaner