Travel Toothpaste Refiller - SUGRU STYLE

Step 9: A FULL TRAVEL TOOTHPASTE for less with no mess

Once you have squeezed the little guy full you should screw and old empty back on the regular sized tube to keep it fresh.
Good Luck
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Comments

[ddevine2]

I travel quite a bit, and the brand of toothpaste I like best is just not available in small tubes. With this method.. I can switch brands and get exactly what I want. Brilliant!

[EnergyHandyman]

I want to see your photos

[jblanton1]

I made something similar a couple of years ago, but instead of gluing the two tops together, I put both of them into the flame of a gas burner just long enough to get the ends molten (but not burning) and then pressed them together so that the two plastics fused together. I soon learned that not every toothpaste tube has the same size / screw threads.

More often than not, I just grab the two tubes of toothpaste, hold them firmly together and squeeze from the large tube to the small tube. If you don't do it right, you will have a bit of a mess on your hands...

[lanceearlhaines]

Its all about the free hand squeeze! What mess?

[EnergyHandyman]

You are sooooo amazing that you can do it freehand with no mess.

just kidding,

I consider myself incredibly coordinated, but it is tricky to get the transfer to work when the source tube is nearly empty, let alone trying to keep it neat, and this device really makes it super easy, even for my wife, whose thumbs bend like Gumby

[lanceearlhaines]

To each their own....solution and flavor of paste. LOL

[jblanton1]

It works better if the source tube is nearly full. You just grab it in your fist as squeeze. If the source tube is not pretty full, I don't use it without the adapter...

[dpitts4]

Just a little add to make faster and easier. I am a painter and use a paint tube extuder for both toothpaint and my paint tubes. It is awesome and my kids love to use it (only when present ;) ) Anyway here is a link for one on amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004WQINJS/ref=asc_df_B004WQINJS1772090?smid=AZS5DWT1I69ME&tag=shopzilla_mp_1182-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395105&creativeASIN=B004WQINJS

[rickets]

tried to use the link......unable to get it to go through in address bar and won't go on amazon

[lanceearlhaines]

link worked for me.

[dpitts4]

soory about that. Here try this one http://www.dickblick.com/products/tube-wringer/

you can also find it by google paint tube wringer or paint tube squeezer

[oxyx]

not a bad idea, I would suggest though, drilling your caps BEFORE you adhere them together though.
Because as you can see if you look at the caps, there is a recessed area at the tops, and if you drill them after, you're always going to have a gap inbetween the caps then, and toothpaste will get caught in there and could lead to a bacteria buildup if not washed well. Which, lets face it, it's not going to be easy to wash.

SO.... drill each cap, and then use some of your adhesive of choice in that recessed area of the caps so that there's no longer that germ party pocket.

doing it this way may mean you'll have to drill it again after everything is dry, but probably well worth the extra steps to make sure you're going to avoid mold in your nifty lil contraption.

[EnergyHandyman]

there is no mold problem risk what-so-ever with toothpaste, and the seal is so tite there is no drying out, ever! I have this one strange tube of gel toothpaste that says it is 6 years old and it tastes fine, the toothpaste has not changed at all.

it is probably a good idea to reduce the contact between toothpaste and sealant which someone else mentioned. You can see that I had 4 empty travel tubes. you can squeeze all the air out with tubes connected, (no air = no mold).

I chose to drill after to save a step.

If I wanted to add steps, which is never a good idea, I guess I could have trimmed the recess off each lid prior to and resuming as I did above.

I want to see people making these things, it is so easy!

[Peacecat]

Great idea!