Introduction: 10 Uses for Your Old Toothbrush
Here are some handy ways to re-use your old toothbrush. You may think this small little brush is only good for cleaning your teeth, but here are 10 ways you can keep the toothbrush cycle going including beauty and cleaning tips and tricks.
Step 1: Remove Crayon Marks on the Walls
Use shaving cream and a toothbrush to remove crayon marks on the wall. My landlord will never know I used my door as a canvas!
Step 2: Brush Your Eyebrows
Beauty and grooming tools can be expensive. I use this $1 toothbrush as an eyebrow brush.
Step 3: Clean Your Finger Nails
Brush that dirt out from under your fingernails. Just put a little soap and water on the brush and you're good to go. It feels nice on your nails too!
Step 4: Clean Your Shoe Soles
When dirt and mud gets stuck in the soles of your shoes, loosen it up with your toothbrush.
Step 5: Remove Marks on Floors
Use non-gel whitening toothpaste to remove stains from the floors and counter tops.
Step 6: Clean Grout Grime on Tiled Floors
Combine 1 part Borax, 2 parts Baking Soda, and 2 parts water to clear out that funky grime between tiles. Use this in the kitchen and bathroom.
Step 7: Apply Hair Dye
Apply hair dye yourself using a toothbrush. For quick touch ups to grey hair or roots, apply mascara to a toothbrush - it will blend the color in your hair better than the mascara wand.
Step 8: Clean Appliances
Toasters. Microwaves. Coffee Machines. Use a toothbrush to clean off crumbs and stains that fall in those hard to reach spaces.
Step 9: Clean Hairbrush
Lift the hair out of your hair brush by pulling it up with your toothbrush.
Step 10: Toothbrush Bracelet
Finally, when your toothbrush is at the end of the road, make a purdy toothbrush bracelet.
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-toothbrush-bracelet/
105 Comments
6 years ago
When my toothbrushes get old, I mark them "CLEANING" and use them
To clean the sink or toilet!
9 years ago
You can also use some toothpaste an a toothbrush to remove pen or permenat marker marks from skin , just put some toothpaste on your skin where the mark is and rub it with the toothbrush
10 years ago on Step 10
OMG! i used it after all those uses,now im dead :(
note: just a joke
11 years ago on Step 10
WARNING!-do not use tooth brush after all these uses you will get sick and might die!
Reply 10 years ago on Step 10
no i did it and i did not sick or get die
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
another use is clean a toilet seat lol
10 years ago on Step 10
you spelt purdy rong you spel it lik pridy
11 years ago on Introduction
Cool!
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Also good to use--- minus the bristles-- to use in place of a stick to hold labels for marking your plants in the garden to identify them
10 years ago on Introduction
Then clean toothbrush with old fine tooth comb
12 years ago on Introduction
I used an extra soft child's toothbrush to clean a very young kitten's face. He was abandoned in front of our church so I took him home and gave him a bath and used the toothbrush to get the dirt from around his eyes and nose as well as brushing his fur.
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
NO! dont ever giv a cat a bath.they clean themselves up own their own.
though iv never tried it, mayb MAYB warm water baths only, no soap.
plus just brush ur fingers on on d face, the mud/dirt loosens n falls off...wash ur hands after tht.
had 7 cats (5kittens/2 older) at home at one point of time, best part is wen they all decide to chase ur feet wen u walk by :)
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
For your information, this was under the instruction of our vet. Out kitten had a skin condition that required a daily bath to treat. Also, my vet even suggests using liquid dish soap to treat flees on kittens. It's a myth that you shouldn't bathe cats. Ask your vet. They need them once in a while.
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Did the liquid soap work. ??? first time ever in my 72 years that I have a cat, so appreciate any tips I can find. Thank you
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
Ill ask. But im sure they are gonna hate it, the kittens, if he agrees! :D
11 years ago on Step 10
for the shoe cleaning bit an old tooth brush is ideal for getting polish into the the seams of boots and shoes and where the upper joins the lower.
A used tooth brush is also useful for cleaning old coins.
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Do not clean coins they loose all value
12 years ago on Step 4
don't you dare use that in your mouth gross :(
Reply 10 years ago on Step 4
It is a old toothbrush.Who cares?
11 years ago on Step 10
Tradition.. from when plastic was first used for toothbrushes.
Discarded toothbrushed.. boil in a saucepan and bend when softened, remove bristles and link several together for a baby teething ring..
They love the bright colours, and they are very effective in soothing the mouth.
Brings back a lot of memories.. never ever throw out old toothbrushes. I currently have about ten as back-up, and I never replace my toothbrush often enough.