Today I'm sharing all the great toothpaste tips that were sent in!

Did you know that toothpaste will also clean silver jewelry, does a great job, so does lipstick...believe it or not. Baking soda works well to clean stains from the oven, (use a paste and one of those green scrubbing cloths) and it will also clean the textured surfaces on refrigerators using a very wet paste and sponge. ~Nancy

Another amazingly good use for regular-plain-Colgate toothpaste is to mix it about half and half with petroleum jelly and use the paste to clean wooden musical instruments! We learned this from our violin teacher years ago and it does produce beautiful results. ~Barbara in the gorgeous Appalachian mountains

I LOVE toothpaste! When I was growing up I use to put a dab of toothpaste on a pimple, it would dry it out and take away any inflammation (make sure to apply JUST to the pimple)! Also, I was told by a jeweler to use toothpaste to clean my wedding ring. Put a little bit of toothpaste on an old toothbrush, run it under water just to get it wet, then clean your rings. It makes them sparkle and shine! ~Myra Lynne

White toothpaste also removes Kool-Aid/juice/Popsicle stains from faces. ~Kim

You can also use toothpaste with fluoride for cleaning silver flatware, saw my client use it today and it worked. ~Suzanne

My favorite use for toothpaste, other than cleaning teeth, is to clean my diamond ring. When I worked in the jewelry market we recommended this to customers often because the slight abrasiveness cleans well but doesn't harm the settings. Also when you do dishes or put hand lotion on, take off your rings! Not only do you run the risk of them slipping off and going down the drain but grease sticks to diamonds and will make them dull. In fact, when rocks are sorted for diamond bits they are put on a belt coated with grease and then the rock is washed away while the diamonds stick. ~Melissa B.

Use it with a baby's toothbrush to GENTLY clean your jewelry. Don't brush too vigorously, and your jewelry, especially marcasite, will come up gleaming. Dry with a soft cloth. ~Elizabeth

When my brother was manager of an apartment complex, he was taught to fill small holes left when removing nails, etc where pictures had been hung. Using white toothpaste, press the paste into the holes and dampening the finger slightly, texture the paste to match the wall surface. Since most of the walls were painted some shade of white, the toothpaste didn't require any further coloration. But if painting over it, that could be done quite soon as the paste dries very quickly to accept the paint. ~Maggie
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