Why Housewives Freeze Toothpaste: A Trick That Captivates with Its Simplicity

15.03.2023 18:41

It seems that the abundance of detergents and cleaning products should have put an end to various inventions and folk designs that make everyday life easier.

However, housewives do not calm down and come up with something. An example is freezing household paste. They say that Japanese housewives do this.

Let's figure out why you should freeze toothpaste and what to do with it later.

First, it's a great air freshener. Second, it's a great cleaning product.

How to proceed

It is better to choose a homogeneous paste with a mint or menthol flavor for freezing.

Toothpaste
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It is frozen not in a tube, but in ice cube trays or other similar containers.

As needed, take out the frozen cubes and use as intended.

This product can be used to clean a cutting board that produces a not very pleasant smell after cutting onions or cleaning smoked fish.

There is no need to use detergents containing harmful surfactants that are difficult to wash off.

And here's another interesting tip for using toothpaste. They say that if you mix a tube of toothpaste with Coca-Cola and pour the solution into a spray bottle, you can clean limescale from tiles and grout, and also get rid of grease on your stove.

Igor Zur Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor