Toothpaste, as we all know, is a teeth cleaning agent. It contains chemicals such as fluorides, sulfates, calcium phosphate, and antibacterial agents that clear plaque and tartar. Toothpaste also removes foul smell giving a fresh breath. These ingredients also act as remedies and prove to be great hacks in day-to-day life. Herein, we provide some toothpaste hacks that you probably never knew.

Pimple hacks
If you notice a pimple eruption all of a sudden and you want to get rid of it as soon as possible, toothpaste might come to your rescue. Apply a pea-size amount of toothpaste on the pimple overnight. The ingredients in the toothpaste like baking soda dry the pimples. It’s a quick fix solution. In this case, the gel toothpaste doesn’t work as much as the white ones do.

Burn on the skin
If you get burned on the skin, layer the burned area with a layer of toothpaste, it soothes the burning sensation immediately.

Removal of a foul smell
The foul smell of fish after its washed is a problem. Washing your hands with toothpaste gets your hands rid of that smell. This hack is applicable to get rid of the onion smell too. Talking about the foul smell, a thermally insulated bottle smells foul if not used for a long time. Washing them with toothpaste removes the odor, making it smell fresh.

Cleaning burn marks on vessels
If during cooking the vessels get the burn marks, applying toothpaste to that area and then wash it and scrubs off the marks, giving the vessel a shine.

Steam iron burns
Steam irons can burn and damages your clothes if you’re not careful. Applying the toothpaste at the burnt surface and then scrubbing it off with a tissue removes the burnt stains.

Rust formation
Rust formation on the knife and other little things can be cleaned with toothpaste.

Sneaker hacks
If the white rubber side of the sneaker gets dirty, toothpaste can be rubbed over that area and washed off. It again turns white and bright.

Cleaning ornaments
Ornaments made of gold and silver metals can be cleaned by applying toothpaste and brushing softly. They get brighter and shinier. Applicable to some ornamental stones too.

Glass cleaning
It is observed that smearing toothpaste and cleaning with tissues can clear the stains on glass, mirrors even the glass of spectacles.

Cleans smartphone screens
It is said that the mobile screens too can be cleaned with toothpaste.

Removing crayon colors
If you want to get rid of crayon colors from your desks and marker stains, smear toothpaste over it, leave it for a while and then brush over it gently. Later clean it off with water. The stains should have gone with this process.

Such hacks make life a little easier, and it is great to know how a toothpaste comes so handy in so many ways! A word of caution: before using it on your face, make sure you aren’t allergic to any of the ingredients of the toothpaste and get a patch test done. The flavoring agents can cause irritation.