28 Wacky Uses for
Colgate® Toothpaste

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1. Deodorize smelly hands. Squeeze an inch of Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste into your palm and wash hands under running water to get rid of the smell of fish, onions, or garlic.
2. Polish silverware, silver, or gold. Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste will shine up silver and gold. The mild abrasives in the toothpaste clean the silver or gold. Rinse clean and dry thoroughly.
3. Clean piano keys. Squeeze Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste on a damp cloth. Rub the keys well, wipe dry, and buff with a soft, dry cloth. After all, ivory is made from an elephant's tusk.
4. Remove ink spots from cloth. Squeeze Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste on spot, scrub, and rinse thoroughly.
5. Clean crayons, lipstick, or ChapStick from a dryer drum. Squeeze a dollop of Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste on a sponge, a Teflon scrubber, a stiff nail brush, or a clean, used toothbrush, and scrub the spots. Toothpaste is a mild abrasive. Wipe clean with a damp rag.
6. Patch a nail hole in a white wall. In a pinch, you can hidee a nail hole with a dab of Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste.
7. Remove hair dye from skin. Apply a dollop of Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste on a damp cloth and rub the stained skin gently in a circular motion. Repeat if necessary.
8. Clean residue from the silver soleplate on a clothes iron. Squeeze a dollop of Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste on a damp, soft cloth and rub the bottom of the cool, unplugged iron. Rinse well.
9. Stop a compact disk from skipping. Rub a dab of Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste on the disk with a clean, soft cloth. Rinse clean with water, and dry thoroughly.
10. Scrub bird droppings from any surface. A dollop of Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste and a hard brush cleans bird droppings.
11. Remove white water spots from a wood floor or a white water ring from wood furniture. Squeeze a dab of Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste on a damp, clean, soft cloth and rub the spot until the white mark disappears.
12. Clean scuffmarks from vinyl, linoleum, or tile floors. Squeeze a dab of Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste on a damp, clean, soft cloth, and rub. Clean with a clean, wet cloth.
13. Clean grass stains from clothes. Rub Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste into grass stains on washable fabrics, scrub gently a sponge or a clean, used toothbrush, rinse well, and launder as usual.
14. Dry up acne pimples. Dab Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste on pimples as you would use Clearasil.
15. Clean lipstick stains from clothes. Rub a dollop of Colgate Regular Flavor Toothpaste into the lipstick stain, and launder as usual.

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