Amazing Discovery

[P.C.]

OK....it's a bit of a 'come-on'....and it may not be amazing.  It might not even be worthy of it's own thread...BUT...

  This is my amazing discovery.

  I had this really nice pale gray and cream striped sweat-shirt (sort of) that I bought....and paid way too much money for....but I really really liked it.  After one wearing and one washing...I noticed there were 2 dime size spots on the cream part that absolutely would not come out after trying everything. (I'm thinking it may have been coffee)

  I was debating whether I should add this shirt to my 'work clothes' pile....which is bigger than all my other piles....when I decided to try toothpaste on it.  It's 'whitening' toothpaste...that supposedly fights the affects of coffee, red wine etc.

  Well....it worked !!!!  I just put a dab on my finger...rubbed it in gently for about 5 seconds.  GONE !    

[Lise]

Viva la toothpaste. You can't imagine what other stuff we've put the toothpaste to at work and I don't just mean on a person's teeth.

  Vinegar can remove almost anything. That's my amazing discovery. Best part of it is that it's 'organic' and no harmful ingredients... unless you count the smell.

[LM@work]

Thanks for the tip, P.C.

  Lise- I don't even want to know...

[Michel]

             

[P.C.]

   This is monumental, for heaven's sake.  It's HUGE !  

  Mars schmars.  

  I tried bleach, powder detergent and bleach made into a paste, Shout, peroxide, vinegar, baking soda.  Nuttin worked.

  Except Sensodyne F Whitening  toothPASTE. (not the gel) [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/muede/n020.gif[/img][/DIV]

[Michel]

                 
 

[Gopher]

  Lise's comment about vinegar is the ABSOLUTE TRUTH!    

[P.C.]

    Not absolute.  It didn't do a thing for the stain in my shirt.

  It's pretty good though.

[JJ]

Another great use for white toothpaste is to use it to fill holes in white texture ceilings from hanging hooks.  This was my saviour when I lived in apartments.

[Gopher]

Hadn't thought of that one, thanks for the tip.  

[purelife]

That's a good one JJ.  I've never heard of that one before.

Another good use for the toothpaste is to put it on burns.  
 

[Gopher]

Condensed milk (sweetened) makes a good emergency substitue for glue.  

[TehBorken]

 P.C. wrote:
  [div style="font-style: italic;"]This is monumental, for heaven's sake.  It's HUGE !  [/div]  [div]Mars schmars.  

Lol, I agree- Mars is old news, it's not going anywhere and it never does anything. But getting spots out of my ummm, delicate wear is worthy of some serious attention.
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[aquamarinesea]

  That's so cool! It'll work on stains because teeth whitening toothpaste contains hydrogen peroxide. Thanks for sharing!    

[P.C.]

Hi aquamarine !  I guess that's what makes it work....yet peroxide alone did nothing.  

  I'm still feeling quite brilliant over this discovery.