Here are a few simple ways to get more out of the tube
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Place the tube in both of your hands. One hand at the top, one at the bottom
Starting at the bottom end of the tube, run it over the edge of a bench until you reach the top.
This should push all the toothpaste to the top of the tube.
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Once you can't get any more from the tube after completing the above, cut the top of the tube off.
Dig your toothbrush in. There might be another couple of portions left.
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Keep squeezing the toothpaste to the top of the tube every few days. The squeezers and twisters in the family will see that there is more toothpaste to use. If you leave it until the tube has been twisted to billyo, they'll just throw it in the bin when you are not looking,
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I always slice my tubes open at the end! There's at least a few days' worth left in there, and there's no need to waste it. I've seen people put one of those black office clips at the end of a tube of toothpaste, too, in order to keep the paste more toward the opening. It's not a bad idea.
ReplyDeleteDear Wendy,
ReplyDeleteGreat tips! I had to smile because my husband is amazed at how I can still get toothpaste out of a tube he is ready to throw away.
Love, Kelsey
I use the clip thingys to seal packets. Works a treat!
ReplyDeleteHi Wendy,
ReplyDeleteI run the flat side of my toothbrush handle along to tube to bring all the toothpaste to the top of the tube and I always cut the tube open once I can’t get any more out. My mum used to do it too, there is always at least enough for two more brushes. Have a lovely evening,
Fi
Hi Wendy, I opened a "finished" tube of toothpaste tonight and will get a few washes out of what's left.
ReplyDeleteAndrea.
I can brush my teeth twice a day for a week after DH decides we need a new tube!
ReplyDeleteI live alone, so I have no excuses for not getting every bit out of a tube of toothpaste, or tomato sauce, or garlic paste, etc. I got a plastic thing which you put the end of the tube through, you pull it toward the top of the tube evenly, and it squishes any excess upward. Before I got that (about $1), I used the black office clip too - but it didn't always hold the folds.
ReplyDeleteI am the one that gets the empty tubes. I cut them open and use them for several days. Same goes for lotions.
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