Put your toothpaste in the toilet bowl - and ... Have you heard of such a life hack? Allegedly, it acts as a freshener, and sanitary ware cleans no worse than smokers' teeth. Let's see if this extravagant way works.
Why put toothpaste in the toilet bowl?
Craftsmen, laying peppermint paste in a tank, pursue three goals:
- get rid of unpleasant odors in the toilet;
- clean the surface of the toilet without touching it or the brush;
- save on a freshener and even, possibly, a cleaning product.
As is the case with most of these "life hacks", the chance of a miracle is small.
How to prepare?
As the Internet teaches us, not every pasta is suitable - just peppermint. That is, with menthol in the composition - it will be he who will work in the matter of giving freshness.
Before laying over the tube, it is advised to do a little magic - ruthlessly poke it with a thick needle without removing the lid. As conceived by an unknown inventor, through these openings the paste should be washed a little at each drain.
Better not to take the paste in a metal tube. Even if you successfully riddled it with a needle, it will most likely rust in water.
When the "voodoo ceremony" is carried out according to the instructions, you need to lift the lid of the drain tank and drown a holey tube in it.
Does it really work?
What is wrong with this method? Let's get it right.
- Through the holes left by the needle, the paste is almost not washed out. But this problem can be eliminated by using not a needle, but a heated awl.
- It is difficult to calculate the optimal diameter of the holes. After all, we need that with each drain, the amount of paste washed out is sufficient to give a fresh aroma, but at the same time the tube does not end too quickly. In addition, the texture of the paste depends on the manufacturer - there are regular, gel, there are "sticky" ones that stick well both on the toothbrush and on smooth surfaces. Some added special granules. In a word, it is almost impossible to predict how easy the tool will come out of the small holes.
- The paste, as a rule, does not dissolve so well to make a fragrant mint water. To achieve this effect, you would have to whip it into the foam with a brush.
- Alas, it will not work to clean the toilet in a non-contact way. After all, we brush our teeth with a toothbrush, and not just with a toothpaste or rinse aid. So there’s a complete failure on this point: people who put toothpaste in the tank will still have to buy a cleaning product.
- Do not forget that the object lying in the tank reduces the amount of water that will be drained. Although the size of the tube with toothpaste is not so large, you can still notice that these 200 ml are not enough for you to get rid of the “ballast” the first time.
- Sooner or later the tube will end. And to take something out of a tank with a lid is another show. How will you do this - disassemble? Slightly open? Crawl in there with your hand or get a scoop? In light of this problem, we can advise those who decided to try the toilet life hack, pre-tie the tube with a nylon rope and grab the ends of the tube with a lid so that you do not have to "fish" later.
- What is life hacking for? As a rule, for the sake of economy. But how much money will you save if you use toothpaste instead of special pill tablets? One tablet will cost about 35-40 rubles. Enough for two weeks. At the same time, there is a guarantee of a disinfecting and easy cleaning effect. Cheap toothpaste will cost 50 rubles and will only work as a freshener. Most likely, it will also end in a couple of weeks. It can last longer (again, depending on the diameter of the holes), but then it will not be so good to flavor.
The conclusion can be drawn as follows: if you somehow had unnecessary toothpaste (for example, did not like the taste or effect on tooth enamel), why not use it as a freshener for the toilet? But as a “standard method” this method does not withstand competition - it is easier and often cheaper to use special tools. And if you have modern repairs and the tank is mounted on the wall, then you are completely tempted to try this life hack.