Cleaning an Electric Toothbrush {Frugal Homemaking}

Every time I changed the head on my electric toothbrush, I spent hours devising the perfect method of cleaning the (absurdly nasty!) gunk from the inside. The dilemma I faced was finding a cleaner that was safe to use on an item I put in my mouth...

Then it finally dawned on me: vinegar!

First, I let it dry out overnight with the head off. Once dry, I knocked as much funk out as I could, then let it soak in a glass of vinegar for about 15 minutes. Next, I used one of my "for cleaning only" manual toothbrushes, and cleaned most I the gunk out.

However, there was still some gunk I couldn't quite reach just inside the neck. So I thought back to 2nd grade science... I put the toothbrush back in the glass of vinegar, then added about a tsp of baking soda.

After marveling over the bubbles (hee hee! it never gets old!), I was then able to loosen the remaining gunk, and -voila!- my toothbrush was good as new again.

What uses have YOU discovered for vinegar?

Keep on saving! :o)

--Barbara

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