What do you do with your old toothbrush?

Those old toothbrushes are great for cleaning mesh structures and grilles. If you have an analog mouse, remove the ball and brush those rollers with that toothbrush. Dust build-up on and around computer fans are easily removed with a toothbrush. Heatsinks can benefit from the same treatment, but difficult to get at fins require the complete removal of the heatsink for a wash'n'dry before reapplying with heat transfer compound. Another good use is for cleaning keys on a keyboard. Dismantle the keyboard, remove the membrane and circuitary. Washing-up liquid in hot water makes a good dip for the toothbrush. Brush away at the keys. Rinse off and dry before reassembling the keyboard.

It depends on how many old ones are already laying around the house. My husband likes to use them for his hobbies and such, so I try to remember to keep a few old ones around for him. The rest I will chuck into the garbage because we just don't need that many old toothbrushes around the house. Happy mylotting!

Funny you have a conversation about this-I just tossed my old toothbrush last night and replaced it with a new one, and as I tossed I thought about keeping it because I could use it for something in the cleaning department. LOL But I didn't save it. I sued to keep a handful of old toothbrushes when I was a teen, saving them always, but really the only thing I ever used them for was cleaning my shoes. LOL Now I don't really care if my shoes are clean or not, and I really have not seen any point to keeping them. I use a bristle brush for cleaning crevices in dishes (but who would want to use a used toothbrush to clean dishes?? LOL) If something needs small detail, I use cotton swabbed q-tips.

You are right, we can still use the old toothbrushes to clean the stuff. I will use it to brush my comb. And sometimes I will use it to clean the sink and so on. So at least the old toothbrush can be still a little be useful and I don't want to waste it yet. I love China

Occasionally I will keep one for small cleaning jobs that need scrubbing with something little. I always keep an old toothbrush in my gadget drawer, you never know when you are going to need a small brush to clean something. I will likely be getting a new toothbrush this week because I am going to the dentist, my old one will go in the gadget drawer.

Hi there, well sometimes i just put it in trash can but sometimes I used it as a cleaning purposes. Like the other day I used the old toothbrush cleaning my daughter's shoes. And I also used it cleaning the tiles, well the reason i just put the other old tothbrush in the trash can is that because we do have many toothbrush already, well keep on mylotting.

Hi kykidd, it’s great to know that you do keep the old toothbrush to do other cleaning work. Yeah, nowadays most of us are more conscious about how useful is to live in a healthy environment. I believe everyone is more than willing to recycle the used stuffs like old clothes, toothbrushes, boxes and etc as well. This definitely could help a lot to protect our environment Besides other used stuffs I keep all the old toothbrushes instead of dumping it into the garbage bin. Toothbrush is small in size and has smaller bristles. This could enable them to serve their purpose extremely well in certain cleaning work. Apply some toothpaste on the toothbrush it could get rid of the stain on the porcelain mug, bowl and easily. It’s nice to keep our toes clean by moving it softly on them while having shower. It works well to clean the inner part of the shoes. There still lots of cleaning work could be done by using the old toothbrush Take care and happy posting

I use them for my art work, i like ceramics and toothbrosh can make interesting ornaments on the clay. looks very cool. also use it to polish some of the pieces if i do japanese fireings, ceramic piesec often have to be polished before raku fire and polished with wax after saga fire

We usually use them around the house also. Mostly for scrubbing the kitchen sink and around it. Sometimes it ends up back in the bathroom for scrubbing the corners and shower walls and search. After a while, we usually throw them away as old toothbrushes will go for so only long. Sometimes we buy new toothbrushes so we can use the old ones for cleaning! How ironic, I know.

good morning kykidd, always it is best to make maximum use of these about to be discarded items as a use can be found for them which can often prevent us having to shell out good money for something to do a job when we already have an old and worn out item to do the job without purchasing something new. A prime example is indeed a toothbrush which is reserved for getting into the difficult corners in the shower to brush up the grouting.

What i do with my old toothbrush depends on if it is for the electrical toothbrush machine or the manual driven on human energy. The toothbursh for the electrical i normally just throw out, where oppoesed to the manual driven we all know, i sometimes save, my boyfriend uses it for cleaning "target reader machines" which is a part of his sparetime job his doing for fun and for an extra income... I must admit the idea for keeping it for the purpose of polishing shoes sounds tempting to me, i got a few pair of boots that needs regular polish in the "boots season"

hi i use some of my old brushes for cleaning my shoes and other small items that often catch a lot dust .... nice discussion

We change our toothbrush every three months . We throw away some of them and use some of them as what you are doing. We use the old toothbrush to clean our cups , shoes , even the ground . They are very helpful in cleaning . We just cann't live without them.

Well when I've used my toothbrush until it's icky and unusable, I use it for cleaning in my house. I usually use it for things like cleaning up the gunk in the sink or those hard to reach places in the bathroom. I also try to use it on my shoes when I can't find a proper brush or rag. I think it's important to recycle old toothbrushes since it will help the environment and save you money and effort as well.

Good question. I use them to clean in areas like around the back of the faucets. I use them for small spaces in the car when I clean it. I pretty much use them to clean around small spaces or hard to get to places and then throw them out.

We often keep some old toothbrushes for cleaning those hard-to-get at areas, such as those corners behind the sinks, taps or for digging out hair,dirt & dust from the drain-holes in the bathrooms. They are very useful indeed!

hi,i never thought of old toothbrush can be used in such things, for cleaning boots,comb,flume,etc,i always throw it away and replace the new one,thank you for you information!learning.i learnt a lot. good luck and have a nice day!

I do not throw it in dust bin because I use it for cleaning other small things. For example I clean my hair brush and Iron box and will use it to clean other minor parts of any object. It works really great, dust can be removed easily :) If it is very old enough then it will obviously go to dust bin.

when ihav an old toothbrush i juz use it for cleaning tha house.because im sooooo lazy ot throw away the brush....

I keep them a bit for cleaning purposes. Good idea about cleaning and polishing the shoes. I use them to scrub small areas. I also find that they work great to scrub the grout between the tiles in the bathroom and kitchen. An old toothbrush and a Clorox bleach pen - no better combo for me! I actually used this method in the home of someone who I swear hadn't scrubbed the grout in the bathroom for the entire 10 years they were in their house, and it came out so beautifully white when it was previously black. And not for nothin, but with the price of toothbrushes, by the time you have used them up brushing, and then used them even just once to clean something, they have been well worth the money by the time you chuck them.