But the toothpaste tube is literally the most efficient method to get all that paste in a hygenic manner. Toothpaste used to be Toothpowder. You’d dip your nasty fucking brush into the powder and scrub away. That’s pretty gross even if every individual has their own little can of tooth powder. Now imagine sharing that shit with your nasty fucking siblings.
I mean, maybe you can buy a liter bucket of toothpaste. You would be able to get every last scrap but it might have mold on it after a year or so.
The newer cosmetic (especially makeup) containers definitely hold back product. I’ve helped cut into many cosmetic containers as an emergency measure to use the last bit until a shopping trip can be accomplished and yeah, some of them hold a surprising amount of the product.
According to the instructions on the tin of the only tooth powder I’ve seen in real life, you dipped your toothbrush into the tin. It was round and shaped like a coffee can. The lid didn’t have holes in it that would be needed to sprinkle the stuff out. Also that powder wouldn’t sprinkle at all, it had hardened into a rock of the stuff. You would have needed a chisel, and mortar and pestle to use it by the time I found it
Nothing, but the house I grew up in during the '80s and '90s was built in 1844, and had all sorts of things that had just been there for ages. One of these things was an ancient tin of tooth powder, next to the washbasin by the back door of the kitchen. This house gets its water from a cistern out the back door. I don’t know what the powder was supposed to be like when it was made, back in the '30s according to the tin, but by the time I saw the stuff, it had hardened into a rock. Like you’d need a chisel and mortar and pestle to actually use the stuff again. I suspect that happened due to years of sitting around.
But the toothpaste tube is literally the most efficient method to get all that paste in a hygenic manner. Toothpaste used to be Toothpowder. You’d dip your nasty fucking brush into the powder and scrub away. That’s pretty gross even if every individual has their own little can of tooth powder. Now imagine sharing that shit with your nasty fucking siblings.
I mean, maybe you can buy a liter bucket of toothpaste. You would be able to get every last scrap but it might have mold on it after a year or so.
The newer cosmetic (especially makeup) containers definitely hold back product. I’ve helped cut into many cosmetic containers as an emergency measure to use the last bit until a shopping trip can be accomplished and yeah, some of them hold a surprising amount of the product.
Not the humble toothpaste tube though.
… you didn’t ‘dip your brush’ into tooth powder, you dusted it onto the bristles…
According to the instructions on the tin of the only tooth powder I’ve seen in real life, you dipped your toothbrush into the tin. It was round and shaped like a coffee can. The lid didn’t have holes in it that would be needed to sprinkle the stuff out. Also that powder wouldn’t sprinkle at all, it had hardened into a rock of the stuff. You would have needed a chisel, and mortar and pestle to use it by the time I found it
I’ve never heard of toothpowder. What prevents people from scooping out a little bit and scrubbing their brush into that?
Nothing, but the house I grew up in during the '80s and '90s was built in 1844, and had all sorts of things that had just been there for ages. One of these things was an ancient tin of tooth powder, next to the washbasin by the back door of the kitchen. This house gets its water from a cistern out the back door. I don’t know what the powder was supposed to be like when it was made, back in the '30s according to the tin, but by the time I saw the stuff, it had hardened into a rock. Like you’d need a chisel and mortar and pestle to actually use the stuff again. I suspect that happened due to years of sitting around.
waste and inconvenience.
…that’s how we brushed with baking soda when i grew up: pour a little pile into your off hand, wet your brush, dip, scrub, repeat…