Over the weekend I was on a narrow side street in a busy downtown area, and a lady in a SUV was coming in the opposite direction, taking up more than her half of the street. I stopped and motioned to her to move to her right (she had more than enough room), but she just kept driving slowly forward, and we traded paint when our side view mirrors hit, and mine folded in. When I got home, I noticed I had a black mark the size of a quarter on my side view mirror. I didn't have any polish or rubbing compound, and after unsuccessfully trying to remove the mark with wax, I tried some toothpaste, which did the trick. The slight abrasiveness was perfect for the job--after washing it clean, no sign of damage. Something to keep in mind should you ever trade paint...
I've heard that an additional use of the OP's product is it leaves a minty fresh taste when applied to teeth within one's mouth.
Also good for cleaning metal watch bands and jewelry when used with a toothbrush. Not bad on teeth either.
I'd have been trading blows with the idiot in the SUV! Let's see if a little tooth paste will buff out that shiner...
I have an old Waterman pen, which I haven't used for years and years, and the gold parts had gotten a bit dark looking. Rubbed with a little toothpaste, and looking good as new. And, yes, great on teeth!
I was actually proud of my subdued reaction (the mirror folding in made me feel like there wouldn't be serious damage), plus it was a middle aged woman.
Does anyone know for sure whether toothpaste is good for removing scratches from camera lens? My worry is that it would leave too many microscopic scratches which would result in less sharp pictures.
No for multiple reasons. It's way to course to do an optical quality polish job. Camera lenses have coatings that a polish will screw up. Removing enough material to polish out a scratch will cause degradation of lens shape.
Any idea how relatively abrasive your toothpaste is? I don't have any rankings available, but did find Arm & Hammer too abrasive for my teeth, as its baking soda stripped the sensitive tooth treatment right out of my enamel. My dentist didn't know why they even made a sensitive tooth variant, as it was self defeating.
If the abrasive material in toothpaste is softer than the glass in your lens, it probably will not remove the scratches. However, if it is a quality coated lens, then you will probably remove the lens coating. If you are trying to make a soft focus lens, it just might work. Keith
No idea (it's Aquafresh Extreme Clean). I described it as slight abrasiveness because it took a bit of elbow grease and time to remove the mark.
