brushing with baking soda

It's what folks used to use in the old days before toothpaste and during the depression. I remember using it once or twice as a kid when we ran out of toothpaste. You moisten your toothbrush and dip the bristles on some soda and brush away. It tastes nasty though.

I am willing to be corrected on this ""how to"".

I'm wondering if adding some flavoring of some sort? Maybe a drop of vanilla extract? Maybe not..........How about a drop of mint flavored Listerine. Just a drop into the baking soda. It might taste better. I recall trying baking soda years ago, but didn't care for the taste.

I could never do that. I would gag

On 10/20/2014 scotttie said:

It's what folks used to use in the old days before toothpaste and during the depression. I remember using it once or twice as a kid when we ran out of toothpaste. You moisten your toothbrush and dip the bristles on some soda and brush away. It tastes nasty though.

I am willing to be corrected on this ""how to"".

You're not going to be corrected by me! That's the way we brushed our teeth when we were kids. Our folks were thrifty!

toothpaste: baking soda mixed w/ salt

deodorant: baking soda

shampoo: a bar of Ivory soap

detangler: apple cider vinegar + water

I had a roommate whose father was dentist. She had all us brushing with baking soda to keep are teeth white. (in addition to brushing with tooth paste)

There was Colgate Tooth Powder in a tin, as I recall from a poster a couple of months ago. I remember finding a photo on the Web. Maybe it was flavored, though. p.s. Someone here mentioned Pepsodent Tooth Powder, which I recall seeing somewhere, too.

Yes, I did years ago for a long time. I brushed as usual with the soda and then brushed again with toothpaste to get the soda taste out of my mouth. The teeth feel really clean afterwards.

SABININI2: You won't believe this (well, maybe you will), but I ran out of shampoo a couple of months ago, and used Ivory Bar Soap instead.! It was there on the bathroom sink counter, my hair was soaking wet, and I didn't want to go down two flights of stairs to where I store my fresh shampoo bottles. And, guess what.......it worked just fine! I gave it a rinse of a bit of white vinegar diluted with warm water, as I often do anyway.

On 10/20/2014 ROMARY said:

There was Colgate Tooth Powder in a tin, as I recall from a poster a couple of months ago. I remember finding a photo on the Web. Maybe it was flavored, though.

My grandparents only used Pepsodent tooth powder. I hated when we had to brush our teeth with it.