Peroxide at the Gate

Have you ever thought of your mouth as a gate?  It is, you know.  It's the gate that all food you ingest passes through. 

So today's peroxide post is about cleaning toothbrushes & dishwashers; both things that affect your gate.


The toothbrush was really easy; simply soak your toothbrush in peroxide.  One thing I read said in between brushings.  I didn't keep track of how long mine soaked but it was definitely overnight.  It bubbled up really good as you can see from the pic, which kind of grossed me out thinking that junk was in my mouth but my mouth felt great the next time I brushed!

 

 

 

Project #2 was my dishwasher.

 

I started out by using some liquid dish soap and a paper towel to wipe down the racks and the sprayer arm.  I also used a toothpick to check for food chunks in the sprayer arm.  Fortunately, none there!  Then I got another paper towel & more dish soap and did around the door & seal.  Last step was to pour 2 cups of peroxide in the bottom and run the dishwasher on the pan setting.  As you can see from my before and after pics, it did help but it was pretty icky to start with so it didn't completely clean up.  I think this is a job that needs to go in the regular cleaning routine.

 

Dishwasher Before:

 

 

Dishwasher After: