11 Unexpected Ways That Denture Tablets Make Cleaning Easy

5. Stained Fabrics

Use denture tablets to pretreat stained clothes, tablecloths, or napkins. Just fill a sink or bucket with warm water and add 1-3 denture tablets. Once the tablets dissolve, add the fabric to the water. Let the items soak for 30 minutes to an hour, then rinse the item and wash as usual.

6. Mugs With Coffee Or Tea Stains

Fill a stained mug with warm water and add one denture tablet. Wait until the fizzing stops, then wash the mug with soapy water. This also works on kettles, carafes, and thermoses too!

7. Retainers & Mouth Guards

Retainers and mouth guards stay in your mouth a lot of the time, just like dentures. So it makes sense to use denture tablets to clean them! Just put a denture tablet into a glass of warm water, then add the retainer or mouth guard. Let it soak for 10 minutes or so, then remove it and rinse thoroughly.

8. Shower Heads

If your shower head isn’t flowing as well as it used to, it could probably use a good cleaning. And you don’t even have to remove it to do it!

Put a few cups of warm water into a plastic ziplock bag and add 1-2 denture tablets. Put the bag over the shower head until its submerged, then use a rubber band to tie the bag in place. Let it soak for a couple of hours, then remove the bag. Scrub the shower head with sponge or brush to scrub away the loosened gunk, and it should be good as new!

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9. Coffee Makers

Descale your coffee maker with denture tablets. Fill the water tank with warm water and add two denture tablets. Wait for the fizzing to stop, then run the coffee maker through a full brew cycle. Rinse out the tank, then run one or two more brew cycles to remove any remaining residue inside the machine.

10. Toilet Bowls

Drop 2-3 denture tablets in your toilet bowl and let them sit for 30 minutes. You may want to let it sit longer for really tough stains. Then brush and flush for a clean toilet!

I’ve also heard from readers who use denture tablets to clean their dentures, then pour the used cleaning water into their toilet to give it a quick cleaning. Smart!

11. Baked-On Messes

Baked-on messes in your cookware can be really tricky to remove!You can use denture tablets to loosen up the gunk without all the elbow grease! Just fill the dish with warm water and add one denture tablet. Let the dish soak for an hour, then wash normally. Use a scrub brush or the scrubby side of a sponge to power through the loosened mess.

Have you ever used denture tablets to clean something other than dentures?

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