Battery Acid on Electric Toothbrush

Sorry but that smelly orange scum is bacteria (most probably Listeria monocytogenes) not battery acid. All that moisture. teeth cleaning debris and warmth provides a nice breeding ground. Try cleaning with vinegar and an old tooth brush (and you thought you didn't need one now you had an electric toothbrush).

Perhaps you need this

PS it is a common problem just plug "Listeria electric toothbrush" into Google.

Also use anti-bacterial toothpaste.

-- Regards Blue

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PS if its green rather than orange it's another bacterium. Salmonella I think but someone else will know. In any event it is not battery acid.

Also toothbrush sanitation is as much about drying it as washing it,

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Pity some people who use electric toothbrushes can't or won't read the instructions regarding hygiene and the general care instructions associated with the appliance. :-( Then they wonder why they feel ill. Mind you, the same could probably said for normal (manual) toothbrush hygiene.

Cheers, Alan

No, it's toothpaste residue. The battery is sealed and for any acid to leak out would cause the circut to malfuntion before you would notice acid. Try rinsing properly. If I'm wrong you could end up with very white teeth! :-D

Ive had these things since they came out - It aint battery acid, its toothpaste residue that builds up over time, perhaps a combination of mould/bacteria aswell.

One squirt with mould killer spray - you don't even have to touch it, and its gone next time you look at it.

its toothpaste residue, moisture etc. its pretty yuck, but easy enough to clean off.

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Actually, it's still there, it's just had the colour bleached out of it.

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