Stripes in Toothpaste

[girlieflirt]

Hello - Just a question, how do they get the stripes in toothpaste? x x

[tradey]

my hubby works for colgate as soon as he gets back from spain ill let you know

[girlieflirt]

Thanks!

[giggles321]

I have always wanted to know this one. You can squeeze the tube any way and it still comes out straight.

[B00]

Just incase you can't wait till tradey's hubby comes back from Spain..........

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1047836

[ChampagneMan]

Bloody hell Girlie.. Thats one helluva smart question.. Really.. No kidding.. Fantastic

[B00]

Nowt wrong with the question. In the wrong category yes, but it's a valid question nonetheless!

[giggles321]

Do you know, I have even been as sad as to cut open a tube to find out.......................s a d......................

[ChampagneMan]

Remember there's nothing like a sad person. I love you all..

[smiffy65]

hi girlie flirt this question was posted on wed 02 august by cazzbazz i think its page 167

[tomtech]

i think they have a similar system to the dulux stripey emulsion, but i dont know how they do that one either.

[wildwood]

A good post girlieflirt. I wanna know too, cause my partner wants the toilet walls painted in stripes. You may be saving me a lot of time. All I have to do now is find a brush which has two little reservoirs on the side.....

[girlieflirt]

Thanks Champagneman - i am a bit of a saddo...Really i am, its true! x

[jproximo]

i always wanted to know why they don't just mix them all up?

[Otrere]

I was going to say about "Come Outside" with Auntie Mabel, aka Lynda Baron, but you beat me to it caz1975!! Fantastic children's programme - I've learned loads from it!

[Scots-babe]

firstly i would like to encourage caz1974 and otrere to seek phyciatric help as soon as possible....

secondly: i have a readers digest book called "how is it done" which has loads of questions like these. i will tell you what it says but in super-quick-short version.....

there are 2 methods of getting stripes.
in one of those tall, verticle containers the white and coloured paste get put in seperately and just combine when the paste comes out.
in a traditional tube the coloured paste is in a ring near the tip and when squeezed it goes through tiny holes causing stripes.

good question and i must ask tradey if she gets a lot of free toothpaste? hehe