Adventures in Polywatch

Wow, I am impressed at the results, though I might just be giddy at having an (almost) uninterrupted few minutes of a Sunday night for this operation.

I’m also impressed that the dollar store out here in the sticks sells a variety package of ten sheets of sandpaper, including 800-, 1200-, and 2000-grain sheets.

Something that just occurred to me as I was wiping up the excess Polywatch that I sloppily got on the strap. A lot of toothpaste has a bleaching agent in it that could discolor a strap. It doesn’t quite make sense to me that there’d be an ingredient like that in something that goes in your mouth, but my day job at a dry cleaner long ago taught me that toothpaste would ruin the color on fabric. Anyway, let’s be careful out there.

The toothpastes that advertise whitening contain a minute amount (<0.1%) of hydrogen peroxide. Safe to use on the teeth, but not on clothes (or straps).