You can’t get toothpaste back in the tube.


Goal

Perhaps we can.

PLAN

  • Squeeze contents of a tube into a bowl
  • Create a vacuum around an empty tube
  • Suck it back in again
  • Show the toothpaste is back in the tube



DO

  • You need a vacuum pump, luckily I’ve worked with them before
  • Get a conical filter flask, they are thick walled, made for vacuum.
  • Modify the tube cap so that it seals the outside from the hole to the inside of the tube

CHECK

  • Follow the steps in the plan
  • It works, one take! Click the image above to watch video

ACT

  • Bigger tube, bigger flask
  • Better video