LOL!!!!!
Hahahahaha!
Yes. Pleeeeeease clean off the tooth paste with water before using it in a console.
I took that as commen sense.
Tell your friend he's funny. Maybe a bit thick, but still very funny.
Once I got some sort of gunk on the laser reader(they're generally blue/crystal)
I used a Q-Tip and got it squeaky clean and working again.