Clean Your Bottle Regularly
Rinse inside of your bottles before first time use with clean water. If you are drinking straight from the bottle, then you will want to clean the inside of your bottles as needed with Hydrogen Peroxide, White Vinegar or Grapefruit Seed Extract and hot water. If you maintain the cleanliness of the bottle and cap each week, then you can be sure that no mold will grow. In the past, it did not seem that mold built up so quickly as it does now in Hawaii. Possible reasons are more airborne bacteria. Please take the time to clean more rather than less often. If your bottle smells inside, the most effective method of taking care of this is to fully soak White Vinegar in the bottle for 24 hours or more, and rinse thoroughly. We have extra long bottle brushes available. Washing with dish soap is fine, but it will be difficult to remove the soapy taste from inside the bottle. Soap will also leave a residue on the sandblasted portion of your bottle. We do recommend though using our Blue Love All Purpose Cleaner. It is made from 100% Plant Ingredients and Protective Probiotics. It rinses easily and does not leave a soapy or fragranced residue. It is truly amazing! And the water and soap you rinse out goes on to create a life-enhancing environment in the waste stream. Ideally you will use Blue Bottle Love bottles for water only. They are very easy to keep clean if you do not add anything but essential oils to your water. These bottles are designed for honoring and blessing your water! Smoothies and other beverages belong in nice wide mouth glass mason jars for easy cleaning! Just remember…if you do drink from the bottle, we all have bacteria in our mouths. Cleaning the inside of the cap and the glass of the mouthpiece often is the best way to keep your bottle and cap in pristine condition!