Cleaning your Vitamix

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Permalink Reply by Jason Kvestad on January 5, 2013 at 11:13pm

If I use a scrubby pad and a little soap everything seems to come off easy enough. :D I've had some coloured walls on my blendtec from carob n such things even just bananas when I leave them in the blender for a while discolour it a lot. Maybe a bunch of elbow grease too? :)

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Permalink Reply by Jason Allen on January 8, 2013 at 1:21am

Good morning and thank you for contacting Vitamix Corp. We recommend the following daily and monthly cleaning steps as follows:

Daily:
1) After each use rinse the container thoroughly with warm water not hot.
2) Place 2-3 cups of warm water in the container with 1 drop of dishwashing detergent.
3) Lock the lid with the lid plug in place.
4) Start the machine with the left switch on variable and the center dial at #1. Take the center dial from #1 to #10 and then flip the left switch on HIGH.
5) Run this for 30-60 seconds.
6) Pour content out and rinse thoroughly.
7) Turn upside down and let air dry.

Monthly or deep cleaning steps:

Place 4 cups of cool water with 4 cup of white vinegar in container and let soak for about 4 hours. Then follow steps 3-7.

Or

Place 3 cups of cool water with 1 tablespoon of chlorine bleach in the container and let it sit for about 45 minutes. Then follow steps 3-7.

We do not recommend that the container or lid be placed in the dishwasher as this may harm the o-rings, gaskets and dry out the key components. This information is covered in your Owner’s Manual. The bottom of the container can be submerged in water, we do not recommend soaking the container or letting it stand in water.

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Permalink Reply by lee warmz on January 21, 2013 at 7:55pm

I have had mine for about 1 year also.  It is very stained bc of daily 'Sacred Green Smoothies'.  I am going to try and clean it with some 'Bi-Carbonate Soda' and a gentle scrubbing pad.  I am not a fan of using soap.  Will see how it goes ..  ;)

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Permalink Reply by Mats Arvidsson on January 29, 2013 at 2:47pm

I tried wire woll but it only skratched the surface, so now is it worse than ever.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Jeanni Takac on January 30, 2013 at 10:48am

Thank you for all the input! I did the deep cleaning that was recommended by Jason with the vinegar and letting it soak. It took off some of the residue, but not all of it. I put elbow grease into it too with a non-scratch pad which helped take a little more off. I think I'll try a little bleach next and see what happens. I hate to use bleach because it is so toxic BUT... I don't know what else to do. I never should have let it build up like this to begin with. But honestly, it was all so gradual I really didn't notice until now. Oh, I just noticed that Lee said to use baking soda, maybe I'll try that. Definitely DON'T use a steel wool scrubber like Mats did! That will definitely scratch the plastic and debris will hide out in those grooves and it will be nearly impossible to come clean!!!

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Permalink Reply by lee warmz on February 14, 2013 at 6:08pm

I finally got around to cleaning my Vitamix Jug this week with a non-scratch scrubber and Bi-Carbonate Soda along with plenty of elbow grease.  Now my jug is now sparkling like a new pin!  I can now see through the jug again  ;)

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