care and use

Your Klean Kanteen® is made from thick, 18/8 (#304) stainless steel and is designed to be lightweight yet extremely durable. If you take care of it, it may very well last your lifetime.

Here are a few tips to help keep your bottle fresh and clean over the long haul.

Washing Your Bottles and Caps

Kanteen® Classic and Wide bottles in Brushed Stainless are dishwasher safe. We recommend handwashing colored bottles and Insulated bottles.
Classic Loop and Sport Caps made of polypropylene (pp#5), and the Wide Café Cap are dishwasher safe. All Classic and Wide caps with stainless steel on the inside should be handwashed. The Classic polypropylene Flat Cap should also be handwashed. An easy way to remember is that if your cap is all plastic and hollow on the inside, it can go in the dishwasher. Otherwise, handwash it.
For daily cleaning, just rinse your bottle with warm, soapy and let it drain and dry in your dish rack with the mouth downward so water can drain out.
For thorough cleaning, you can use warm, soapy water and a bottle brush. We also recommend an old-fashioned cleaner: diluted vinegar or water and baking soda.

Protecting the Paint on Colored Bottles

When we debuted our colored bottles, the most important thing to us at Klean Kanteen® was to find a safe and durable paint that also looked dynamite. We reviewed and tested dozens of different paints and selected an acrylic paint that contains no toxins or lead.

Just like anything that’s painted, it is possible to chip or scratch the paint on your colored Klean Kanteen® bottles. To prolong the life of your paint, handwash your bottle and don’t use abrasive agents to clean it.

Colored Bottles and Kids or Toddlers

We've also heard from some parents that their child has chewed on a colored bottle and ingested some of the paint. If this happens, don’t worry, the paint is perfectly safe.

Though our paint is safe, we recommend our stainless steel finish bottles for small children who like to chew on things.

For More Information

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