Kitchen Tip: Cleaning your Misto

Do you have an olive oil sprayer like a Misto at your house?  I’ve had ours for about a year now, and up until July, it had been working quite well. 

Then, it started spraying a stream of olive oil.  Which, to me was still better than an aerosol-filled spray. 

But, it wasn’t the spray my Misto had delivered before. 

Thus, we embarked on a clean –a detox if you will, for your Misto. 

And, I’m happy to report, our Misto has a nice fine mist of olive oil now!

You will need:
1/3 C vinegar
3/4 C hot water + more hot water (divided)
1 squirt of dish soap

To clean, follow these simple steps:

1. Dump out any remaining oil in your Misto. 
2. Pour in 1/3 C vinegar.
3. Spray away until you’ve passed all 1/3 C of that vinegar through the Misto.  This helps break up the oil.
4. Place one squirt of dish soap into 3/4 C hot water.  No need to mix, just squirt it in.
5. Pour the soap/water mix into the Misto & spray away.
6. Rinse with hot water.
7. Pour in more hot water and continue spraying until the stream is clear and there is no more soap. 
8. Rinse. 
9. Set the pieces out to dry.

When dry, refill and use as directed. 

Do you have a Misto or other oil spraying product?  How do you like it? 

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