38CARE AND CLEANINGWARNING: Wear appropriate gloves when working with hot liquids. Becareful not to burn yourself on the blender jug, scald spouted or overflowing liquidsor steam.ATTENTION: Never use hard or sharp-edged objects, caustic cleaning pro-ducts (disinfectants), scouring aids (scourer), or abrasives to clean the applianceor the any accessories. Do not apply any violence when cleaning the knife insertso as not to bend the blades and not to damage the mounting. Never clean theappliance or any components of it in the dishwasher.CLEANING THE BLENDER JUGWARNING: The blades of the knife insert are sharp. Treat the blades care-fully and without violence, so as not to cut you and not to damage the blades.1. Empty the blender jug completely and rinse loosely adhering food with cleanwater.2. Then fill hot detergent solution into the blender jug. The blades should be cove-red with the solution. Seal the jug with the lid, turn the appliance on (switchposition: ›1‹) and let it work for a few seconds.3. Switch the appliance off (ON/OFF-switch position ›0‹ (AUS/OFF). Wait until theblades have come to a stop, and remove the blender jug from the motor base.4. Unplug the power plug from the outlet.5. Remove the lid from the blender jar and pour out the detergent solution. Removeresidue on the walls of the blender jar. You can easily remove clinging residuewith a plastic cleaning.WARNING: Use extreme caution when working in the area of the blades; becareful not to cut on the sharp blades and not to damage the blades.Important: In most cases, the blender jug will already be hygienically clean.However, should food residues still are adhering to the knives, then disassemblethe bottom of the jug and clean the components individually.6. Rinse the lid and the beaker in warm detergent solution.7. Rinse the blender jug, the lid and the beaker afterwards with clean water, drythe parts with a dish towel gently and let it dry out of the reach of small childrenat the air.