Care
of Your DuraScoop®
We have designed the DuraScoop to last. However, don't expect your scoop to stay shiny and like-new forever. After all, it's for digging clumps out of cat litter! Like an aluminum garden trowel — or any other tool designed for rugged use — the DuraScoop will gradually scuff and lose its brightness (Although, we have been using our production sample for months and it still looks pretty good.). We recommend you just use it, enjoy it, and forget about it. Hang it on a convenient hook out of site — one near each litter box in your home. If you must, you can polish your DuraScoop with a buffing wheel and a buffing compond such as tripoli or rouge. You can also try one of several aluminum metal polishes on the market and 0000 grade steel wool. The DuraScoop is 100% solid aluminum alloy with no plated finish of any kind, so minor scratches and dulling can be buffed out to restore the original luster. Disinfecting: We have gotten questions from Foster Pet Parents about whether or not the DuraScoop will corrode if exposed to bleach used for disinfecting. Our findings show that a mild, diluted bleach solution or bleach cleaner will not harm or discolor the DuraScoop which is solid, uncoated aluminum. The Center for Disease Control recommends a 1:100 dilution of household bleach (or 1/4 cup bleach to 1 gallon tap water) to prevent the spread of infectious disease. DO NOT place your DuraScoop in pure bleach right from the bottle. It will oxidize rapidly if exposed to concentrated bleach solution and turn a nasty, pitted looking gray. Even so, the DuraScoop will not "rust" like a steel scoop. Dishwasher Cleaning: If you must, you can wash the DuraScoop in the dishwasher, but don't expect it to remain shiny. It will turn gray from oxidation. Most dishwasher detergents contain chlorine bleach or some other oxidizing agent. If you have ever washed aluminum kitchen utensils in the dishwasher, then you know what we are talking about.
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