My bottle of lube certainly does not receive the same cleaning attention as my toys get. I do rinse it off usually, but if I feel like it hasn't been abused too bad in the session, then I just put it away. I may need to rethink that strategy. Thanks for the food for thought, Tim.

I rarely clean the bottles, and not with a high level of attention. I think I'm afraid of getting the labels soaked and maybe they'll come off or bleed ink or not dry correctly?

You make an excellent point. Normally I do not, but after a session and the bottle feels a bit slippery that is when it gets cleaned. But you are right it should be as often as the toys.

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I usually wipe down the bottle. Sometimes it is sticky so needs to be cleaned. Usually with baby wipes.

I'm pretty careful, so there usually isn't much on the bottle when all's said and done. I might give it a quick wipe-down if some lube does get on the bottle, but that's not especially often.

Great question!

I actually make sure never to touch anything with my hands except a towel or the toy if I'm doing any anal play. So I would never grab my lube after possibly getting any bacteria on my hands. I'm paranoid like that. But if it's just regular play time and my bottle got all lubey, I definitely give it a brief scrub down with warm water and a towel.

everything should be clean your toys and your lubes

Not the same, but they do get cleaned.

I wipe the bottle down with a baby wipe...

Wow I've never thought about it, other than wiping it off...I think I'll have to start cleaning those too.

Glad to hear so far everyone does.

I've never really thought about it to be honest. I think I've only done the wipe it off with a towel thing before, never actually washed down my lube bottles.

I clean our lube bottles with antibacterial toy wash. I also take off the cap and run hot water through it, and clean out the holes with something to get rid of the stuff that sometimes hardens in the holes.

Wow, I never thought about this before! I can only imagine our lube bottle has germs from both our bodies all over it... I'm gonna clean it right now! ACK!

no, because we only have to use lube once per session. so the bottle never gets dirty with body fluids.

Whenever I use lube, I'll only squeeze out a drop or two directly on the toy, then immediately wipe the opening with a clean piece of kleenex (with my clean hand). There's no way for the exterior of the bottle to get messy at all, as a person with OCD, I'm VERY careful with that sort of thing.

I just wiped it down with a toy wipe.

A lot of people said their bottle doesn't get "dirty" because they only grab it once at the beginning of the session. We have a different way of using lube, evidently. We don't use it at the beginning, or usually for early-in-the -session PIV (as more will come later). We also often switch to anal sex or play somewhere in the middle of the session, or while he's going down on me while using an anal toy, so of course, body fluids might be a problem.

We don't make love the same way every time, sometimes, I start to cool off, (and sometimes dry off) after my first few orgasms, while I'm giving him head, and then if we're going to go back to cunnilingus, or using an insertable vaginally during anal sex, we will need lube for the anal (of course) and sometimes for the vibrator or dildo being used for DP. The first insertion rarely needs additional lube, for us, but the bottle gets tossed around, sticky hands are on it and it's best for us to keep the bottle clean.

Also, our fav lube, Sliquid H2O Ride tends to form crystals or hardens a little in the spout, so it's a good idea to clean the cap and the bottle regularly. I really wish Sliquid would put out Ride with a pump. It would make things so easy.