When you clean the kitchen counter

[BabyLlamaZen]

With surface sprs, do you use a damp cloth/paper towel? Or dry?

My dh uses a dry cloth and it makes me want to heave. How can you wipe a dirty surface clean with a dry cloth and bit of spray?

And yet it doesn't say anything about water on the container. AIBU?

Either soapy water and wet cloth or Koh spray and dry cloth, then either way I buff with a cloth afterwards.

Antibac Spray, then wiped off with cloth that has been soaked in warm water and bleach... you need to wring the cloth out really well so it doesn't soak everywhere.

My counter really doesn't get that dirty tbh, I've never thought I needed a wet cloth. I use chopping boards though that are then washed in the sink. Nothing really seems to be spilled on the surface.

Just one of those damp eco cloths.

Damp cloth then allow to air dry as that is the way I was taught to use these kinds of sprays.

Anti-bac spray AND bleach? What are you doing? Dismembering bodies?

Hot soapy cloth to wash it, then buff it dry.

Now with Covid I spray with Dettol spray (nice fine mist,but lots of it) & leave it to dry

Lots of spray, then wipe with dry kitchen toll until the surface is dry and streak-free.

Doesn't a wet cloth just dilute the cleaning agents?

@AndMyHairWillShineLikeTheSea

I use chopping boards too, but cooking from scratch I make a right unholy mess with lots of veg (& tonight curry).

The spray is wet so if I use a spray I use a dry paper towel, otherwise it's diluted. My doctor sister says we should use wipes though as the spray gets inhaled.

I use chopping boards too, but cooking from scratch I make a right unholy mess with lots of veg (& tonight curry).

Maybe I'm DH just tidier than you 😂

Christ, always looks like my husbands been bathing a bloody whale after he's been anywhere near the work surfaces... I always have to go in and mop up after him wearing a sou'wester and a wellies...

@Wilkolampshade I shall learn to appreciate mine more then 😂

We have granite counters that I spray with Koh with a splash of Zoflora added to make it smell good . Then wipe and buff with a dry ecloth. If the ecloth gets too damp I chuck it in the washing and use a fresh dry one. I get through a couple of cloths on an average day. The liquid dissolves and suspends the dirt and the cloth absorbs it. When there is a pile of damp cloths in the utility they all go in a hot wash.

If you wipe a granite counter with a cloth that is wet you end up with a horrible streaky mess.

Slightly wet cloth with antibacterial spray , I wash and reuse it between so it gets wet but not deliberately.

WUL in basin. An inch or so of very hot water. Spray surfaces. Clean cloth into the soapy water. Swirl. Wrong out. Wipe surfaces. Rinse cloth with hot water from tap and go over surfaces again to take off any residual spray.

Just a wet cloth that is changed daily. I use chopping boards for all food prep tho and they go in dishwasher.

If I’ve chopped raw meat on the chopping board I wipe the counter with wet paper towel then spray and wipe with dry paper towel.

The thought of the dry cloth is making me itch.

Me too!

@AndMyHairWillShineLikeTheSea
Yes, do! Mine also leaves the bastard dirty water in the washing up bowl with the grease sadly clinging to the rim as it cools...
I. Just. Can't. Even.

Wet cloth with hot soapy water, only use spray if I have had meat or fish on it

Dry cloth + spray for not-really-dirty surfaces, like shelves, bathroom tiles, baby's highchair.

Cloth with HOT water + spray (or other cleaning solution) for very dirty surfaces and/or anything with grease, like kitchen counters, defo stove top, toilet, and baby's highchair when it's a state.

Cleaning anything with a cold wet cloth is disgusting. Especially if it's not a new cloth!

I usually wipe them dry first with the old tea towel, to remove crumbs and debris that will just get in the way and clog up the cloth. Throw old tea towel in wash, get new clean cloth, submerge in as hot water as I can stand, clean with minimal spray. The heat does most of the work.

Our kitchen counters are awful They always seem to have stuff on them - random drips from serving spoons or wooden spoons, spilled slops of tinned tomato, raw egg, grease splashes from cooking (not from me I hasten to add! DH is the grease maker!) bits of tea/coffee, sticky bits of squash.

I wipe up the physical mess with a wet soapy cloth, rinse, wring it out, wipe again, let it dry then antibac spray with a sheet of kitchen towel. I think you do need to apply antibac to dry surfaces with a dry cloth to get the most benefit from it. I don't use it as a cleaner but more for good hygiene in food prep areas.

I don't use disinfectant but will use a general cleaning spray, generally grease-removing for kitchen and limescale-removing for bathroom.

Dettol multi surface cleaner and kitchen roll - then bin.

Hot, soapy water and a microfibre cloth. No disinfectant spray required.

Nobody dead here yet.