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AIBU to use kitchen spray in the bathroom?

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Blurp · 21/12/2021 23:21

DH and I need some input for an argument we're having.

Is it ok to use kitchen cleaning spray to clean the bathroom (or bathroom spray for the kitchen)? I'm talking Tesco own brand, regular kitchen spray, the kind you use on work surfaces etc., spray on and then wipe off.

I maintain that all the sprays (kitchen, bathroom, general) are basically the same thing and really we only need to have 1 such bottle in the house at any time (with possibly a second one as a backup).

DH is horrified at the idea of using kitchen spray in the bathroom and insists he needs to have at least 2 bottles of each type of spray (kitchen, bathroom, general) in the house at all times. In practice, this means the cupboard contains so many bottles that he can never find anything, so assumes we've run out, so buys more... we currently have 4 kitchen sprays, 3 bathroom sprays and 2 general sprays.

So, who's right? Do you use kitchen spray in the bathroom, or vice versa? Or am I going to cause irreparable damage by just grabbing the first bottle that comes to hand and using it on everything?

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ChiefWiggumsBoy · 21/12/2021 23:24

Oh my god, what a doofus this sounds like the sort of thing my husband worries about too!

I'd say - so long as you're not using - I dunno - stainless steel cleaner on the bath, you're probably ok. I think you're probably ok with that as well though if I'm honest.

I do buy different ones but mainly for the different scents.

OGenkiDesuKa · 21/12/2021 23:25

I have a bit of an obsession with cleaning products so I have loads of different sprays and foams etc but I know deep down they’re all the same!

Mypathtriedtokillme · 21/12/2021 23:25

Oh course it is. It’s just bloody marketing and likely just the same spray in different bottles.

Personally I find dishwashing liquid works best on the shower and scree. screen on the bathroom. Guess it dissolves the human fatty oil off the shower like it does off fat and oil off pots and pans.

Haggisfish3 · 21/12/2021 23:26

Of course you’re right-tell him to look at the ingredients list fgs!! They are exactly the same.

FFSFFSFFS · 21/12/2021 23:26

I am your husband. And I know that I am totally and utterly incorrect.

Marketing dream folk like us….

polkadotty2 · 21/12/2021 23:26

That’s why I just buy “multi purpose cleaner “ I’m sure you probably are right though in that they’re all the same when you break it down

HirplesWithHaggis · 21/12/2021 23:27

I too think they're much of a muchness, bar the perfume. Have certainly done so myself.

CSJobseeker · 21/12/2021 23:27

It's totally fine!

Ericaequites · 21/12/2021 23:27

It will be fine as long as you avoid using a cleanser on a surface for which it is contraindicated. For example, it is frowned upon to spray a filthy date with whitewall tire cleaner.

MatildaIThink · 21/12/2021 23:27

Kitchen cleaning sprays generally contain chemicals which help clean oils and fats better, bathroom cleaning sprays generally contain chemicals which help clean soap scum better.

Either will clean, they might however not do it as well as the relevant cleaning product.

SickAndTiredAgain · 21/12/2021 23:28

I have different ones, just because I have the bathroom one in the bathroom, and the kitchen one in the kitchen. But I’d use them interchangeably if one ran out.

HeddaGarbled · 21/12/2021 23:29

I don’t think the kitchen/bathroom spray is the issue. You are married to a man who would rather go out and buy a new bottle than spend a minute or less finding the bottle he wants in a cupboard. Does he need to get his eyes checked?

PivotPivotPivottt · 21/12/2021 23:31

This made me laugh as I was in Aldi earlier for kitchen and bathroom spray. They only had kitchen spray the bathroom spray was sold out. I just couldn't bring myself to buy the kitchen spray to use in the bathroom even though I know it makes absolutely
no difference so in the end I went for a multi surface spray that I can use in both rooms .

HeddaGarbled · 21/12/2021 23:34

Here’s a plan: keep the bathroom spray in the bathroom cupboard and the kitchen spray in a kitchen cupboard.

DaisyNGO · 21/12/2021 23:34

@Ericaequites

It will be fine as long as you avoid using a cleanser on a surface for which it is contraindicated. For example, it is frowned upon to spray a filthy date with whitewall tire cleaner.

Crying with laughter at this

IsDaveThere · 21/12/2021 23:38

@SickAndTiredAgain

I have different ones, just because I have the bathroom one in the bathroom, and the kitchen one in the kitchen. But I’d use them interchangeably if one ran out.

Same here.

ancientgran · 21/12/2021 23:39

@ChiefWiggumsBoy

Oh my god, what a doofus

this sounds like the sort of thing my husband worries about too!

I'd say - so long as you're not using - I dunno - stainless steel cleaner on the bath, you're probably ok. I think you're probably ok with that as well though if I'm honest.

I do buy different ones but mainly for the different scents.

It is the sort of thing that would never cross my husband's mind. He thinks the fairies clean the house. To be fair he is disabled and once upon a time he was quite good at cleaning but alas it is a distant memory i.e. over 30 years.

I think as long as you aren't using oven cleaner on the bath it will be fine.

Luredbyapomegranate · 21/12/2021 23:49

They are all the same aren’t they? Just different smell to get us to buy more.

frogswimming · 22/12/2021 00:04

Don't they just have different smells?

frogswimming · 22/12/2021 00:06

@MatildaIThink

Kitchen cleaning sprays generally contain chemicals which help clean oils and fats better, bathroom cleaning sprays generally contain chemicals which help clean soap scum better.

Either will clean, they might however not do it as well as the relevant cleaning product.

Bathroom ones must need stuff for cleaning oils too. I used to work in a health centre and it was my job to climb into the pool and scrub off the black watermark of grease people had left behind.

Guttedbuyer · 22/12/2021 00:06

Just the smells that are different surely.

Orange scent wouldn’t be right in the bathroom just as ocean breeze doesn’t suit a kitchen.

Ridiculous really!

MsAgnesDiPesto · 22/12/2021 00:08

I wouldn’t use a bathroom cleaner in a food preparation area in case it leaves a residue that you shouldn’t ingest. But I wouldn’t mind using a kitchen cleaner in the bathroom, if I thought it was the best thing to get soap scum off. In practice, though, I do find bathroom and kitchen cleaners very differently formulated and quite different in their actions.

DilemmaDelilah · 22/12/2021 06:16

I only use kitchen spray in the kitchen, but I use kitchen AND bathroom spray in the bathroom. This is because I use the kitchen spray with bleach to do the loo, but I wouldn't use it on the bath.

FrankGrillosWrist · 22/12/2021 06:21

Only to your lungs …. Apparently, washing up liquid kills more germs than anything.

PlanktonsComputerWife · 22/12/2021 06:26

Since you should be cleaning away the residue entirely, it doesn't actually matter.

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