"Scrubbing the sink"

[Theala]

AIBU to not get what people mean when they refer to "scrubbing the sink" like it's a thing that takes a significant amount of time?
Are people actually scrubbing the kitchen sink or is it a euphemism for deeper cleaning?
And if it's actually scrubbing the actual sink...how is this necessary?
Most kitchen sinks I have known are metal, but even for the non-metal ones, cleaning involves 'spray cleaning stuff, wipe down with sponge. The End.' What are people scrubbing? And why? I don't get it.

Surely he doesnt use a fresh mug each time though?

I drink about 10 mugs of tea, all with varying amounts of dregs in them which need pouring away.

I then reuse the mug although my OH is funny about that and uses a fresh mug, it infuriates me. Cant stand creating washing up even though we also have a dishwasher

I have to scrub my white butler sink with Cif or Pink stuff every few days as it gets tea stains - not because I enjoy it but because it looks so unhygienic otherwise

If it’s code for thankless domestic drudgery: it’s apt

I scrub mine, a wipe down would not suffice. Tea stains, hard water and general kitchen grime. I use bar keepers friend every few days and cilit bang and dish soap in between.

@Blackberrybunnet

If you really want to get it properly clean, you have to use a screwdriver to remove the drain cover in the sink, then clean inside an down the pipe (use a drain brush) . You will be amazed by a) how long it takes, and b) how much gunge you remove.

No too sure about this. Mrs Hinch recommended it and there were loads of people having to get plumbers out to fix it because the screws were broken or something.

@bellac11

Where do you pour off the dregs of tea then?

We have a white butler sink, its quite tea stained sometimes.

We don’t drink tea.

Those with tea stains, you tip the tea away, wouldn’t it be easier to just rinse with a splash of water at the time, rather than clean the stain off later?

(No one in my house drinks tea so this isn’t a problem we have.)

I’ve never heard anyone say this! Can you link to the recent posts you’ve seen. Are they tongue in cheek?!

We do rinse. There’s still some residue that builds up from time to time. No big deal.

I rinse. OH doesn't. Nor do kids. Hence the need to scrub occasionally.

I scrub mine - it’s white porcelain and it gets grubby and greasy after cooking water, drinks etc are poured down it. Takes about 30 seconds with a scrub daddy thing.

My family are completely unable to a) empty the washing-up bowl* no matter how fetid and stagnant the water looks and b) give the dog food tins a rinse and put them in the recycle bin, instead leaving them half filled with water stood in a half filled washing-up bowl, creating the fetid/stagnant water.

I get home from work/school run and the first thing I do is boil the kettle, trap the scrubby sponge and dairy liquid and set about cleaning the sink, bowl and draining board.

It doesn't take long but I do it every day or else the mess would be horrendous.

*I hate having a washing up bowl, I'd rather use the sink, but OH insists a bowl is they way forward...

*Grab

*fairy liquid

I’m in a very hard water area and the sink does indeed need scrubbing periodically because of the stubborn limescale deposits.

@zurala

I rinse. OH doesn't. Nor do kids. Hence the need to scrub occasionally.

So...what...they just tip the dregs into the sink and then leave it there? What complete villains!

@Shinyandnew1

I’ve never heard anyone say this! Can you link to the recent posts you’ve seen. Are they tongue in cheek?!

Not TIC, unfortunately. And the one that struck me most recently was one where the OP seems to have OCD, so I won't be linking to it. I've seen it a few times recently besides that too, though, I swear.

@bellac11

Surely he doesnt use a fresh mug each time though?

I drink about 10 mugs of tea, all with varying amounts of dregs in them which need pouring away.

I then reuse the mug although my OH is funny about that and uses a fresh mug, it infuriates me. Cant stand creating washing up even though we also have a dishwasher

Worse than that. He uses the same mug each time and just refills it. (I did say he was a heathen.)

Surely that’s what bleach is for?

Ours is one of those Belfast sinks. I use a drop of bleach in hot water every now and then if it’s looking a bit tea stained.

Im guessing it's like Mrs Hinch's evening routine. She cleans her sink every night with several products.

i do this

i do that

do none of your husbands concern themselves with this?

I have a white sink. It isn’t ceramic, it’s some kind of 90s plastic type material. I scrub it from time to time with the pink stuff and a brush (an ikea dish brush). This is because my sink can get skanky. We wash our hands using actual soap and also soak pans etc. Perhaps the reason I scrub it from time to time is that I don’t actually spray it or wipe it down ever. So I give it a good clean when I actually clean it.

No my husband simply doesn’t see or care about a manky sink. I was ill for 2 months and had to go and stay with my mum so she could look after me. My h didn’t clean the sink. My mum said fucking hell look at the sink and my h was like: oh?!

I fill the kitchen sink as near to the top as possible, add half a cup of bleach to sterilise my mugs. My sink (stainless steel) looks amazing!

It's a Flylady thing. It's the first job she gives a new person whose house is really messy. Plates piled up all over the kitchen messy. She says start with a clean sink, then soak and wash the plates etc and bit by bit get your house in order. People might now use it to mean get started on the cleaning.

I do scrub my sink once a week though - blitz and bleach it so it sparkles rather than rinse off the tea stains.

FlyLady says to shine your sink, not scrub. Most nights I sprinkle a bit of bicarbonate soda on my sink and wipe off with a wet cloth. It keeps it fresh