To rinse the product off the surfaces or not?

[CactusMactus]

DP wiping the kitchen surfaces this morning. Sprayed antibacterial surface cleaner, waited, wiped with dry cloth.

I suggest that now the surfaces are all covered in bleachy, kitchen spray and you need to rinse off with a damp sponge/ cloth.
So spray, wait, rinse, dry.

He said the antibacterial spray killed everything anyway...

Who's right?

what do the instructions on the spray say?

Ours says ‘food safe’ so it doesn’t need rinsing.
That would rinse the antibac off so render it pointless surely?

Seems so.
please get a more eco one without bleach, I use bio d multi surface cleaner, no bleach!
Years ago, I used the bleach ones and it damaged my tops

"Spray on to surface and leave for 5 minutes to disinfect.
Wipe with a clean cloth then rinse."

Which makes even less sense! Dry it then rinse it?

I think that means rinse the cloth.

Rinse the cloth.

Think "wipe with a clean cloth" means to disperse the cleaning solution across the surface by wiping it around. That is the cleaning part. Sounds like they advise rinsing the solution off the surface.

Rinse the cloth! OMG I am rather embarrassed... duh.

Lots of sprays don’t require rinsing. I use dettol power and pure kitchen spray and it says no need to rinse on the label. Maybe just switch to one that doesn’t require being wiped off.

On the one i use it instructs you to spray - leave for a few minutes - then wipe - don't dry.

The idea being that the antibacterial is given by leaving the product ON the surface. That way bugs cannot grow because the product is still on the surface.

If you wipe it off - you may as well not have used it, this makes sense.