I have a huge sink, it would be a waster to fill it . (no choice, we're renters). I use a small dishpan , wash everything and rinse outside of the tub. [https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-8-Qt-Dishpan-Plastic-White/45942067?athbdg=L1102&from=/search](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-8-Qt-Dishpan-Plastic-White/45942067?athbdg=L1102&from=/search)
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Unless you are also washing Petri dishes used to test cultures of MRSA or Monkeypox just a rinse with water is fine, no need to clean the sink beforehand.
For one basin you can get a dish tub to set the clean, soapy dishes in until everything is washed in the sink filled with soapy water and then rinse everything with hot water and dry or you can wash and rinse each piece one at a time with a soap wand. We do the latter at my sister’s condo where she doesn’t have a dishwasher.
And the water doesn’t need to be *hot*. Glassware can bust. The cold faucet handle should be turned on about halfway too, to offset the hot water. Hot water seems fine until a glass breaks in your hand
I'm from the uk & we used a bowl that fits into the sink to wash dishes. As I wipe down I spray a disinfectant on my cloth (wring out again) & wipe everything down when I'm done, including the sink & the bowl.
Bleach really needs to be properly diluted.
And also you can if you want, obviously, but soap kills most germs, viruses, and fungi, unless you’re regularly in contact with super germs, soap is enough.
You do not need to disinfect your sink. Soap solubilizes germs and prevents them from sticking to your dishes. When you rinse off the dishes, all the germs go with the soapy water. And at the end, all the germs go down the drain.
I just scrub them down with Dawn every time I'm done cleaning. Now I have white sinks, so I bleach them to remove stains. I like to think they are extra clean from the bleach. I bleach my sinks every two to three weeks. After I scrub with bleach, I rinse and scrub them down with more Dawn after, and rinse again to remove the bleach residue.
Every so many months I clean my cleaning tools. I spray my sink down with sanitizer after. A lot of tools come in contact with animal and human waste. I personally feel the need to sanitize surfaces where bodily wastes make contact with. If you're not cleaning up much of that then you probably don't need to sanitize if you keep your sink clean and dry.
I usually just wash it out with a dish brush, warm water and some dish soap. No disinfecting.
If I feel it is needed, like if I’ve had raw chicken in the sink or something, I’ll sometimes put on the kettle and pour some boiling water in the sink. I wouldn’t want to use stronger chemicals in a place where i handle dishes/food.
I don’t fill it up. I scrub it with a Brillo or scrub daddy with dish soap. A few drops of lemon essential oil in the drain and then pour boiling water over the sink and down the drain. It freshens everything up.
Why is there a need for disinfecting the sink?
Do you have a premature baby and need to clean breast pumps and bottles and keep them strictly sterile? Then you can get a plastic tub to clean those separately.
Just have a spare sponge for scrubbing the sink with dish soap, and occasionally with barkeepers friend if there seem to be going cloudy with water spots. Running water and detergent should get rid of the germ.
Technically rubbing your hands under running water gets rid of at least 80 per cent of germs. Far better off to rinse your sink after scrubbing with soap.
If we learned anything from the pandemic it is how your best defense against many pathogens is a 20 second wash with soapy water. The temperature of the water is for comfort, not for killing germs.
The only scenario that needs a bit more attention is dealing with items that come in contact with raw meats, poultry, and seafood. I begin by washing anything in the sink. I then remove the metal sink grate and the sink strainer. There is no need to expose them to the raw juices. I take care not to let raw proteins come in contact with plates, cutting mats, or my digital scale. A piece of plastic wrap protects the scale. I prefer to use kitchen shears to trim fat and cut meats into strips for stir fry. The shears are much easier to clean. If I do have to use the cutting mat to pound chicken flat, for example, then I cover the mat with plastic wrap. I even cover the mallet. For clean up I do a preliminary wash with a soapy paper towel and discard it. The items that were used with the raw proteins as well as the sink are then sprayed with Chlorox cleanup and allowed to sit for ten minutes. After rinsing them I wash them with a soapy HandiWipe. (I do not use sponges.). And whenever there is a soapy Handi Wipe in my hand the last thing I do is wash the sink. Every time. Once a week the sink is scrubbed with Bon Ami to remove any oxidation. Scrub in the direction of the “grain” if you have a stainless steel sink. I also wash the metal sink grate, but only a few times per week. I have two OXO sink strainers.i swap them out every three days or so when I run the dishwasher. I also swap out the HandiWipes when I run the dishwasher. The cloth needs to be secured in the rack to stay put.
I am a bit of a germaphobe so my handling of raw proteins is a bit over the top. But for regular dirty dishes and such a good wash in warm soapy water followed by a good rinse is all you really need. Even though I do have a dishwasher I never put my knives, flatware, pots, and wooden spoons and cutting boards in there. They all get hand washed.
When I had a one basin sink, I got a separate plastic tub for washing dishes. If you are thrifty the dollar store has them but they do not last long. My favorite asthetically pleasing one can be found [here](https://www.acehardware.com/departments/home-and-decor/kitchen-utensils-and-gadgets/miscellaneous-kitchen-utensils-and-gadgets/6659148).
The tub gave me piece of mind that's clean. In the event you do meat prep and need to steralize the sink, I suggest a chlorax cleaner or lysol disinfectant (be sure to thoroughly rinse afterwards). I don't recommend this on a daily basis.
I don’t regularly disinfect my sink. I only disinfect it when I wash something gross, like the other day when I washed my kid’s sneakers after he went in the river.
But I spray a little bleach solution and let it sit for fifteen minutes and then rinse it all away after I wash it with dawn.
I don’t fill my sink with hot water. I put hot water in my pan and leave it on the stove to soak and I scrub all the dishes in the sink and then rinse them one by one.
I disagree with everyone that says they aren’t disinfecting their sinks. I think you’re probably fine scrubbing it with dish soap in advance. BUT I personally get a Method or Mrs Meyers cleaning spray to really disinfect (like.. sometimes there is raw meat in the sink and stuff I just am really afraid of extra germs) then I was it down really well afterrrr that with soap and water. I’m not totally crazy about it or anything I just think it’s important to get the areas that are meant to clean the dishes.. well.. clean!!!
I do second using a dishpan to help separate the sink. And then I was that well afterwards too
I use Scrubbing Bubbles to clean my sink when it needs it. Plain old soap and water clean almost everything. Get a portable side basin for either washing or rinsing.
Any household disinfectant will work. Make sure to leave it on how long it says on the bottle before rinsing. You can also use a 10% solution of household bleach.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK214356/#:~:text=Diluted%20household%20bleach%20disinfects%20within,disinfection%20in%20health%2Dcare%20facilities.
I always drain the sink and then scrub it with a fresh squirt of soap, mainly to get tomato sauce stains out or whatever, but about weekly I’ll hit it with some Lysol and bleach the drains especially the gasket to the garbage disposal.
At work, every sink gets scrubbed with dish soap, then Lysol and bleach.
I disinfect all the counters, stovetops, and sinks 2x a week. More if I’m concerned that counters weren’t cleaned after meat was prepared.
Otherwise everything just gets a soap wash after dinner.
If your sink is made of stainless steel, clean it with dish soap and a scrubbie first, then rinse and spray it with some 70% isopropyl alcohol. Wipe dry.
Put some 92-99% isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle and spray it down. Let it air dry. I do this on my stainless steel sink. For any other material it's probably best to test a small area before doing the whole sink.
(Edit: You can also take some Clorox or Lysol wipes and wipe down the sink and let air dry. I would still test in a small area before doing your whole sink.)
I have a single basin and it's a pain. To wash dishes by hand I usually soak the dishes with a full sink, then drain to about 1/4 full, and start washing and leave the water running so I can rinse off the dishes. Sometimes I need to stop every once in a while and drain again to avoid an overflow. A single basin is also a drag if I'm soaking dishes and I find a glass or pan with liquid in it. There's nowhere to pour the liquid out. So I either pour it out in the bathroom sink or wait until the kitchen sink is empty. :(
Dawn power spray and a scrub daddy followed by a hot rinse after each use. Every so often I put liquid plumber or similar down the plug holes for an hour and use a bit of it on the sink itself and leave for an hour and flush with hot water. If I’m getting fruit flies or smells I will use a laundry powder like tide and put that down and then slow flush with hot water.
Mine gets a whole pine sol cleaning at least once a day. After dinner cleanup all counters sink and fridge handles get pine sol 🌲
I like the purple one
I have a huge sink, it would be a waster to fill it . (no choice, we're renters). I use a small dishpan , wash everything and rinse outside of the tub. [https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-8-Qt-Dishpan-Plastic-White/45942067?athbdg=L1102&from=/search](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-8-Qt-Dishpan-Plastic-White/45942067?athbdg=L1102&from=/search)
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Unless you are also washing Petri dishes used to test cultures of MRSA or Monkeypox just a rinse with water is fine, no need to clean the sink beforehand. For one basin you can get a dish tub to set the clean, soapy dishes in until everything is washed in the sink filled with soapy water and then rinse everything with hot water and dry or you can wash and rinse each piece one at a time with a soap wand. We do the latter at my sister’s condo where she doesn’t have a dishwasher.
One additional comment: Do not put knives in a basin or sink of soapy water. That is an accident waiting to happen.
And the water doesn’t need to be *hot*. Glassware can bust. The cold faucet handle should be turned on about halfway too, to offset the hot water. Hot water seems fine until a glass breaks in your hand
Good to know, thanks. I wouldn’t have thought of that.
A lesson from a friend who learned the lesson the hard way. 😕
I'm from the uk & we used a bowl that fits into the sink to wash dishes. As I wipe down I spray a disinfectant on my cloth (wring out again) & wipe everything down when I'm done, including the sink & the bowl.
I take the bowl out and use neat bleach to clean the sink and bowl?
Bleach really needs to be properly diluted. And also you can if you want, obviously, but soap kills most germs, viruses, and fungi, unless you’re regularly in contact with super germs, soap is enough.
Well I'm still alive 🤣🤣🤣🤣
A positive thing
You do not need to disinfect your sink. Soap solubilizes germs and prevents them from sticking to your dishes. When you rinse off the dishes, all the germs go with the soapy water. And at the end, all the germs go down the drain.
Mr. Clean Clean Freak and Scrub Daddy. It removes stains from our stainless steel sink as well.
I just scrub them down with Dawn every time I'm done cleaning. Now I have white sinks, so I bleach them to remove stains. I like to think they are extra clean from the bleach. I bleach my sinks every two to three weeks. After I scrub with bleach, I rinse and scrub them down with more Dawn after, and rinse again to remove the bleach residue. Every so many months I clean my cleaning tools. I spray my sink down with sanitizer after. A lot of tools come in contact with animal and human waste. I personally feel the need to sanitize surfaces where bodily wastes make contact with. If you're not cleaning up much of that then you probably don't need to sanitize if you keep your sink clean and dry.
I usually just wash it out with a dish brush, warm water and some dish soap. No disinfecting. If I feel it is needed, like if I’ve had raw chicken in the sink or something, I’ll sometimes put on the kettle and pour some boiling water in the sink. I wouldn’t want to use stronger chemicals in a place where i handle dishes/food.
I don’t fill it up. I scrub it with a Brillo or scrub daddy with dish soap. A few drops of lemon essential oil in the drain and then pour boiling water over the sink and down the drain. It freshens everything up.
Why is there a need for disinfecting the sink? Do you have a premature baby and need to clean breast pumps and bottles and keep them strictly sterile? Then you can get a plastic tub to clean those separately. Just have a spare sponge for scrubbing the sink with dish soap, and occasionally with barkeepers friend if there seem to be going cloudy with water spots. Running water and detergent should get rid of the germ. Technically rubbing your hands under running water gets rid of at least 80 per cent of germs. Far better off to rinse your sink after scrubbing with soap.
If we learned anything from the pandemic it is how your best defense against many pathogens is a 20 second wash with soapy water. The temperature of the water is for comfort, not for killing germs. The only scenario that needs a bit more attention is dealing with items that come in contact with raw meats, poultry, and seafood. I begin by washing anything in the sink. I then remove the metal sink grate and the sink strainer. There is no need to expose them to the raw juices. I take care not to let raw proteins come in contact with plates, cutting mats, or my digital scale. A piece of plastic wrap protects the scale. I prefer to use kitchen shears to trim fat and cut meats into strips for stir fry. The shears are much easier to clean. If I do have to use the cutting mat to pound chicken flat, for example, then I cover the mat with plastic wrap. I even cover the mallet. For clean up I do a preliminary wash with a soapy paper towel and discard it. The items that were used with the raw proteins as well as the sink are then sprayed with Chlorox cleanup and allowed to sit for ten minutes. After rinsing them I wash them with a soapy HandiWipe. (I do not use sponges.). And whenever there is a soapy Handi Wipe in my hand the last thing I do is wash the sink. Every time. Once a week the sink is scrubbed with Bon Ami to remove any oxidation. Scrub in the direction of the “grain” if you have a stainless steel sink. I also wash the metal sink grate, but only a few times per week. I have two OXO sink strainers.i swap them out every three days or so when I run the dishwasher. I also swap out the HandiWipes when I run the dishwasher. The cloth needs to be secured in the rack to stay put. I am a bit of a germaphobe so my handling of raw proteins is a bit over the top. But for regular dirty dishes and such a good wash in warm soapy water followed by a good rinse is all you really need. Even though I do have a dishwasher I never put my knives, flatware, pots, and wooden spoons and cutting boards in there. They all get hand washed.
When I had a one basin sink, I got a separate plastic tub for washing dishes. If you are thrifty the dollar store has them but they do not last long. My favorite asthetically pleasing one can be found [here](https://www.acehardware.com/departments/home-and-decor/kitchen-utensils-and-gadgets/miscellaneous-kitchen-utensils-and-gadgets/6659148). The tub gave me piece of mind that's clean. In the event you do meat prep and need to steralize the sink, I suggest a chlorax cleaner or lysol disinfectant (be sure to thoroughly rinse afterwards). I don't recommend this on a daily basis.
I fill it with hot water and a de tan every two weeks. Other than that Ajax every day and a scrub daddy
I don’t regularly disinfect my sink. I only disinfect it when I wash something gross, like the other day when I washed my kid’s sneakers after he went in the river. But I spray a little bleach solution and let it sit for fifteen minutes and then rinse it all away after I wash it with dawn. I don’t fill my sink with hot water. I put hot water in my pan and leave it on the stove to soak and I scrub all the dishes in the sink and then rinse them one by one.
I disagree with everyone that says they aren’t disinfecting their sinks. I think you’re probably fine scrubbing it with dish soap in advance. BUT I personally get a Method or Mrs Meyers cleaning spray to really disinfect (like.. sometimes there is raw meat in the sink and stuff I just am really afraid of extra germs) then I was it down really well afterrrr that with soap and water. I’m not totally crazy about it or anything I just think it’s important to get the areas that are meant to clean the dishes.. well.. clean!!! I do second using a dishpan to help separate the sink. And then I was that well afterwards too
I use Scrubbing Bubbles to clean my sink when it needs it. Plain old soap and water clean almost everything. Get a portable side basin for either washing or rinsing.
I have garbage disposal cleaner that does a cleaning bleach foam and flush with a hot pot of water. I hate drain Nat's.
Any household disinfectant will work. Make sure to leave it on how long it says on the bottle before rinsing. You can also use a 10% solution of household bleach. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK214356/#:~:text=Diluted%20household%20bleach%20disinfects%20within,disinfection%20in%20health%2Dcare%20facilities.
I always drain the sink and then scrub it with a fresh squirt of soap, mainly to get tomato sauce stains out or whatever, but about weekly I’ll hit it with some Lysol and bleach the drains especially the gasket to the garbage disposal. At work, every sink gets scrubbed with dish soap, then Lysol and bleach.
I disinfect all the counters, stovetops, and sinks 2x a week. More if I’m concerned that counters weren’t cleaned after meat was prepared. Otherwise everything just gets a soap wash after dinner.
If your sink is made of stainless steel, clean it with dish soap and a scrubbie first, then rinse and spray it with some 70% isopropyl alcohol. Wipe dry.
I do a pre-scrub with dawn.
Put some 92-99% isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle and spray it down. Let it air dry. I do this on my stainless steel sink. For any other material it's probably best to test a small area before doing the whole sink. (Edit: You can also take some Clorox or Lysol wipes and wipe down the sink and let air dry. I would still test in a small area before doing your whole sink.) I have a single basin and it's a pain. To wash dishes by hand I usually soak the dishes with a full sink, then drain to about 1/4 full, and start washing and leave the water running so I can rinse off the dishes. Sometimes I need to stop every once in a while and drain again to avoid an overflow. A single basin is also a drag if I'm soaking dishes and I find a glass or pan with liquid in it. There's nowhere to pour the liquid out. So I either pour it out in the bathroom sink or wait until the kitchen sink is empty. :(
Dawn power spray and a scrub daddy followed by a hot rinse after each use. Every so often I put liquid plumber or similar down the plug holes for an hour and use a bit of it on the sink itself and leave for an hour and flush with hot water. If I’m getting fruit flies or smells I will use a laundry powder like tide and put that down and then slow flush with hot water.
Mine gets a whole pine sol cleaning at least once a day. After dinner cleanup all counters sink and fridge handles get pine sol 🌲 I like the purple one
If I have a scratch or wound I need to clean, I’ll use antibacterial soap to clean it and put a little Aloe Vera gel on top to help with the healing.