Timeline for Best way to clean a countertop if you are preparing food on it
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| Jan 9, 2016 at 1:57 | vote | accept | merk | ||
| Jan 8, 2016 at 9:56 | comment | added | Chris H | Whether you use bleach or soap (and I use both depending on both what I've done and what I'm about to do), rinse well, then dry with a clean cloth then allow to air dry before flouring for rolling out. Flour will find the slightly damp bits that you can't. | |
| Jan 8, 2016 at 3:29 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | Steam, ultraviolet light and ozone, and perhaps a flamethrower. Or you may find soap, water and rinsing with clean water somewhat more convenient and less hazardous to work with. If you'd like a non-bleach handy no-rinse sanitizer, grab some star-san (phosphoric acid solution, mostly) at a home-brew store and mix up a spray bottle of the solution (what you buy is a concentrate - the mixed solution is good for about a month.) But plain soap kills bacteria. | |
| Jan 8, 2016 at 2:13 | answer | added | MaxW | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 8, 2016 at 1:03 | answer | added | ElmerCat | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 8, 2016 at 0:47 | comment | added | Joe | @merk : okay, I should have said 'diluted with water'. It's been a long day. ucfoodsafety.ucdavis.edu/files/26437.pdf ... 1TB bleach into 1 gal of water. Chlorine (in bleach) and ozone (O3 form of oxygen) are the main two treatments for water treatment systems. Chlorine will maintain its antimicrobial properties longer. Some also use UV light, but that's only a one-time thing (it doesn't help if the water is later contaminated). | |
| Jan 8, 2016 at 0:39 | answer | added | Cascabel♦ | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 8, 2016 at 0:30 | comment | added | Cerberus | In some parts of France, they mix some bleach with the tap water against bacteria. It's still potable (but it tastes bad). Cf. also the bleach commonly used in swimming pools. | |
| Jan 8, 2016 at 0:11 | comment | added | Joe | I don't know about 'best', but after I use something like soft scrub, I'll wipe it down with a wet cloth to get off any residue. I don't think that bleach itself is a problem, as there are many recommendations for 'sanitizing spray' which is just watered down bleach (and you don't rinse it off afterwards) | |
| Jan 8, 2016 at 0:08 | history | asked | merk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |