Cleaning tiles and other stuff

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I want to clean my kitchen and bathroom tiles, what is the best cleaning chemicals to use? Do you you rub it on and leave it for awhile before rinsing it off? I found flash muti-surface concentrate, Cillit bang and limescale remover. Should I use any of these?

Is it ok to pour old cream or oil etc down the sink or should I put it somewhere else? I do this before rinsing the container out for recycling you see.

Lastly- mirrors- is it soapy cloth then dried with a micro fibre?

dogshome

Don't pour oil or cooking fat down the sink - It will build up to the point where it blocks the drain


OIL Pour used oil into an old plastic bottle and when full put it in the wast bin
FAT Warm the tray on the hob and then wipe the fat out with a paper towel, which also goes in the wast bin

suki1964

The only thing that is designed to go down the plug is water. Cooking oils you decant into jars or bottles and dispose of at your recycling centre. Solid fats from cooking you can scrape onto newspaper and dispose of in the bin

To clean your kitchen ( going on from your last thread about greasy worktops ) you need a bowl of hot soapy water - washing up liquid - and a good scourer and get scrubbing, changing the water as needed. Once all grease is removed, rinse off with clean hot water and use a microfibre to buff up the tiles. If you have really caked on grease you may find a single sided blade useful to scrape of grease spots

Once you have got everything clean, you keep it clean by washing the work tops down with hot soapy water daily and doing the tile areas at least weekly. A spray such as flash and a cloth will keep on top of it all once clean

Mirrors if very grimy/greasy, then yes hot soapy water again. Then buff with scrunched up newspaper, same with windows

I would avoid cilit bang like the plague, it can do serious damage when used on the wrong type of surface. Flash is a great all purpose cleaner, use on floors, doors, worktops, bathrooms, anywhere. But wear rubber gloves

phill99

One of the best all round cleaners you will come across is Sugar Soap. It s a by-product from the chemical industry so is very low cost. It cleans through lime scale, grease, nicotine and leaves things sparkling.


Its available at supermarket, Wilkinsons etc.

rach_k

I use general multipurpose spray for tiles and worktops. I use Method ones as I like them but they'll all do the job. You can spray it on and leave it for a minute if you want but unless you're dealing with lots of grime and stronger chemicals, I don't think any longer would do any more good.

If you have limescale, you can use limescale remover but it's not normally on tiles unless they're in regular contact with water.

Cream can go down the sink. Oils and fats can't.

If you're using a microfibre cloth, you probably don't need anything other than water for mirrors and glass.

textbook

suki1964 wrote: »

The only thing that is designed to go down the plug is water. Cooking oils you decant into jars or bottles and dispose of at your recycling centre. Solid fats from cooking you can scrape onto newspaper and dispose of in the bin

To clean your kitchen ( going on from your last thread about greasy worktops ) you need a bowl of hot soapy water - washing up liquid - and a good scourer and get scrubbing, changing the water as needed. Once all grease is removed, rinse off with clean hot water and use a microfibre to buff up the tiles. If you have really caked on grease you may find a single sided blade useful to scrape of grease spots

Once you have got everything clean, you keep it clean by washing the work tops down with hot soapy water daily and doing the tile areas at least weekly. A spray such as flash and a cloth will keep on top of it all once clean

Mirrors if very grimy/greasy, then yes hot soapy water again. Then buff with scrunched up newspaper, same with windows

I would avoid cilit bang like the plague, it can do serious damage when used on the wrong type of surface. Flash is a great all purpose cleaner, use on floors, doors, worktops, bathrooms, anywhere. But wear rubber gloves

You can use flash on worksurfaces in the kitchen where food is prepared?

Thxs for warning for Cilit Bang

textbook

i got it that oils and fats dont go down the sink. How about everything else e.g. when i wash out marmite jars, chocolate, soya sauce, can all this be poured down the sink? Obviously with lots of water washed down too.

I've got piles of cleaning chemicals which some need throwing out because I've got two or three of the same sort of thing. Is it a case of just rinsing them out and recycling the bottles? Piles of j cloths and other cloths.

suki1964

textbook wrote: »

i got it that oils and fats dont go down the sink. How about everything else e.g. when i wash out marmite jars, chocolate, soya sauce, can all this be poured down the sink? Obviously with lots of water washed down too.

I've got piles of cleaning chemicals which some need throwing out because I've got two or three of the same sort of thing. Is it a case of just rinsing them out and recycling the bottles? Piles of j cloths and other cloths.

What sort of chemicals are we talking here? Those deigned for use in the home or things like insecticides? Household stuff can go down the plug, not insecticides - they need to be disposed of properly at your recycling depot. Oven cleaner shouldn't go down the plug either

Yes flash can be used anywhere in the home. I only use flash, bleach and fairy on a regular basis. I do use oven cleaner a couple times of year

Yes food stuffs, wash out and put the jars and tins in recycling


Im very strict about what goes down my plug as we have a septic tank not mains and the slightest thing can upset that to stop it working. I keep a lidded jam jar on the window cill above the sink where I pour all left over fat and oil. Once full it goes to the recycling plant next time we are headed that way.

textbook

1x cif, 1x bleach, 2x dettol (power and pure) kitchen, dettol all in one disinfectant spray, 2x cilit bang limescale and shine 1x cilit bang with bleach.

1x limescale remover

hob brite + ceramic hob cleaner
1x flash

1x antibacterial multi surface spray

1 x dettol mold and mildew remover

cif power and shine kitchen

magic eraser x1

basically Ive got too much stuff; some of it has been in cupboard for 3 years. Can I just pour it down sink and rinse some of stuff I have three bottles of? And basically I haven't got a great clue and what to use with some of this stuff lol

Generally when I wash out margarine tubs, olive oil bottles etc I rinse them with loads of water with fairy and water which ultimately small bits are wshed down sink. so very small amounts of fat. I use a strainer on plug hole. Thing which stops food but lets water go down

greenbee

The cleaning products won’t go off, so just us them up doing the cleaning. If you don’t want them off them on freegle/freecycle/olio or a local Facebook group. Or maybe donat to your local food bank/homeless shelter/women’s refuge.

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Do you rinse out washing liquid (for clothes) in kitchen sink or bathroom sink or better outside? Outside drain if not sure I guess then rinse in tap outside