Which do you think is cleaner, the toilet seat or the kitchen sink?
This may seem like an obvious question, it’s bound to be the kitchen sink isn’t it?
Actually, no. Believe it or not it is safer to eat your dinner off the toilet seat than it is to eat your dinner out of the kitchen sink.
There are several reasons for this startling fact.
Firstly, because of its purpose, people tend to clean both the toilet and the rest of the bathroom far more thoroughly than they do the kitchen sink and draining area.
The toilet is generally cleaned with a strong, germ killing agent such as bleach or disinfectant which instantly minimises the bacteria. However, a kitchen sink is nearly always in use, whether it’s for washing dishes, scrubbing spuds and peeling veg or even hand-washing those delicates, so this much relied on kitchen essential tends only to get a quick wipe over every now and again and not a thorough going over like our toilets.
Your kitchen sink may look clean on inspection but bacteria quite literally thrive in some of the harder to reach areas such as the drain, the overflow, the base of the taps and even on the plug.
• To bring your kitchen sink back up to the high standards of your toilet fill with hot water, add a capful of strong disinfectant and leave to soak.
• Whilst the inside of the sink is being disinfected take a toothbrush dipped in neat disinfectant and scrub around the base of the taps and the entrance to the overflow.
• Use a clean cloth dipped in disinfectant to wipe the draining board and, if need be, a small scrubbing brush or nailbrush to remove any stubborn stains or dried food.
• When the water in the sink has cooled pull out the plug and use the toothbrush with a drop more disinfectant to scrub around the drain and the underside of the plug.
• Finally, use a clean, dry tea-towel or cloth to dry.
For all your home cleaning needs call us today on 020 3538 6996 and we’d be happy to help you.