| The big advantage of this bleach and water kitchen | | | | half an hour or so for the bleach to do its work. Then I |
| cleaning mixture is that it will disinfect as it cleans the | | | | wipe over again with a damp cloth. |
| work surfaces in your kitchen. | | | | Cleaning your work surfaces with bleach and water |
| You probably think of bleach as a way of cleaning and | | | | not only brings up the colors but it also kills many |
| whitening metal and porcelain surfaces like your sink | | | | germs and bacteria that may have gathered there. |
| and toilet bowl. But bleach can be useful in many other | | | | Oh, and before I forget, I also rub down the tiles behind |
| ways. | | | | the working surfaces and the splash panel behind the |
| Bleach is excellent for removing fungus from window | | | | cooker to remove any fat stains there. |
| ledges. I grow herbs on my kitchen window ledge so I | | | | If you have had an infestation of ants or roaches in |
| do get occasional outbreaks of fungus there. I simply | | | | your kitchen I would recommend washing the affected |
| pour neat bleach onto the fungus and leave it for a | | | | surfaces with the bleach and warm water solution |
| couple of days. Then I wipe with a sponge and the | | | | mentioned above. |
| fungus does not reappear for at least two years. | | | | About once a month I soak all my kitchen cleaning |
| About once a month I don my rubber gloves and | | | | cloths, dish cloths and sponges in warm water and |
| prepare a bowl of warm water with a cap full of | | | | bleach for a couple of hours. This gets them really |
| bleach. I sponge over all the work surfaces in my | | | | clean, returns the whiteness to the cloths and helps to |
| kitchen with this mixture. I usually allow it to lie damp for | | | | keep bacteria at bay. |