How to Properly Clean your Kitchen Sink

I find my kitchen sink gets dirty so quickly. It's slightly disheartening at times. I go through the effort of emptying the sink of dishes and scrubbing it down till it shines, to coming back 30 minutes later to find a couple of plates or some food scraps sitting there. It's never ending! We all know that.

Thankfully, I realized that doing quick touch ups are just as effective as a deep clean (and take much less time!)

It's easy to do a quick touch up every couple of days. This is where my all purpose scrubby loofah comes in handy and I keep my Rayburn's Naturals Sink, Tub, and Pots and Pans cleaner right underneath my sink. After I load the dishwasher, I simply sprinkle some cleaner in my wet sink, give it a little scrub, rinse everything away, and I'm done! It takes less than 5 minutes and leaves me feeling great (and leaves my sink smelling of wonderful lemon).

The only difference between a deep clean and a quick clean is in the details. I'll tell you both and which to omit if you're just looking to do a quick clean.

1. Empty out your sink of any dishware. Remove any visible food scraps. Move items like sponges and dish soap to the side.

2. Generously sprinkle Sink, Tub, and Pots and Pan cleaner in and behind the sink.

3. Wet your loofah and get to work! You will need to re-wet your loofah as you complete your sink.

4. Make sure to get those forgotten areas like behind the sink, the whole faucet, and in the drain area where bacteria collects.

5. Wipe down any dish soap bottles you have so they sparkle.

6. Rinse everything down, put everything back into place, and you're done!

To do a quick clean, you can keep things like sponges and dish soap at your sink and you don't have to wash behind your sink. Just wipe up any sitting water at the end. Don't worry about wiping any dish soap bottles down either.