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How to Clean Butcher Block Kitchen Tables

A butcher block table adds beauty and functionality to a kitchen. Because you use your butcher block table for daily food preparation, keep it clean and sanitary to protect your food and to maintain the table's natural beauty. Clean a natural-oil or semi-gloss finish butcher block table in similar ways. Add a little tender loving care every few uses to ensure a long and lustrous life for this valuable work surface.

Things You'll Need

  • 1/8 cup bleach
  • Warm soapy water
  • Coarse scrub pad
  • Stainless-steel bread dough cutter
  • Dish cloth
  • Warm water
  • Dry cotton cloth

Instructions

    • 1

      Mix a squirt of mild dish soap in warm water to create light suds. Add 1/8 cup of bleach to the suds.

    • 2

      Dip a coarse scrubbing sponge or pad in the cleaning mixture. Wipe the surface of a natural-oil finish or a semi-gloss butcher block table to loosen food from the surface.

    • 3

      Use a stainless-steel bread dough cutter to scrape all the food particles from the table surface. Wipe the table with a wet cloth. Dry the surface with a dry cotton cloth.