Multi Surface Cleaner FAQs

Gabe’s Pride Multi Surface Cleaner can be used in your RV’s, motor homes, travel trailers, homes and more. Can be used on most all surfaces and flooring. Excellent for cleaning stoves, counters, and most all floors including sealed wood, ceramic/porcelain, and natural stone. Spray onto your stove hood and quickly wipe away grease and oil.

Yes. We use the highest quality, environmentally responsible, raw materials to build a superior cleaning product without the harsh side effects of many common cleaners. Because product performance is most important, you will not need to scrub as hard as well as not use as much product to get a surface clean. This lessens a need for coarse abrasives and scratching while reducing how much product is put down the drain.

No. Bleach is a widely misused and potentially dangerous product when misused. Bleach will damage most fabrics as well as ruin the absorbency of microfiber cloths. When properly mixed, bleach can be used to sanitize a pre-washed, non-porous surface but it is not an effective cleaner.

Once the pre-cleaned and sanitized surface is dry, bacteria can begin to populate that surface.

Yes. Gabe’s Pride Multi Surface Cleaner can be used to clean any sealed wood surface. Always use caution to not super-saturate and let dwell on any wood surface for a prolonged period of time but most common cleaning dwell times will not allow the liquid to damage the wood.

Yes. Gabe’s Pride Multi Surface Cleaner can be used to clean most any surface effectively. Liberally spray onto the surface, let set for 1-3 minutes, scrub if desired, and rinse.

There are some instances where the soil has been building for a long period of time and Multi Surface Cleaner cannot fully get the surface clean. If so you can use our Streaker Black Streak and bug Remover.  No cleaner will remove every soil there is but there isn’t much we can’t atleast make significantly better.

Yes. We recommend using an 18” Microfiber Flat pad, pre-wet with Gabe’s Pride Multi Surface Cleaner. You may also use a microfiber cloth too but the flat pad will save a lot of time and effort. Always wash walls from the bottom up so you do not get streaks.

Yes. Gabe’s Pride Multi Surface Cleaner can be safely used on any natural and synthetic stone counter. Some granite countertops have a sealer to resist stains and etching. Multi Surface Cleaner may remove some sealers from the surface and if so, rinse the counter with water after cleaning, let dry, and re-apply the recommended sealer for your surface.

Yes. When spraying around anyone with respiratory issues we recommend to spray in a stream and not a mist. This will lessen any aerosolized particles while cleaning. Never spray towards someone’s face and never let your kids and pets ingest any cleaning product.

Yes. Gabe’s Pride Multi Surface Cleaner is very effective for cutting into and cleaning grease. Liberally spray onto the surface being cleaned, let set 1 – 3 minutes and scrub if desired, then wipe up with a clean, absorbent cloth. Heavier amounts of grease build-up will require more cleaning solution to be applied.

Yes. Gabe’s Pride Multi Surface Cleaner is very effective for cleaning porcelain, ceramic, marble, granite, slate, terrazzo floors, and more. Especially for getting grout clean, be sure to liberally spray onto the surface being cleaned, let set 1 – 3 minutes and scrub if desired, then mop up with an absorbent microfiber pad or cotton mop. For small areas in the home, old bath/utility towels work well too, just make sure they are clean and absorbent before using.

No. Gabe’s Pride Multi Surface Cleaner is an important first step to pre-clean a surface before proper disinfection or sanitizing.

Most surfaces do not need to be disinfected or sanitized but when they do, the surface must be pre-cleaned. In most of life’s needs, a thorough cleaning will keep your home, RV, or anywhere sanitary and safe.

The key difference between disinfecting and sanitizing is that, after the surface is properly cleaned and the disinfectant/sanitizer sets wet for its rated time, disinfectant will leave a microscopic residual behind and sanitizers will evaporate film-free.

Understand one key fact… You cannot disinfect or sanitize a dirty/soiled surface and just doing a quick spray and wipe will not properly clean and disinfect or sanitize.

The surface must be cleaned first, then apply your disinfectant or sanitizer, let set its recommended dwell time to kill the particular microbe/virus/organism you are trying to kill and then wipe up any wet residual that may remain. Detergents/surfactants are added to disinfectants and sanitizers to help the solution penetrate the surface it is being applied to but not enough cleaning power to be an effective cleaner. Especially with disinfectants, if it is a good cleaner then the surfactant would remove any residual before it could be applied on the surface for proper disinfection.

Disinfectants are predominantly used on pre-cleaned, hard, non-porous, non-food surfaces. Because it is intended to leave a residual, you do not use disinfectants where food will contact. When used properly it will leave a residual that will hold and kill, one time, a specified microbe/virus/organism that contacts it. Once it is contacted, no further disinfecting can be done and the surface is now contaminated. To truly maintain a disinfected surface, the entire cleaning, dwell and wipe up excess process will need to be done after every contact.

Sanitizers are predominantly used on pre-cleaned, non-porous surfaces that food may contact. Unlike disinfectants, sanitizers are made to evaporate off of the surface it is applied to without leaving a residual. Understand that once the sanitizer has evaporated, it is no longer effective.