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I think so. Soap needs a longer contact time than alcohol (>60% alcohol) but how much longer is difficult to say, higher temp is better than low temp. Cleaning wipes often have ingredients called quaternary ammonium compounds which will leave a residual that is a bacteriostat. Not sure if it is also a virus-“stat” (if that's a word?).WWGD said:Isn't standard soap : for hand-washing and showering enough to create sanitary conditions?
Hard surface cleaners are formulated to do a different job than hand soap so using a hand soap on a hard surface is probably ok for cleaning but might leave a useless residual like an emollient rather than a quat.
Here is the list of actives for the Costco Kirkland wipes.
And here is what Unilever has on its Dove bar.
Moisturizing cream is the likely residual for this bar used on a hard surface.
In my opinion, this is a better choice for cleaning hard surfaces but I haven’t done any residual antiviral studies, obviously. Just my opinion.
Washing soda and Oxi-Clean.