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I wouldn't use cleanser on a wood board. Yikes! Do you know what it
tastes like? You will.

I learned by sad experience that repeated water and soap washings, even
if "wiped off and set on end to dry," the wood will absorb the water
even after you wipe it up, and eventually warp and split along the
joins, if it is butcher block.

I learned from a caterer the "ten percent solution" actually required
by health dept inspectors. Keep a squirt container of bleach water,
one tenth bleach and nine tenths water. Wipe off your board and
counters with paper towels to remove obvious residue. (Remember your
kitchen sponge and dishcloth contain more bacteria than you bathroom
surfaces - but that's another thred in the past.)

Then squirt the bleach/water solution on your board and countertops.
Wipe with more paper towels. .Wipe dry with (third) paper towels.
Any remaining bleach that you smell is really in the air, not on the
surface. But if you wish, rinse again with more towels slightly
dampened with water - but remember that at this stage you are really
applying, not removing, fresh bacteria.

And, oh yes. Lemon is nice. It smells nice. Looks pretty. Doesn't
do a bit of cleaning.