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Cleaning Sponge
- Soft compressible porous body
- Absorbs liquid and wipes spills
- May carry a separate rough scouring layer
Cleaning products
Cleaning Sponge
A soft porous absorbent cleaning tool; some products have a separate scouring-pad layer on the other side.
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3 identity clues
- Soft compressible porous body
- Absorbs liquid and wipes spills
- May carry a separate rough scouring layer
Names in other languages
- 繁體中文
- 海綿（清潔海綿）
- English
- Cleaning Sponge
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Spons pembersih (海綿)
- Tagalog
- Espongha panlinis / Cleaning sponge (海綿)
Name in Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi2 min4 No Cantonese voice on this device
What is it?
A cleaning sponge is a soft porous pad that absorbs liquid, wipes spills or carries cleaning solution. This page introduces the sponge body; an attached rough fibre layer is a scouring pad with a different function.
How to identify it
Look for a compressible resilient block with many small pores. If one side has a rough fibre web, that side is the scouring layer and may not suit scratch-sensitive surfaces.
Common confusion
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Scouring Pad
- Non-metal abrasive fibre layer
- May be a separate pad or attached to a sponge
- Abrasiveness and surface suitability come from the product instructions
How to identify it
A cleaning sponge is a soft absorbent porous block; a scouring pad is a rough non-metal fibre layer. They may be laminated together but the working sides remain different.
Common Hong Kong household uses
Wiping spills and cleaning compatible surfaces with water or correctly diluted cleaner.
Choosing & preparing
Identify the soft sponge and rough scouring sides. Follow the surface and cleaner instructions, test discreetly, and keep sponges for different work areas separate.
Storage
Rinse thoroughly, squeeze out excess water and air-dry fully in a ventilated holder. Replace it if mouldy, smelly, crumbling or uncleanable.
Helper tip
The sponge side is softer but not automatically safe for every finish. Do not use an attached rough side on non-stick, glass or gloss finishes unless approved.
What Ma’am or Sir may say
用海綿柔軟嗰面抹，唔好用百潔布嗰面。The employer wants the soft absorbent sponge side, not the rough scouring side that may scratch.
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Sources (4)
- 3M — Scotch-Brite Low Scratch Scour Sponge 3000HEX Technical Data Sheet
- GoldenDennis Housework Encyclopedia — Common Cleaning Tools and What They Are For
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong Humanum Research Centre — Cantonese Pronunciation Dictionary
- The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong — Jyutping Romanization Scheme