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spray bottle back in the apron where it belongs after each use.

Countertop Problems
So here you are, cleaning the counter when you come to dried
pancake batter or other difficult-to-remove items. More to the
point, you discover that when you spray and wipe these globs
once, little or nothing happens. What to do?

First of all, when you come to a little problem on the countertop
you have to resort to tools with greater cleaning power. Use your
cleaning cloth most of the time since it normally will clean the
counter-top as it removes the Red Juice. When you encounter
pockets of resistance like dried-on food, just move up to the tool
of next magnitude—your white pad. (Rule 7. If what you’re
doing isn’t going to work, then shift to a heavier-duty cleaner or
tool.)

The white pad should be in your apron in a pocket lined with a
plastic bag. When finished, always replace it in the same lined
pocket. It doesn't matter that it gets dirty and begs to be rinsed,
because you use it just to loosen dirt and not to remove it. Don't
rinse it until you get to the sink. That may not be backtracking,
but “forward” tracking isn’t allowed either!

Spray with Red Juice and agitate with the white pad until a mess
of Red Juice and reconstituted five-day-old vegetable soup
appears. This is the mess you need to learn to "see through"
(Rule 5). To do this you have to learn how to tell how the counter
feels when you've cleaned through the goop to the surface
without rinsing or wiping to take a look. If you have difficulty
judging when you have scrubbed down to the actual bare
surface (without wiping), try spraying a little Red Juice on a
clean counter area next to the dirty area you are cleaning. By first
rubbing your white pad on the clean area and then the dirty
area, you quickly learn to tell the difference by touch alone.

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