Well, to be practical about it, I would recommend Dickens' ebenizer polish.
What is the BEST WAY to CLEAN chess pieces?

Well, to be practical about it, I would recommend Dickens' ebenizer polish.
It's on my list for Christmas.

I brought Clorox wipes, and with some of the other players, we wiped down the sets before the tournament. It worked well.
I run mine though my CPAP cleaner. Although now with the Coronavirus I stopped playing over the board and basically don't leave the house except to get groceries.

um like disinfectant/ cleaning ur hands before u start playing? toss it in some chlorine water and take em for a swim?
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Youre supposed to clean em ?
Indeed. If you want to have a perfect chess party, all the tools must be clean and the area around them, as well. Unfortunately, sometimes we have no time to do it on our own. So here I ask a cleaning professional to do it for me or for the game. And it works greatly today!

Yesterday while at my local chess club some children got a hold of my board and pieces while I was in the lavatory dealing with my chronic IBS. I caught them red handed playing on my equipment when I came out of the lavatory! By the looks of them they were snot nosed, unkempt, and very greasy (unreasonably so). I took swift action and swept the contaminated pieces into a plastic shopping bag and tied it shut to contain all the contagions my equipment had been infected with by these two miscreants. Once home I put them in a 50/50 bleach and water solution and let them soak over night. My good friend Vsevolod runs a tattoo parlor and said he would allow me to disinfect my equipment in his autoclave and I will bring them to him for this tomorrow morning. I think three hours in the autoclave should be adequate but would like your considered opinions.
You need psychotherapy.
UV lamps maybe?
Uv will change/damage plastic and wood.