I tried the use of bleach for cleaning. If you use it at the end of the day, you must wipe it dry or it will cause increased rusting. This is not to say that bleach isn't a good dissenfectant. It is. Just easier to use alchohol.

Bleach can also cause pitting if not wipe backed off and oiled. I've seen it happen.

Breathing bleach vapors scares me.

Well don't stick your nose in the bottle then :)

yea, bleach vapors are wicked Henry. lol. My throat, sinus, and lungs are sensitive to certain vapors, so, I just avoid them. lol

I carry a can of Lysol spray and spray between each rose bush. Works fine.

I use either the Lysol spray or the Lysol wipes which works well for me. I also have handy a spray bottle of that Clorox Any Hard Surface cleaner or I use an old spray bottle and fill it with a water and bleach solution.

You don't have to stick your nose in the bottle to be affected by bleach fumes.

Please keep in mind that a disinfectant that works for bacteria may not be 100 % effective against sap containing plant viruses. A recent Ph.D. thesis covered plant virus disinfection:

https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/35862/1/HAYES_AMANDA_THESIS.pdf

Here is a link that might be useful: recent Ph.D. thesis

Correction to my last post. The thesis was an undergraduate research thesis, not a Ph.D. thesis.

I keep an old peanut-butter jar with a wide top handy, full of rubbing-alcohol full strength, and dip my pruners in it constantly...... if I am busy with something else, I just let them soak...when I am done, I just put the lid back on the jar, and I keep the jar in a large deep bowl where I leave the pruners next to the jar of alcohol............ works for me ........sally

Hmmm... Maybe I should do what saldut says and try the alcohol thing. I don't want to take a chance especially with my Maria Stern whom I believe is virused already. I do always do her last, but if there is virus on the pruners already... Scary! Alcohol then it is!

Sally, I place a sponge into the wide mouth jar and let it soak up the alcohol. I then poke the pruner blades into the sponge. If it tips over, I don't spill the alcohol.
I saturate the sponge to the point a little alcohol is in the bottom of the jar and carry a small bottle of alcohol with me to keep the sponge wet.
After use, a little oil on the blades will help keep them from discoloring.

I keep the jar of alcohol in a larger container so it doesn't tip, and I can put all my clippers in it next to the alcohol jar, actually the larger container is an old margerine tub, and there is just enough room to stand the clippers up, around the peanut-butter jar full of alcohol.... gross looking ......but works for me, and I just carry the thingy out in the garden and set it where I'm working, and when I'm done I just put the lid back on the alcohol jar and set it on the edge of the porch until the next time.... sally

I sometimes use those kitchen wipes that disinfect as they clean, but I am fairly lax about cleaning my pruners.