So it’s time to clean the almighty bathroom….there you stand armed with your gloves, arsenal of cleaning products and toilet brush. Now the question remains, where do I start? While everyone tends to clean their bathroom a little differently there is a standard procedure that most professionals use because it is the most efficient. Are you tired of getting your tub sparkling clean and then, wait, is that a cobweb above the shower? Shoot! So you carefully try to grab it but instead you knock it down and now your clean tub has a cob web in it. Better go grab another rag because the tub has to be wiped out again. I can’t promise the below process will make cleaning your Bathroom FUN but I can almost bet following the below process will get your Bathroom more clean than it has been in the past.
Ready to get started?? Let’s begin!
Prior to turning lights on in your bathroom take a cleaning cloth and wipe your light fixtures. To avoid injury this needs to be done when lights and fixture are off and cool to the touch.
Turn on the lights and begin by removing all things possible from the floors and placing them outside of the bathroom. i.e. rugs, scales, garbage cans, magazine racks, toilet brushes/plungers, hampers, etc.
Next do all high dusting; run a long handled duster along all ceiling and wall corners to knock down cobwebs. Then either remove your ceiling vent to soak and clean (if there is a lot of buildup) or take your vacuum hose and vacuum the dust off of your vent. A broom also works well to knock down dust if your vacuum hose won’t reach.
Take a dry cloth and lightly mist it with all-purpose spray, dust all picture frames, blinds and tops of door jams.
Now comes the fun part! We are going to remove all items out of your shower/tub. Remove all shampoo bottles, shower gels, washcloths, bathmats and anything else that will come out. Liberally spray your shower/tub with cleaning spray and let sit.
Next you are going to do the same “removing” process for your countertops. Remove all items from your countertop (bet this will make you think twice about how much you put back on it J). If you have a soap dish on your counter, take the soap out of the dish and place the dish in the sink. Once everything has been removed liberally spray your countertop with cleaning spray and let sit. If you put a soap dish in the sink, fill the dish with water to loosen the built up soap residue.
Head back to the shower now that the cleaning spray has had time to disinfect, scrub the shower/tub with a no-scratch pad or scrub brush. Pay special attention to soap scum rings, drain holes, soap dishes, shower door tracks/edges if applicable, etc. Once it’s all scrubbed, rinse.
Now were going to let the shower/tub air dry a bit and head over to the countertop.
Scrub your countertop with a no-scratch pad, paying attention to any build up or residue spots. Scrub sink as well, paying attention to cracks and crevices around faucet, drain holes in sink and overflow holes. Scrub your soap dish if it’s in the sink as well.
Spray your mirror with glass cleaner; also spray sink faucets with glass cleaner. Wipe mirror clean with a dry cloth then polish faucets with same cleaning cloth. Wipe countertop clean and sinks last. Dry out soap dish if you have one in the sink. Your cleaning cloth should be pretty damp by now which makes it perfect for spot cleaning cabinet/drawer fronts and knobs.
Grab a clean cloth and lightly mist it with cleaning spray, put your countertop items back on countertop, using the cleaning cloth to wipe each item clean before putting it back on the countertop. Pay special attention to the front and bottom of soap bottles, hair product bottles, etc. and wipe the bottles clean so as not to dirty your clean countertop.
Head back over to the shower/tub with your cleaning cloth and dry it out. Spray the faucet and any fixtures in the shower/tub with glass cleaner and wipe with a dry cloth to polish. If you have a shower door this would be the time to clean the glass door and frame. Lightly spray your cleaning cloth, like the one for the countertop items, and wipe each shower item clean before putting them back in the shower. Again pay special attention to the bottom of bottles that collect residues as you don’t want these residues in your clean shower.
You’re almost there! Now were going to do the toilet, spray your toilet liberally with cleaning spray and put a bowl cleaner in the bowl. Grab your toilet brush and scrub bowl. Put down lid and start at top of toilet, wipe clean tank lid and tank. Clean around toilet seat hinges, toilet seat lid, bowl sides (exterior) and base of toilet where toilet meets floor. Open toilet lid and clean underside of lid, toilet seat, underside of toilet seat and lastly toilet rim. Flush toilet.
At this point I like to take a cleaning cloth lightly sprayed with all-purpose cleaner and polish all the accessory holders (toilet paper holder, bath towel holder, robe hooks, etc.) and switch plate/outlet covers. Straighten towels/washcloths.
Lastly clean the floors. Sweep floor first to collect major debris. Take your vacuum hose and vacuum up pile of debris then take the hose around all edges to ensure all hair, dust is sucked up. Check base of toilet and suck up any hair/dust that might be on base of toilet from sweeping. If your baseboards don’t have much build up you can use the vacuum hose to clean them off. However if there is build up on them, take a damp cloth and wipe your baseboards clean. Mop floor.
Once floor is dry replace all floor items you removed in the beginning. Be sure to clean the items before putting them back, wipe down scales, put rugs in the dryer on air fluff to pull hair and dust off of them, etc.
Voila! Your bathroom should be sparkling clean now!
