Like many other parts of the house, bathrooms are much easier to keep in good shape if cleaned often. Efficient cleaning only takes a few hours if you do it once a week or even daily.
Some homes have more toilets than they need, so they have to dust and clean rarely used rooms. Others have one bathroom that everyone in the house uses, which requires a lot of cleaning because it is used so often.
No matter how you clean your bathroom at home, it doesn’t have to be the horrible job we often make it out to be. If you have a plan, know the best way to clean the hard-to-clean things, and go for it with an excellent old-fashioned positive attitude. Your bathroom will go from questionable to spotless in no time, giving you a sense of pride and accomplishment along the way.
Follow these suggestions on how to clean a bathroom when it’s time to give your whole bathroom, whether it’s a powder room or master bath, a big makeover.
A Step-By-Step Guide to Cleaning the Bathroom
This list summarizes a basic bathroom efficient cleaning that should be done about once a week. Here’s how you can clean up your bathroom in about an hour:
Vacuum and Take Out the Towels and Bath Mats
You should vacuum your bathroom rugs and mats to remove dust and dirt. Then, wash and dry your carpets and towels in the laundry room. After cleaning the bathroom, you’ll want to put back clean, fluffy sheets, and the floors should be bare for the best cleaning.
Clean or Vacuum From the Top Down
Get your duster or dry microfiber cloth and dust the highest level first. This will encompass your light fixtures, counters, the outside of the toilet, and baseboards. You don’t have to dust if you can clean. This could be true for the exterior of the bathroom, the walls, and especially the floors.
Clean Tubs and Showers
If you have it, sprinkle baking soda in your sink and tub. Scrub the sink and tub, such as the edges, with a wet, non-abrasive sponge. Start at the outside and work your way in toward the drain. Use a scrub brush around the drain and drain plug to clean them. Rinse well to eliminate any last bits of dirt and cleaning product.
Spray the tub and shower, as long as your surface can handle it. To make smells less annoying, open the bathroom window and door and, if you have one, turn on the bathroom fan. If you don’t want to have to scrub hard every time, you can choose quality bathtubs which will require less maintenance.
Wipe Down Windows and Mirrors
Mist your mirror and, if you have one, your glass bathroom door. Use a microfiber cloth or something else that won’t leave fibers behind, like an old t-shirt or a coffee filter. Then turn your fabric over and rub it until it is dry and shiny. You can also keep things from getting streaks by using a squeegee.
Scrub the Bathroom
Give the toilet one more dry wipe-down just to be sure. Then spray the outside with a cleaner and wipe it down. You’ll start with the cleanest parts of the toilet and work your way to the dirtier.
Once you’re done with the outside, open the toilet and spray down the inside of the lid and the top and bottom of the seat. Spray the top and sides of the rim.
Last, use a toilet brush and baking soda (or your favorite commercial toilet cleaner) to clean the inside of the toilet. Put the brush between the rim and the bathroom seat and leave the lid open so the brush can dry over the toilet.
Wipe Down Surfaces
To thoroughly clean a bathroom, you must pay attention to every surface in the room, including ones you may only think about sometimes. Scrub all surfaces, including the shower floor, with disinfectant spray, wipes, or distilled white vinegar.
Don’t worry about the toilet; scrub and sanitize your vanity including cabinet doors, sinks, faucet handles, door knobs, and every pull on your window.
This relates to the general guideline of thoroughly cleaning a bathroom: whenever you touch it, step on it, or sit on it, you should sanitize it.
Clean the Shower
Turn on the water and moisten the shower walls and floor. This can assist in showing where mildew is congregating, giving you a more unambiguous indication of where you should spend your attention.
Apply a commercial grout cleaning product or a homemade solution to the mildewed areas and let it sit for 10 minutes. Then, scrub the mildew away with an abrasive sponge and some elbow grease. If you have hard water at home, you’re probably dealing with tenacious rust stains.
Clean Where It’s Needed
It would help if you only cleaned something before you cleaned it. Use a disinfecting spray or a few wipes to clean high-touch areas or places that are especially dirty, like the toilet seat, cabinet and tap handles, door knobs, and door handles.
Consider using a cleaning wipe on the floor or walls near the toilet where there has been too much water.
How to Maintain a Clean Bathroom
The best way to keep a bathroom clean is to keep it tidy when you’re not cleaning it. The tips above will help you clean your bathroom quickly and easily. If you want to keep it clean, follow the tips below:
- Keep a handheld cleaner in the bathroom to pick up hair and other things that fall on the floor every day.
- Put a hair trap in your drain to stop hair from getting stuck. When water doesn’t drain properly, it leaves an ugly ring around the shower or bathroom.
- Squeegee the walls of the shower after you use it to avoid water marks.
- Keep small things in bins and boxes to stop things from getting messy.
Conclusion
Cleaning the bathroom can be a simple process. You can expedite your cleaning procedure and obtain a sparkling clean bathroom in no time by following the tips and tactics mentioned in this tutorial. When using cleaning products, consider safety by wearing gloves, using proper ventilation, and using environmentally friendly alternatives whenever possible. You can keep a clean and sanitary bathroom that you may be proud of with some work and persistence.
