Bathroom

Oh the dreaded bathroom. The room homeowners despise to clean and appreciate your work in there more than ever! The bathroom is unique with sticky dust, water and everything else! We break it down into 3 easy trips to get you in, out and leave a Sparkling bathroom behind.

Getting Started

Before you start the bathroom, you need to make sure you are set up for success. Follow the steps below for Getting Started:

Place your tote on the floor, to the right of the tub.

Stock your Apron:

Apron-***tighten bottles***

Left side: Right side:

Glass/Disinfect Soap Scum

Glass Towel Microfiber Towels (5)

Garbage Cell Phone Magic Eraser/Dobie

You might need your tile brush, large scrub brush, or plastic scraper for some bathrooms. This should already be in your apron.

Let's Get to Cleaning!

Vanity Light Fixtures

Remove any cobwebs in corners or around light fixtures with your duster

Counter top

Dust hair onto the floor or into the sink to wash down drain

Doors & Door Frames

With your duster, dust door ledges and hinges, both on the exterior and interior of the door.

Windows

Dust/wipe sills and lock ledges.
If there are blinds, turn them flat & dust with your duster

Mirrors

Dust off the mirror including edges and ledges.

Plants & Pictures

Dust plants with your feather duster
If there are pictures or art work, hold the bottom with one hand & dust with your other hand

Vacuuming

Once you have completed dusting the bathroom it is now time to remove the rugs.

Pick up and shake out all rugs & place outside of bathroom.
Dust the ceiling vent(s)

Vacuum rugs

Stand on one end of the rug to keep it in place
Vacuum away from where you are standing
Lift up the beater head after every stroke and start again to the right
Stand on the opposite end of the rug and repeat steps 1-3

Towel

Using your cleaning cloth wipe down the towel rack
Tri-fold the towels

Wet work

Shower Walls & Tub

Set any items that are on the edge of the tub on the floor outside of the tub.
Pro Tip: Take a quick picture with your phone Or set items outside the tub exactly as they were. It’s VERY important to put everything back exactly the way it was!
Wet the walls using the rinse cup or shower wand
Spray soap scum cleaner or general cleaner on the wall opposite the drain.
Wet your dobie or large brush spread the cleaner around.
Continue around the shower, applying cleaner and spreading it with your towel/dobie. You are just spreading the cleaner. Do NOT scrub yet.
Apply soap scum cleaner or disinfectant to shower doors as applicable.
1. Pro tip-try using disinfectant on the top half of the doors and soap scum on the bottom half
Using your dobie or magic eraser (works well in corners), or large brush scrubbing the shower walls
- Start at the wall opposite the drain and work around the tub.
- Work in a circular motion from top to bottom.
- Use the “see through” method explained in Cleaning Basics to know when the area is clean.
- Note: Only clean what is dirty. The higher part of the shower, doesn’t normally get wet and doesn’t need cleaned very often.
When you come to the soap dish or shelf:
- Scrape out the soap with the handle of your tile brush, removing the remaining residue with the bristle end. Then use your magic eraser or dobie to remove the loosened residue
Clean fixtures as you come to them, using your tile brush or dobie.
If the shower has an enclosure or doors, clean those before proceeding. Refer to the Enclosure/Shower Doors section below for specific cleaning instructions.
Wet the bottom of the shower/tub.
Apply soap scum cleaner or disinfectant. Use only what you need.
Starting away from the drain, use your big brush, dobie, or magic eraser and scrub the bottom.
- Pay close attention to the corners and use your tile brush or magic eraser as needed to remove residue.
Place your big brush, tile brush and dobie in the sink.
Using cold water and the shower head start above the drain, and rinse the walls top to bottom.
- If the shower head will not reach a specific spot, use your rinsing cup.
- Cleaner can be difficult to see when wet, use your fingers to feel the tub to ensure it is fully rinsed.
Wipe dry walls & floor/tub
Replace items- be sure to put them back exactly how they were.
Dry/Shine fixtures.

Note: When cleaning the shower/tub on your maintenance cleans your soap scum cleaner or disinfectant should suffice, however, in some homes you may need to use Bar Keeper’s Friend. Remember, that if you have grime that is not coming off, use a stronger cleaner or tool.

Enclosures/Shower Doors

Spray with disinfectant or soap scum remover (usually disinfectant is sufficient for the top half and soap scum works better for the bottom half)
Note: The above should be sufficient for most homes, however, at times you may need to use your Bar Keeper’s friend
Using your dobie or cleaning cloth scrub the inside of the shower doors.
- Work in a circular motion from top to bottom.
- Use the “see through” method to know when the area is clean
- Use your plastic scraper as needed
- Move the doors to reach inside to clean them.
- Note: If doors overlap, spray cleaner on your white pad or a cleaning cloth and wrap around your scraper and slide into the gap. Use a dry cloth for a final wipe.
Spray the tracks lightly with general cleaner or Bar Keepers Friend
Using your tile brush, scraper wrapped with a cloth, or dobie, move back and forth within the track to remove residue.

Pro Tip: See-Through Method: Use hands to feel the surface you are cleaning. Look through the grime you’ve worked loose determine if the surface is clean. Soap scum feels different than a clean surface.

Sink

Wet your dobie with water and wipe down entire vanity-moving hair and dust into sink.
Spray dobie or cleaning cloth with general cleaner
Using the dobie (still full of cleaner from the tub), or your magic eraser & clean the sink.
Rinse the dobie and the inside of the sink.
Wipe entire area (including interior of sink) with cleaning cloth to dry
Put the dobie in a lined pocket of your apron.

Toilet

Inside

Note: This step is completed in the Pre-flight if the client uses disposable toilet brushes.

Clients are required to provide a toilet brush in every bathroom. Advise the office during your pre-flight if there is not a toilet brush available.

Apply baking soda & dawn to the inside the toilet, making sure it is applied along the sides of the bowl. Add vinegar to the bowl and allow the cleaners to do some work.
Spray the outside of the toilet with disinfectant
Wet the toilet brush by dipping it into the bowl
Starting high on the inside upper rim, move the brush in a circular motion working your way around and down the bowl. Clean as deep into the bowl as you are able. Be sure to get under the rim!
Shake off additional water from the brush and return it to it’s holder
Flush the toilet

Outside

Start at the top of the tank and work down. Use your disinfectant cleaner

Wipe down the top of the tank, cleaning the handle as you go.
Put both lid and seat into the “down” position
Wipe the top of the toilet lid
Wipe the flat area behind the seat as needed to catch overspray
Wipe the bottom & top of each lid, lifting the seat/lid as you complete each. Apply additional disinfectant as needed
Wipe the rim of the bowl
Close the seat & the lid.
Fold your cleaning cloth to a clean side & apply disinfectant cleaner
Work downwards cleaning the outside of the entire toilet bowl
Wipe around the base of the toilet and the bolt caps.

Pro Tip-Use your scraper and a towel to get around the bolts or clips-save your fingers

Wipe the area again around the back of the seat & the hinges
Sit on the toilet with the lid closed

Look around- did you miss anything?

Because each bathroom is a little different after cleaning the (first) sink you may not clean in the order listed below. Use the techniques described and work top to bottom, left to right.