How to Clean a Bathroom Faster

Bathroom cleaning is just simply not an enjoyable task. Unfortunately the bathroom is probably one of the areas that should have the most frequent cleaning. Having the right cleaning supplies and a system in place to follow can help make this task much faster and easier. There are many cleaning tools available for cleaning your bathroom, but try to keep them all together in a nice cleaning tote or bucket for easy access.

The following are the cleaning tools you should have in your tote:

• Scrub Brush
• Toothbrush
• Sponge and a Medium Scrub Pad
• Cup
• Glass Cleaner

• Disinfectant
• Tub Cleaning Chemical
• Cleaning Rags & Microfiber Rags for the Mirrors
• Feather Duster
• Comet or Bon Ami
• Toilet Brush

Now that you have your cleaning tools in order, the following is the step by step way to clean your bathroom efficiently and rapidly!

1. Clear the bathroom floor of everything including the garbage can, floor mats and anything else. Wooly the bathroom walls and light fixtures with either a feather duster or wooly. This will allow all top dust to fall to the surfaces or floor that will be cleaned later.

2. Vacuum the bathroom floor with a good canister vacuum next before cleaning as the floor should still be dry. Vacuuming helps when cleaning the floor to have all debris and hair lifted.

3. Start the cleaning with the Bathroom vanity and sink. Scrub the sink with your sponge and bathroom cleaner. Make sure to disinfect the counters and clean light switches on the wall. Use a toothbrush around faucets to keep clean and avoid build-up of debris. Before drying and polishing the sink fixtures make sure to clean the mirror. This will save you time when cleaning as when spraying the mirror spray may come back on the sink. Clean your mirror and then dry your sink, counters and faucets.

4. After cleaning you sink proceed to your Bathroom tub. If your bathroom isn’t cleaned weekly before starting step three and doing your bathroom vanity, pre-spray your shower with you Bathroom cleaningto allow it time to loosen any soap scum. Start with your shower ledges, walls and then the floor. Comit or Bon Ami works great for removing soap scum from your shower floors. Sprinkle a tiny amount on the floor and use a 3M Scotch-Brite Scouring Pad that is slightly damp to scrub the basin of your tub. This cleans well and works just like the magic eraser for removing the dirtiest debris and hard water stains. If your shower head doesn’t extend, use the cup in your tote to rinse the walls and clean your shower head. For shower glass doors to maintain a perfect look, regular cleaning is important and it is also important to dry the doors to prevent water marks. Spray some WD-40 on a cloth quarterly and wipe the doors to apply a protective coat to prevent soap scum from adhering. Use a toothbrush in shower track doors and rinse with a cup also before doing the floor of the tub.

5. Next clean your toilet bowl with either your bath cleaning product or toilet cleaner. Make sure to spray with a disinfectant and clean the tops, sides and behind the toilet. For hard water stains use a Pumice stone. Pumice is a great cleaning tool. Make sure to clean the toilet paper dispenser to remove dust.

6. Clean all wall fixtures and clean behind the bathroom door. Use a good disinfectant cleaner to wipe away all germs.

7. Lastly starting from the furthest point moving towards the door wash the floor with the appropriate cleaning chemical. Use your scrub brush on grout to loosen anything and clean appropriately. Try to do bathroom floors on your hands and knees and make sure to clean vents, baseboards and in corners.

Following the above cleaning procedures with the appropriate cleaning tools should greatly reduce the amount of time necessary to clean a bathroom. Master Bathrooms typically take 20-25 minutes to clean, Hall Bathrooms 15-20 minutes and powder rooms 7 minutes when following the above sequence. Enjoy cleaning!