Hi everyone. I'm Ronnie.
And I'm Jessica. And you're listening to Clean
with me. The podcast where we walk you
through cleaning your house. Hey guys, this is Jessica.
So my mom is in California visiting family.
So you are stuck with me today. So first thing I want you guys
to do is get ready for your clean.
So get ready in some capacity, light some candles, open some
windows. If you're new here, welcome.
What we do is we help you clean your house by step by step,
keeping you on track throughout your clean.
And we're going to go ahead and get right into it.
Welcome back if you are a listener already.
Once you guys get ready for your clean, I want you guys to go to
the laundry room and we're going to do a load of laundry.
And today's episode is going to be cleaning the bathrooms.
But I still want to start with a load of laundry because I just
got back caught up on my laundry.
But if I don't consistently at least do a load before my
cleaning sessions, I get super behind just with my household
size and stuff. And that's not to say you have
to do that at all. That's just the way my household
is and how much dirty laundry we have at our house.
I have to do at least a load a day just to keep up.
Probably more than that. I do multiple loads.
Typically, we just have a lot of laundry in our house.
So let's go ahead and do a laundry switch and move our
clothes from the washer to the dryer and from the dryer to a
laundry basket and then start a new load.
And then at the end of the episode, I'll remind you guys to
do that laundry switch. And I'm having issues with my
washer right now, so I have to check on it constantly.
So I definitely have been doing the whole set of timer and then
go make sure everything's running correctly, uh, thing.
But it's still and I'm getting a lot more laundry done than usual
because when in the past, if I don't set a timer or something,
I have really a hard time staying focused and remembering
things like that. Like if I'm off cleaning another
room, it's hard for me to remember to go back and check on
the washer and dryer. It's hard for me to even
remember to remind you guys at the end of the episode because
my mind's going every which way, not the end of the episode.
I'm like, Oh no, I ended it and I forgot to tell him.
No, check the washer and dryer. So it's even that much more hard
to remember when I'm doing laundry.
So I always set a timer now without question because
otherwise I'll forget and then I'll end up washing them like 4
times. That's an exaggeration but it's
happened before. I don't want to wash my clothes
twice because they've been in the washer too long.
Definitely. I set a timer now.
OK, so whenever you're done with your washer and dryer, I want
you to approach the first restroom and we're going to kind
of focus on the guest restroom. And if you only have one
restroom, that would be your guest restroom.
So we're going to spend extra attention on that because it's
about to be Thanksgiving. We're going to have a lot of
family coming into the house, maybe staying with us or maybe
we're just going out of town when you want it to be clean.
For me, I've just been kind of putting it off lately and it's
been a minute since I've done my restrooms and they definitely
need a deep, deep cleaning. So I like to 1st gather my
supplies so that I don't get distracted and it doesn't take
me 10 times as long to do the restrooms.
So if you don't have a little caddy to put all of your
supplies in, I definitely recommend getting one.
I think they have them at Dollar Tree, I think is where I got
mine. But I like to have like a little
caddy for each area and I definitely need one for the
restroom. And then you just put like your
bleaches for your bathtub, toilet, bleach, Windex for the
mirrors, all that stuff, sponges, everything.
You're going to need rags and just kind of gather it all, put
it in a caddy. If you don't have a caddy, just
put it all right outside the door.
That way, you know what we have what we have work to work with,
and we're not hunting stuff down and wasting time with that.
Now, the next thing I like to do when I'm cleaning the restroom
is clear the countertops. And this isn't just putting
things away, it's also just taking the things that do have a
permanent home on the countertop and then setting them in the
hallway or somewhere to where I can freely spray chemicals and
not have to worry about it getting on toothbrushes or
anything like that. So first, let's just put things
away that shouldn't be there. So throw away any trash, and
this includes the floor as well. Just throw away any and all
trash, makeup, hair, tools, roll them up and put them away.
And the more spots you have for things in your restroom, the
easier it is to keep things organized.
So if you don't have any already, I highly recommend
getting different baskets and things for different family
members. That way everybody can keep
their stuff organized, especially if you have a large
family. I've brought this up many a time
in my bathroom episodes because I've got stepdaughters that come
on the weekends and they're not here a whole lot.
So I want them to have all of their items together whenever
they do come so they're not having to dig through
everybody's things. And while we're doing the
cleaning of the countertops and the floors, don't forget your
bathtub as well. Just kind of clean it up.
If there's any toys in there, pick it up.
If there any empty bottles, half empty bottles or something,
maybe consolidate them into one and then throw one away.
And then let's get all of the shampoo and conditioner and
stuff and we'll set that outside of the bathroom so that you can
again, freely bleach and do all that good stuff.
And after you're done with all of that, and I know you probably
haven't had enough time yet, so just keep working on it while
I'm talking. But if you haven't already done
the under the sink and it's really unorganized and you just
need to organize that, then you could do that at the end of the
episode. But if you need to do a wipe
down, I prefer to do all of my wiping down and deep cleaning at
once. And so if you do need to wipe
down under there, then just take everything out, organize it, and
then set whatever is going to stay in there and not get thrown
away outside as well in the doorway.
And this may take longer for other different people.
Maybe it's been a minute since you've organized underneath your
sink right now. I did that fairly recently.
I try to do it every time I deep clean the restroom so it doesn't
get super built up and disorganized because I'm not the
most organized person. So I have to kind of make the
conscious decision every time I'm doing a deep clean, like OK,
I'm going to organize as well because otherwise it won't get
done. So once you're done with your
picking up, your organizing, your throwing stuff away.
I want to put the bleach on the tub and the toilets and stuff
because that way they have time to work while we're wiping down
and deep cleaning the rest of the restroom.
So let's go ahead and get our bathtub, shower, whatever you
have going on wet, and then you can use any kind of bleach you
want. I prefer the sprinkle Ajax
bleach myself. And I get the bathtub and shower
damp and then I just sprinkle it everywhere.
And then I let that sit while I'm doing the rest of the
restroom. Make sure you have a wall,
ventilated restroom, put a fan on, open a window if you have
one, and be really careful not to mix chemicals.
And then we're going to do the same thing with the toilet.
Just open the bowl and just I like to use the squirt bottle of
toilet bleach that clings to the sides.
There's all different kinds of stuff you can use.
It's all preference, whatever you prefer, but whatever you're
using, let's just put it in there underneath the rim and
just let that sit while we're doing the rest of the stuff.
And then after that stuff is cooking and cleaning and it's
all soaking the bleach. Let's go ahead and start with
the mirrors, and then we're going to work our way down to
the countertops, walls, cabinets, floors, toilet,
bathtub. I do like to use gloves for my
restroom cleans. If you have multiple pairs, use
one for the beginning and then use a second one when you're
doing the toilet and stuff. I just feel like I do a lot
deeper, more thorough clean when I use gloves because I'm not
scared to get my hands dirty. So let's clean our mirrors,
spray our mirrors and give that a really thorough nice wipe
down. And then we're going to do the
countertops, making sure we're getting into all the cracks and
crevices. A lot of dust accumulates on the
little ridges and stuff and seals around your sink.
And same thing with your faucet. They have paste and stuff for
hard water stains. If you have a faucet that has a
lot of hard water build up, if you don't have anything vinegar
filled up in a plastic bag and secured with a hair tie on your
faucet and you if you let that sit for a little bit then it'll
help clean that hard water off. But they have paste and things
you can buy for stainless steel if that's an issue.
Definitely have some of that stuff on hand and then just like
with other areas in the house, just go wipe down crazy.
Try to get all the cracks, crevices, every surface area,
especially ones that are touched a lot like your door knobs, your
light switches, especially in the restroom, definitely should
be disinfected. So use whatever disinfectant you
prefer, bathroom cleaner, spray it on there and then do a really
thorough wipe down and clean. Now for the toilet.
For the toilet, I like to use disposable wipes personally
because it's really gross. I mean, it's a toilet, so that's
just my preference. It's just what I've always done.
So I just go from the top and work my way down.
And I also like cleaning the inside of the toilet.
Once I'm done with the outside, I really throw a wipe down and
clean, making sure to get the sides, like I said, work your
way from the top to the bottom and making sure you're getting
all the little crevices, the behind the toilet, the sides of
the toilet, the little dips on the side.
You can take the little caps off and wipe around it.
A lot of toilet seat covers snap off so you can do a really
thorough clean because that's somewhere that accumulates a lot
of germs and nastiness. So sometimes you need to snap
that cover off and get underneath the back of that
toilet really thoroughly wipe it down.
And even if we're using disposable wipes when we're
doing a deep clean, I still like to use a disinfecting spray just
to get an extra good clean and kill all those germs.
And when wiping down the toilet and I'm cleaning the back of the
toilet and stuff, I like to clean the floor on the back of
the toilet because a lot of times when we're mopping and
stuff in the restroom, we don't always get that spot because
it's hard to reach. So I do clean that by hand when
I'm down on my hands and knees cleaning the toilet anyway, and
then clean with the inside the toilet.
It's been sitting for a little bit.
So the bleach has done its job. You can use a pumice stone with
a handle or a toilet bowl cleaner.
There is those toilet bowl cleaners with the disposable
sponge head. Again, personal preference, but
just use some elbow grease and scrub the inside of the toilet,
making sure you're getting underneath the rim.
My grandma used to just use a rag 'cause she cleaned her
toilets pretty regularly. It's just, it's just.
Again, all preference, but as long as it's getting cleaned,
doesn't matter how it's getting done.
Then with the shower, make sure it's you're wearing something
that you don't really care about because you're probably going to
get bleach on it just bending over and stuff.
But, and I've said this before, but if you have a handle with a
long or a a sponge or a brush or something with a long handle, it
makes it easier on your back to clean the restroom 'cause you
want to get all the walls nice and scrubbed.
And just don't forget the little ledges and stuff where your soap
and shampoo and conditioner sit and make sure they clean those
cause a lot of time there's soap scum build up and stuff like
that. So just scrub, scrub, scrub
every surface area of the tub and then when you're done
scrubbing, just give it a really thorough rinse.
I like to do my maintenance cleaning of the shower I used.
I keep like a bathroom cleaner inside of a disposable sponge
soap dispensing thing. Keep it.
I keep it near the bathtub. That way whenever I do take a
shower every few days or so, I will give it a once over while
I'm in there so that I don't have a bunch of build up when I
do end up bleaching it. So that's a good way to just
maintenance clean as at the end of your shower.
Just give it a quick little once over with that with a sponge and
some cleaner. But anyway, when you're done,
just give it a really thorough rinse off.
And then if there's anything that's still there or stained or
something and you need to put some more bleach and let it sit
for a little longer, you can do that as well.
So before I put everything back together, once I'm done wiping
down and doing all of that stuff, The Dirty, dirty work, I
like to do a sweep and a quick little mop of the restroom and
then I put the whole place back together again.
So do a sweep and mop. It's OK if you do it after the
episode's over. I know I'm not giving you a lot
of time for that. And then just put everything
back and make sure you're mindful when you're putting
things back and make sure it's organized and stuff so you can
find everything and it's not a big hassle later.
The more, like I said at the beginning of the episode, the
more places you have for things, the easier it is to keep it
clean. A place for everything and
everything in its place, as the saying goes.
And then yay for me, I actually remembered this time.
Don't forget to check on your washer and dryer in a few
minutes. Set a timer if you haven't
already and fold and put away those clothes when you are done
with the restrooms. And then if you need to do
another restroom, we have plenty of other bathroom rest restroom
episodes if you don't want to listen to this one over again.
But if you do, then you can just repeat the same thing with the
next restroom until all of your restrooms are clean.
I hope you guys get a lot done today.
I hope you guys have a great Thanksgiving.
And as always, happy cleaning.