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you dirty bastard,
welcome to the
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By purchasing this cleaning checklist, you have helped
us continue to grow our business and social account.
We thank you for living in filth, realizing that things need
to change, and choosing us to help you do so.
Having a clean home helps lessen general day to day stress and keeps you
focused on the things that are important. Our tag line is #timeisthenewcurrency
and we live this every day. Efficiency matters when it comes to cleaning. This
guide will help you clean your home, @gocleanco style, and allow you to actually
relax when it’s complete.

Follow this step by step guide on how to do things right, the first time.

Sarah

DISCLAIMER: It is your responsibility to read the labels of all cleaning products and make sure they are safe
for your home. We do not know what your home is made of. This is general cleaning list. We have tested all of
the products recommended in thousands of homes and found a way for you get the best results. By utilizing
our tips, you recognize using this guide is at your own risk.

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Your Toolkit
In order to get the work done, you need the right tools
for the job. Do not cheap out and buy knock offs of these
cleaners. This is an investment for your home.
These are the products we have tried and tested on thousands of homes. You can
grab most of our favourite products through our Amazon Store... That is a link you
can click, but it’s also linked on our website. You may also purchase from your local
Walmart or Canadian Tire.

Bleach Cloths + Sponges

Liquid Bleach Microfibre Cloths
A 2%-10% sodium hypochlorite active ingredient is These, these from Canadian Tire, or these from
needed for disinfecting purposes. Costco are our go-tos.

Paper Towel
Multipurpose Cleaner SOS Steel Wool Pads
Sponges
Tide Powdered Laundry Detergent
Add to cart here. Scrub Brushes
Small and large - get them here.
Bar Keepers Friend
We prefer the liquid, but the powdered works
as a paste too. Machine Power
Windex
Vileda Spin Mop Get it here.
Swiffer Dusters Get those here too.
Specialty Cleaner
Vacuum Check our favourites here.
Easy-Off Oven Cleaner Horse Hair brush attachment
Get it here. Grab one here.
Weimans Stainless Steel Spray
You guessed it, we have another link for you! Other Tools

Degreaser Rubber gloves

Mr Clean Yellow/Original
Dawn Dish Soap Blue/Original

ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW LABELS,

all products and procedures are used at your own risk.
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Cleaning Recipes
The following are the recipes we utilize when cleaning.
It is your responsibility to know and understand what your
home is composed of when choosing products.
We cannot make blanket statements pertaining to every single surface, you are
working with chemicals and it is always best to err on the side of caution before
using a new method. Test a small spot before you start scrubbing. ALWAYS open
your windows when you clean. Turn on your fans. Move the fresh air through the
home, be smart and stay safe.

GoClean Recipe | Large Batch GoClean Recipe | Small Batch

1 Gallon of water 4 cups of water

1/3 cup of bleach 4 teaspoons of bleach

1 teaspoon of powdered Tide 1/2 teaspoon of powdered Tide

Bleach rapidly breaks down in the presence of water and light, so there is no need to
rinse after using these recipes. This also means you can’t mix a huge batch for future
use, as it will deteriorate within 24 hours.

Shower Doors + Fixtures Mr Clean

Make this large batch mixture: We always use straight.

1 cup white vinegar

2 tablespoons of blue Dawn dishsoap

Mix in a spray bottle to spray on fixtures.

If you are confused about when to use bleach, we add it when it is time to disinfect. The germiest
areas of your home need to be disinfected regularly. Unless specifically listed in the guide (grout,
bathroom walls) it is up to your discretion where to use it.
Be careful around upholstery, carpet and wear old clothes when using bleach. These recipies follow
CDC guidelines, are highly diluted and safe to use on most surfaces.

Do NOT mix bleach with anything besides water and Tide.

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How To Clean Any Room:

The Basics
Here @gocleanco, we do not surface clean.
We refuse to offer it to our clients. Why?
Frankly, what’s the point? Do the job right or don’t do it at all.
Take this mindset with you as you tackle each room.

1 Pick one room to clean.

That’s it. Cleaning multiple rooms at once will only overwhelm you.
You start in one room and stay here until you finish. Work your way
through your home one room at a time.

2 Left to right, top to bottom.

Start in one corner of the room and look up. Work your way down
and move clockwise through the room.

3 Section the room.

Break the room up into sections - counter area, dining area, etc. You
don’t need to do things twice because you know you have already
cleaned under, around and on top of it.

4 Move everything.
Move everything you safely can alone - toasters, coffee makers,
stools. If anything is too heavy, ask someone to help.

5 The furniture, too!

Pull all (moveable) furniture away from walls. Watch the floors! Ask for help!

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6 Vacuum. No brooms allowed.

Vacuum each small section of the room as you move through it
and put things back in place as you go. Vacuum all hard surfaces,
ledges, baseboards, window tracks with your horse hair brush to
pick up any dust.
Always vacuum before you wipe, wiping first only wets the dust and
makes a mess. Vacuum the floors with your floor attachment.
Do not, we repeat, do not use a broom.
This will only create more dust and undo all your hard work! Brooms
are not allowed here.

7 Water, bleach (if you want), Tide.

Get a bucket or your sink and fill it half full with hot water, 1 teaspoon
of Tide Powdered Laundry Detergent and use a microfibre cloth.
If you want some extra disinfecting power, you can add a
tablespoon of bleach to the bucket.
It is safe to mix bleach and Tide, NOTHING ELSE.
Any bucket will do, do not over think the water to Tide ratio. Wipe
the walls and baseboards, all surfaces as you move through each
section of the space.
Keep an eye on your water and cloth. If it gets filthy, dump it out and
start new.
Cleaning with dirty water is not cleaning anything.

8 You spin me right ‘round, baby.

If you have hard floors, get your Vileda Spin Mop and fill the
bucket to the line with hot water and 1 teaspoon of Tide Powdered
Laundry Detergent.
Mop the areas of the floors you have already vacuumed and let
it dry before you put back the furniture. This method works on all
flooring types.

9 Take it back now y’all.

As you move clockwise through the room, put things back as
you go. You will eventually end up back where you started at the
beginning of the room.

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10 Fluff those pillows.

Now the fun part: stage the room. When you walk into a room it
should feel inviting - create a clear space you can freely walk into.
If you have to move things again, so be it!
Make the space inviting; the less clutter, the better. Remove
anything that feels like it doesn’t belong.

11 For good measure.

Once the room is staged, get out the vacuum again!
If you missed any bits on the floor, suck them up and give the entire
room one last run over.
One pass is not good enough for carpet, go over each area a few
times to make sure you are sucking up all the dirt from deep down
in the carpet. This is also where you can create your nice straight
vacuum lines.

12 Mop again.
If you have hard floors, get some new Tide & water in your bucket.
Mop the main surface area of your floors one final time.
Mop with the grain/direction of the wood, if you missed any
particles vacuuming, use the mop to push them to the exit of the
room and vacuum them up afterwards.

13 Vacuum take three.

If you are really crazy like us, we vacuum again after we mop to
guarantee that the floors have nothing left on them.

14 SHUT THE DOOR.

If there is one, shut the door so you don’t let any pets, children, or
family members ruin your hard work.

15 Celebrate.
Have a beer or a glass of wine, order-in dinner. Tell your family if
they make a mess they’re evicted.
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The Checklist
Now that you have your products and a breakdown of how
to tackle any room, it’s time to get to work.
On the next few pages is a list of every single thing you need to clean in your
house. Yes, ALL of them. This list is what we use when we come clean for you.
Photocopy it, or better yet, laminate it and use a dry erase to keep track and reuse
it as you @gocleanco your home.
* Check out our Instagram highlights for tutorials on these ones!

The Kitchen
Oven interior* Kitchen cabinets Blinds
Easy Off (must be safe for self Tide + hot water, if not greasy.
If greasy, use Mr Clean to cut the If you have slatted blinds

TIP!
cleaning ovens, read your labels) in your kitchen, add a dish
grease, then rinse well with warm tab to hot water for wiping
water cloth as it will streak. - it’ll cut the grease!
Fridge interior
Tide + hot water
Cabinet handles Window interiors
Tide + hot water
Light fixtures Windex
Windex if glass
Backsplash Window sills
Mr Clean, rinse, Windex to polish
Tops of cupboards Tide + hot water
Mr Clean
Once you’ve cleaned
Sink Window tracks*
TIP!

them, line your cupboard Bar Keepers Friend Mr Clean + paper towel to soak up
tops with parchment dirt and mess
paper for easy future Kickplate
clean up.
Tide + hot water Patio doors
Dishwasher + filter* (interior and exterior)
Bleach ONLY. Anything else will Fridge* Windex
Weimans on exterior
foam and flood your kitchen. Wipe
down inside and areas outside Line your fridge drawers Patio door tracks
TIP!

around it. Remove filter and rinse with paper towel for easy
future clean up! Mr Clean
well. Add ½ cup of bleach to
bottom of dishwasher and run a
hot cycle. Table top and legs
Garbage cupboard Tide + hot water
interior
Range hood vents
Remove and soak with 1 dishtab
Mr Clean Chairs and legs
overnight. Tide + hot water
Garbage can interior
Pantry floors and exterior* Floors
Bleach Tide + hot water
Vacuum + mop

Pantry door and frame Baseboards

Tide + hot water
Tide + hot water

Organize and clean Walls (spot wipe)

Tide + hot water
under sink

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Oven Interior Rinse Microwave

with warm water and a cloth

Polish Mix 1 cup of water + 1

Use self clean with Windex to polish and shine
Do not wait until your oven is to 2 tblsp of vinegar in
horrible, do this every couple of a bowl
months so it doesn’t get bad. Microwave for 3 to 5 minutes,
Stovetop | Electric but keep an eye on it as it will
Remove racks boil over.
Soak with 3-4 dishwasher tabs
in a Rubbermaid bin in your bath Remove rings and drip Remove bowl + wipe
out microwave with paper
tub overnight. May still require trays towel.
scrubbing. Soak with 3-4 dishwasher tabs
in a Rubbermaid bin in your
Use oven mitts to remove,
bath tub overnight. bowl may be hot.
Never leave a self cleaning
oven unattended.
Spray stovetop with
Leaving oven racks during Easy Off
self clean will ruin the finish.
Let sit for 20-30mins, wipe off
with warm water + cloth.

Repeat
Stovetop | Gas Range Until all stains are gone.

Rinse
Remove grills and black With warm water and a cloth.
burner covers Polish
Soak with 3-4 dishwasher tabs
Eith Windex to polish and shine.
in a Rubbermaid bin in your bath
polish and shine.
tub overnight. May still require
scrubbing.

Scrub aluminum Countertops

burners
Bar Keepers Friend
Granite
Spray burnt on food Tide + hot water - add bleach
with Easy Off when you want to disinfect, or
Let sit for 20-30mins, wipe off. use diluted on granite is sealed
(this is good for stains).

Do NOT scrub your stove top Quartz

with anything abrasive, it will Tide + hot water - add bleach
scratch. Spray and wipe until when you want to disinfect, or
stains are gone - will also use diluted as quartz is sealed
work on scorch marks. (this is good for stains).

Laminate
Bleach, Tide + hot water
Stovetop | Glass
Marble
Dish soap + hot water
Spray burnt on stains
with Easy Off You cannot bleach marble.
Let sit for 20-30mins, scrub off
gently with an SOS pad.

Repeat
Until all stains are gone.

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Bathrooms
Vacuum the entire bathroom
TIP!

first, baseboards, toilets, We use bleach in bathrooms. You need to disinfect them on
counters, tubs to get rid of every single clean. TURN ON THE FAN AND OPEN ANY WINDOWS.
hair and lint.

Ceiling fan cover* Polish toilet paper Shower doors + fixtures*

Vacuum holder Vinegar + blue Dawn Dish Soap.
Windex Spray on and let sit for at least an
Light fixtures hour (maybe overnight if you are a
Windex Polish towel rack true dirty bastard). Scrub with soft
Windex side of sponge, and rinse with hot
Wipe the exteriors of water. Squeegee the glass. Once
all cabinetry Change/launder towels fixtures are rinsed, polish with
Bleach, Tide + hot water
Sink Windex.
Interior window Bar Keepers Friend
Windex Do NOT scrub your fixtures
Counters with anything abrasive, it will
Window sills Bleach, Tide + hot water scratch.
Bleach, Tide + hot water
Toothbrush holder
Window tracks* Wipe down doors,
Mr Clean Mirror knobs + door frame
Windex Bleach, Tide + hot water
Baseboards
Bleach, Tide + hot water Garbage can Floors - by hand is
Bleach better, for corners etc.
Walls Bleach, Tide + hot water. Omit
Bleach, Tide + hot water Bathtub
bleach if floors are marble.
Bar Keepers Friend
Light switches Tile Grout
Bleach, Tide + hot water Elastic vinegar + water in
TIP!

a plastic bag over your Bleach, Tide + hot water. Omit

showerhead and let it sit. bleach if floors are marble.
Toilet* Make sure all nozzles are
covered! Vacuum again once dry
Bar Keepers Friend beats
TIP!

toilet bowl cleaner.

Close the seat on your
toilet brush to let it
drip-dry.

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The Laundry Room

Washing machine* Organize shelves Spot wipe walls
Windex exterior of machines, see Tide + hot water
below for interiors Clean sink
Blinds
Dryer Window interior Tide + hot water
Vacuum lint trap, Windex exterior
Window tracks*
Vacuum and/or scrub Mr Clean + paper towel to soak up
baseboards dirt and mess

Washing Machine Front Loader Filter

Scrub seal Empty

Pour straight bleach into seal area Local your machine filter trap
and scrub with a scrub brush door (Google make and model
if needed), and empty the black
Sanitize hose into a bowl
Dump 1 cup of bleach in and turn
on the hottest, longest cycle Clean
Twist + remove filter. Bleach it, and
replace tightly

Do this once a month.

Bedrooms
Tidy Floors Spot wipe walls and
Tide + hot water light switches
Ceiling fan Tide + hot water
Wet dust with microfibre cloth Dust hard surfaces
Doors
Interior windows
TIP!

Use the horse hair Tide + hot water

Windex brush on your vacuum
for this one!
Door frame
Window sills Tide + hot water
Tide + hot water
Vacuum mattress Garbages
Window tracks* Bleach
Mr Clean Change sheets and
make the bed Vacuum and mop floors
Baseboards Tide + hot water
Vacuum with horse hair brush

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Play Room
Vacuum all hard Vacuum furniture Wipe down doors, knob
surfaces first + door frame
Baseboards Tide + hot water
Tidy/organize toys
Use the horse hair Window interiors

TIP!
Light fixtures brush on your vacuum, Windex
then if they need to be
Wipe hard surfaces scrubbed, Tide + water.
Window sills
Tide + hot water Tide + hot water

Wipe down toys Spot wipe walls + light Window tracks

Tide + hot water switches Mr Clean
Tide + hot water

Living Room
Tidy Wet dust all surfaces Spot wipe walls
Tide + hot water Tide + hot water
Floors
Always vacuum hard Swiffer Duster your TV Wipe light switches
TIP!

floors first, THEN mop. Wipe with Windex on cloth Tide + hot water
Then vacuum again.
If carpet, just vacuum. Window interiors Fold blankets
Windex
Remove couch Fluff pillows
cushions and vacuum Window sills
all furniture Tide + hot water Blinds
Tide + hot water
Vacuum all surfaces Window tracks
with horse hair brush Mr Clean

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