LOL - an old Ford mechanic that taught me some things would always say "It's easy, just put it back together the way it came apart."
My cylinder wall procedure is to scrub the block with warm soapy water and blow dry. Hose with WD-40 and wipe down. Wipe the bores with WD-40, then scrub them using ATF and white rags/paper towels. Once you don't get any gray on the towel, wipe off excess ATF. I put a "squirt" of oil on the ring pack from a oil can and work that around with my fingers to get it all in the lands, then in it goes.
This is a cylinder "cleaned" with WD-40
Same bore wiped again using ATF - not so clean
Same on the head and block decks, except at time of install I wipe several times with paint prep "wax and grease remover" and blow dry with air just before landing the gaskets.