Here is the complete directions on brake bleeding as per how I learned it over 20 years ago. There are ways to do it solo, but I feel this way is 100%.
1. Get a partner to sit in the car.
2. If you can reach without taking the wheels off, all the better. Depending on the car, it might mean you have to park with the passenger's tyres on a kerb so you can get under the rear end.
3. Get the proper size socket. DO NOT use an open end wrench. You will strip the bleeder nipple.
4. Start at the passenger's rear wheel, then the driver's rear, passenger's front, then the driver's front.
5. Crack the nipple loose, then tighten it back down.
6. Set up a communications system with your partner. I generally use "pump" and "release". You'll be saying them a lot, so use something short.
7. Have parnter pump the brake pedal about 4 or five times then on the last one hold the pedal in the down position.
8. Open the nipple to release the pressure.
9. When parnter says the pedal's on the floor, close the nipple.
10. Have partner release pedal.
11. Check fluid level in master cylinder to ensure you're not sucking air in.
12. Repeat steps 7 through 11 until clear fluid comes out the nipple. Move to the next wheel.
13. Top up master cylinder and you're done.
If you started with a dry master cylinder, you might have to take the lines off it and pump it a few times to prime it.
