How To Burn 1,000 Calories By Cleaning

You may hate cleaning but when it comes to burning calories it can be a great option. You may not believe but it is possible to burn 1,000 calories by cleaning your home if you follow some simple steps.

One of the main things you should do is to listen to music while cleaning. It will probably get you dancing which will help you burn 1,000 calories and undoubtedly will make house cleaning more fun.

It is a great idea to plan to clean the entire house. I know that when it comes to deep home cleaning most people prefer to hire a professional Sydney cleaning company. But if you try to do it yourself you will find at the end of the day that your home is shining and you have get rid of the calories you do not need.

If you really desire to loose weight by cleaning, make sure that you include in your cleaning list tasks such as sweeping and mopping the floors, vacuuming all carpets and furniture, wipe down all shelves, clean everything your kitchen and last but not least deal with your laundry.

I know that sometimes even the thought of bathroom cleaning is overwhelming but you cannot postpone this part of house maintaining forever. You can pay cleaning services to do it for you but thus you will not burn 1,000 calories. That is why you need to gather all your power and start sanitizing the surfaces in your bathroom.

At the end when you look around your home and it sparkles, you will feel satisfied that you have done so much work and have burned 1,000 calories.

Crayon & pencil marks

If the marks are on painted walls, glass, metal, tile, marble or porcelain, spray them with a penetrating lubricant (specifically, WD-40), then wipe with a soft cloth. The WD-40 lifts off the stain by getting between the mark and the surface. Spray a little WD-40 in an obscure spot first to make sure it won't harm what you're cleaning.

If it doesn't work, dip a sponge into a solution of washing-up liquid and warm water and wet the crayon mark, rubbing with a circular motion. Rinse with warm water, then air-dry.



Pencil marks can be rubbed out with a rubber, so try it -taking care not to rub too hard - on painted walls and fabric. Remember to choose a white rubber. If that doesn't work: on walls, press a slice of fresh bread into the stain. On clothes, a biological detergent should do the trick.


Removing crayon from clothing - Place the item on paper towels, then spray with a penetrating lubricant (again, WD-40). Spray more on a clean rag and apply it to both sides of the stain. Allow it to sit for two minutes. Then, using your fingers, rub 1 or 2 drops of washing-up liquid into the stain on each side. Replace the paper towels as they absorb the crayon. Wash the clothing in the machine, using the hottest water possible and the heavy soil setting.


alternatively, use a light touch on the stain with a dry soap-filled steel-wool pad. Or rub the stain gently with baking soda sprinkled on a damp sponge. At a pinch, you could pre-treat with hair spray before washing.


Removing crayon on upholstery and carpeting. Scrape up as much as you can with a metal spoon or dull knife. Then wet the mark with WD-40 and leave for 5 minutes. Scrub with a stiff-bristled brush, then wipe with paper towels. Spray again with WD-40. Dab 1 or 2 drops of washing-up liquid onto the stain and work it in with the brush. Wipe with a damp sponge.



On vinyl on-wax flooring, use silver polish. Rinse well with lit i .ind dry with a paper towel.

place an ice-filled plastic bag on the mark in make it brittle, then scrape with a spoon or dull knife. Or place a clean rag over the mark and heat it with an iron (don't use the steam function). It will soak up the melted wax.

How to Remove Unusual Stains

Stains produced by perspiration, glue, paint, mud and nail polish don't fall into the previous categories but are still hard to remove. Use the techniques described here to shift them:

Deodorant and perspiration stains.
Treat these as you would dye stains. The aluminium or zinc salt build-up from deodorants can make them particularly stubborn.

Removing Glue
Begin by scraping off whatever you can a dull knife (rubbing ice on the glue first to harden it). If the glue is white school glue, treat it as you would a protein-based stain, so don't use hot water - the hot water could cook the proteins. If it is model-aeroplane glue, treat it as an oil-based stain. If the glue won't come out, place the stain face down on absorbent paper towels. To force the stain out, blot the back of the fabric with a cloth moistened with dry-cleaning solvent.

removing emulsion paint.
Treat while it is wet - immediately is best. Soak the fabric in cold water and then wash it in cold water with laundry detergent.

Removing gloss paint
Spot treat while it is still wet, using paint thinner or white spirit and a sponge or cloth, until the paint is loosened and as much is removed as possible. Before it dries, wash in hot water and detergent.

Removing mud
Removing mud Handle mud as you would a protein-based him, with one exception: its best to wait until mud has dried before cleaning it. Once it has dried, scrape off the excess solids. Then follow the protein-stain procedures.

Removing rust stains
If a rust stain remains after removing mud treat it with a commercial fabric-stain rust remover. Since rust removers can be toxic, follow the directions on the container carefully. A solution of lemon juice and salt sometimes removes rust. Sprinkle salt on the stain, squeeze a lemon juice on it, and put the item in the sun to dry. Be sure to test the lemon juice first, since it can bleach some fabrics. Don't use chlorine bleach: it will make rust stains permanent.

Removing Nail Polish
Blot with a clean cloth moistened with acetone or nail-polish remover until the stain is gone. If possible lay the stain face down on white paper towels and blot from the back side to force the stain out the way it came in.

Removing Yellowing from white Fabrics
Fabrics can take on a yellowish tinge for several reasons: not enough detergent in a wash cycle, too much detergent, an insufficiently hot wash, colour transfer from other items or the loss of a fabric's artificial whiteners. Your best bet is to launder with the correct mount of detergent - find one that has both bleach and optical brighteners in it. Most biological powders have the greatest whitening power. If that doesn't work, try oxygen bleach As a final resort, try a cycle with chlorine bleach.

Domestic Cleaning London expert's advice:
To remove stains from dry-clean-only fabrics, first remove as much of the stain residue as possible - by blotting or scraping - and then have the item dry-cleaned as soon as you can (within a day or two).