Not really o/t. Cleaning my garage floor??

Well its time to give the garage floor a good cleaning. It is a mish-mosh of oil stains, grease stains, gas stains, pizza stains, ect. What is the best way to get the stains out. The floor is plain old concrete. I was thinking TSP and a scrub brush. Any good or bad recomendations? Thanks, Todd

 

i used some simple green buy a couple of gallons of it and water then scrubbed it with a brush.

 

I started out with a s****er and got the big stuff that way, then used some simple green concrete cleaner and my pressure washer, followed by muriatic acid and a broom to scrub it in with, and rinsed with the pressure washer again.
I then "stained" my floor with a concrete stain. Looks great until you spill gas on it. Maybe it wasn't meant for MY garage.

 

You can try this stuff, it's from the C.L.R. family.

http://www.shopclr.com/CLR-Cleaners...8970d2b242a73d82.e3eSbNyQc3mLe34Pa38Ta38Qax90

 

Simple Green, s****er, scrub brush, etc.
Then if there are any oil stains left, I rub cement powder in to **** it up. Better than "kitty litter".

 

On my porous concrete driveway, i'll spray gunk engine cleaner on the thick stuff... then the stains that are left I soak in paint thinner. Pressure wash point blank and voila!

Tractor Supply sells huge jugs of paint thinner for around 8 bucks. Don't ask me how I know... lol

 

That's not exactly enviromentaly safe. I would try a different approach.
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Tide and a scrub brush on a stick, it takes all that **** out of your cloths.

 

I second the tide .It is only a garage floor .

 

muratic acid/water mix,,cant remember the ratio,,but that stuff will burn the skin so be safe,,and its not the most enviromentally safe but it works good

 

I've found that anything labeled as environmentally safe, doesn't clean anything car related worth a damn.


Although I can't say the same for Oxy Clean. That stuff is safe and does pretty well on the clothes. Haven't tried it on the driveway yet.

Thanks Billy Mays.

 

TSP is great and I know a guy that also uses powdered Tide.

BTW. powdered Tide is also good for soaking up animal smells on barn finds.

 

Whatever you use, turbocharge it with some TSP. Just rinse well, sometimes you ened a second soapy wash without TSP to remove the film it leaves behind.

 

Muratic acid should not be used on concrete. It softens the top, which leads to spalling. Tide is a good first step, and may be all you need. If that doesn't do it, work your way up the deadly chemical ladder. Some stains may be impossible to remove chemically, and may require mechanical removal (grinding, shot-blasting, scabbling). The time to think about stains is before the stain happens. If you're pouring a new floor, consider using a densifier. Sealers are a good investment, unless you plan to paint or epoxy the floor.

 

muratic acid works good but it does screw up the concrete,if you ever plan on using a acid based stain it wont take...

 

Tide also works well as hand cleaner for getting off oil.