Clean Old Concrete Garage Floor

Pretreat any oil grease or rust stains before mopping the floor.

Clean old concrete garage floor.

Mix a half cup baking soda in a gallon of warm water and use it as an all purpose cleaner. Let it dry to a powder a process that can take eight hours or longer. Sprinkle sawdust or cat litter over any oil or grease spots on the concrete. Let the detergent sit for 45 minutes then pour boiling water on the area and vigorously scrub the stained section with the broom.

These powered buffers will scour the floor replacing the manual scrubbing with a brush. After applying the liquid cleaner to the stained area you simply wait a few minutes and scrub them off. To remove oil spots make sure the concrete is dry and trowel on the pour n restore garage floor cleaner product 1 in. Because the stains covered a fairly big area of my garage floor i used painters tape to section off a similar sized area to test each cleaner.

Pour n restore which combines a citrus degreaser with a non leaching absorbent is one option. If your floor is coated in epoxy a gentler cleaning method is needed. If you have a concrete floor you should scrub it using a broom power washer or buffer and a strong cleaning solution. Pour dry dishwasher detergent or a concrete cleaning agent on the stain.

Cleaning concrete garage floor with a floor buffer you can employ a floor buffer fitted with a special scrub pad made for cleaning concrete. Leave the sawdust in place overnight to absorb the majority of the oil. The buffers can be rented and the rental companies often sell the scrub pads too. Homemade concrete cleaning solution for regular cleaning a solution of baking soda and water will loosen dirt and grease and help keep your garage floor clean.

For stubborn stains use muriatic acid in combination with your pressure washer set to at least 1200 psi. To begin cleaning you should clear and tidy the floor.