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Cleaning your shop floor.

Cornpatch MO

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Mine is concrete that was power troweled when poured so it is pretty smooth. I don't let grease and dirt build up, but my floor has oil on it that " oil dry" will not soak up. I will probably never get the stain out of it, but would like to get the wetness out . I have used a cleaner that is made for a power washer, but it doesn't do much. I just poured it on and then wiped it off after a while...
Anyone got a product or a way to clean it with ? ............................MO
 
I use a number of methods, Castrol Super Clean works very well, Pressure washing works well, especially when I use my floor scrubber attachment...

Old school method that works really well, go by a wood working/cabinet shop & get a good amount of saw dust & a quart of mineral spirts, pour the mineral spirts in the saw dust & push the saw dust around, let it sit on any bad oil spots for ten minutes or so...

I also have a industrial floor buffer that I sometimes break out & use a big 18" round scotchbrite pad on...
 
Put down oil dry scrub it in with shoe sole. Sweep up it should lighten a bit. More floor dry then add gas let set sweep and repeat if needed. Then some Thompson sealer no more problem
 
Not a fan of using gas but have in the past. Be careful with it if you do use it as a cleaning agent....
 
maybe a concrete acid etch would work for ya, gets mine looking good....
 
Engine degreaser or Napa's purple stuff with a scrub brush work but I don't like leaving it on the floor so I rinse the heck out of it after I'm done
 
Go to your local janitorial supply house and ask what they use to clean concrete. Then seal it.
 
...I will probably never get the stain out of it, but would like to get the wetness out ....
Do you know anyone that does dry cleaning?

Maybe they use ........
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Stop by the Dollar Store and get a small bottle of Tide. Use it full strength or cut it with water. Scrub it in, rinse it off. We even used to use it for degeasing engines. Simple Green is a great product also.

Plan on sealing the floor in the future for easy clean-ups.
 
Not a fan of using gas but have in the past. Be careful with it if you do use it as a cleaning agent....
Had an old high school shop teacher auto shop that always harped about not using gasoline to clean floors he came in one day burnt to a crisp we all had a good laugh
 
Had an old high school shop teacher auto shop that always harped about not using gasoline to clean floors he came in one day burnt to a crisp we all had a good laugh
My dad used to clean stuff including paint brushes with gas all the while having a cig hanging from his lips.....
 
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