Need to Get Floor Cleaned

[logixrat]

Hey all, new to the forum, but after looking around all I can say is "wow, what a great place"!

Anyhow, we recently moved to a new house and have kept the dogs in our garage until a fence can be built. As you can only imagine they have had their way with the floor and their is urine and crap all over it. Obviously we clean it frequently, but it's still there. Definitely not something I want to crawl down on to work.

So how do I get the floor cleaned to a condition so it is useable again? A power washer is on the agenda, but I'm thinking something more powerful may be needed. Also, I have considered staining or painting the floor. Good or bad idea?

[kartracer55]

Ehh, I perosnally dont liek floor coatings. We have them at the shop, and if you spill brake fluid on them, they bubble up. Id say hos eit, scrub a few boxes of powdered tide on the floor, then powerwash it clean. Itll come out great.

Jim

[ZRWON]

Hey all, new to the forum, but after looking around all I can say is "wow, what a great place"!
So how do I get the floor cleaned to a condition so it is useable again? A power washer is on the agenda, but I'm thinking something more powerful may be needed. Also, I have considered staining or painting the floor. Good or bad idea?
Maybe this'll help. Anyone ever used these "Top 10 Tips" I got in the mail yesterday from Home Depot that included the 3 following for removing oil stains from garage floor:
1 Apply extra strength laundry detergent and scrub with a hard bristled brush and then rinse. or,
2 Coat the stain with a household spray lubricant like WD-40, then spread Kitty litter to soak up the grease and oil. Clean the remainder with liquid hand soap or detergent. or,
3 Before breakfast, pour cola on the stain. By dinner time, use soapy water to rinse and remove the stain (and cola).
Any truth to these approaches??

[kartracer55]

Yeah, the first one. The kitty litter one just seems like it will be a pain in the ass.


Trust me. powdered tide cleas up just about anything off of concrete. Irt works very well. Use a push broom to scrub it in, then powerwash off.

Jim

[logixrat]

I like the idea of the powdered Tide. Sounds easy enough, and it might make the place smell alot better too. :rocker:

It is rather amazing at how destructive pets can be to a garage. I will post back with some results, and before/after pics.

[MXtras]

Hello -

New to this forum as of a few days ago, but definately not new to 'Garaging'. SO, for what it's worth, here is my best judgement to get results:

Try using Castrol Super Clean full strength using a stiff broom to scrub it in. Let it sit for about 1/2 hour without letting it dry - mist it lightnly to keep it wet without diluting it any more than necessary. Then pressure wash. Repeat if necessary. Keep it off your skin, painted surfaces and be careful on aluminum and other alloys.

If that's not clean enough you could use muriatic (sp?) acid to brighten up even the oldest of concrete floors. Hardware stores have the stuff. It doesn't work all that great on oil and grease, though, so clean the floor first.

I recently moved into a commercial shop that had previously been used for heavy equipment service - like dozers, graders etc. The packed grease/oil on the floor was about 1/4" thick in many areas and packed down to a rock hard surface. After hours of scraping I used Super Clean and a pressure washer. I was not concerned with getting the floor bright, just clean enough that it would not bead water. Super Clean is some good, aggressive stuff.

Scott

[logixrat]

Thanks MXtras! Where does one find this Super Clean?

[ZRWON]

Thanks MXtras! Where does one find this Super Clean?
I too have been searching for Super Clean and found out that Castrol sold the product to another company because of some gov objections to the formula. I was lead to believe that it was not part of their primary product line and
re-formulating to meet new regulations was not cost effective for them.
I talked to a rep at the new company (800-394-4240) and was advised that at least in my state and a few others the product is still being sold with the old formula. She said I should check with K Mart, Napa, WalMart or Ace Hdwr as they are dealers. The name Super Clean is still used. Do a "Google" search for Super Clean and maybe you can find a dealer near you...and determine if it's still the original formula. :confused:

[gb387]

Maybe this'll help. Anyone ever used these "Top 10 Tips" I got in the mail yesterday from Home Depot that included the 3 following for removing oil stains from garage floor:
1 Apply extra strength laundry detergent and scrub with a hard bristled brush and then rinse. or,
2 Coat the stain with a household spray lubricant like WD-40, then spread Kitty litter to soak up the grease and oil. Clean the remainder with liquid hand soap or detergent. or,
3 Before breakfast, pour cola on the stain. By dinner time, use soapy water to rinse and remove the stain (and cola).
Any truth to these approaches??

I got that in the mail too... I kept it to give some of the tips a try.

[Luckydevil]

I think this is the old one, at least the way I remember it was packaged. It's only $6 but shipping is $8.

http://store.yahoo.com/superkleendirect/casuclcl.html

[MXtras]

Hey guys -

Another thread about the disappearance of Super Clean on cnczone.com from a month or two ago:

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10956

Scott