Cleaning under RaceDeck Free Flow

[AaronTTRS]

People always ask about cleaning under free flow in winter/dirty areas.

My last RD Free Flow floor I cleaned once a year in spring annually. This Garage is bigger so it only needed it after 2 full winters!

I’m in Indiana with sand/salt/snow and am in a new construction street with all the dirt you can want.

On my 2 year anniversary of laying the floor I decided it was time to remove and clean.

I have 2100 tiles so it took me an afternoon, I did it alone with no issue!

Water only, power washer.

Will apply RaceDeck Restore on top next week.



Super easy, fear not!



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[RaceDeck1]

Great photos and love seeing your garage both dirty and clean Nicely work

 

[nmcgrawj]

Looks great!

 

[kram71]

Your last picture looks amazing. Not just the floor. Everything. I think I would like living near you. Looks like you have some nice space there. Where did you get those large car pics? They look great!

 

[AaronTTRS]

Your last picture looks amazing. Not just the floor. Everything. I think I would like living near you. Looks like you have some nice space there. Where did you get those large car pics? They look great!

Thanks! They are Porsche in-dealership artwork and hangers. Took about 10 different dealers to get them all together. Some from years ago, others fresh.

 

[pioneer1]

Getting ready to do mine as well. Made me a long hook from a HF Screwdriver so I didn't have to bend over to unhook them



What is "RaceDeck Restore"? I don't see it on their website

 

[sps4runner]

Pioneer, how will that tool work?

 

[9eight7]

Thanks! They are Porsche in-dealership artwork and hangers. Took about 10 different dealers to get them all together. Some from years ago, others fresh.

Great looking garage and artwork! Did you just walk in and ask if they had old artwork? How'd you acquire them?

 

[nc.detail]

South Bend! I grew up in Granger but haven't been back since '06.

Nicely done on the cleaning. I too pulled mine up after two years and it was disgusting.

 

[larry4406]

South Bend! I grew up in Granger but haven't been back since '06.

Nicely done on the cleaning. I too pulled mine up after two years and it was disgusting.

What/why is it so disgusting if it is supposed to drain? OP’s floor showed a rather nasty black spot.

 

[hilld]

I have a floor drain as well, yes, the water will eventually drain, but a lot of the dirt will stick around. The slope is not that great, but it doesn't have to be.

 

[kram71]

Thanks! They are Porsche in-dealership artwork and hangers. Took about 10 different dealers to get them all together. Some from years ago, others fresh.

Did you buy them from the actual dealers or online?

 

[pioneer1]

Pioneer, how will that tool work?

Like this

 

[sps4runner]

Thanks, that explains it. Couldn't figure out how you were getting that tool between the seems.

 

[AaronTTRS]

That black spot is under where I wash all winter. It’s the heavy debris you see there.


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[CJDave]

After 6 1/2 years I have only used my garden hose to blast the dirt and grit towards the overhead door maybe a couple of times a year. Her DD is the only car that drags in grit, dirt, slush, snow and rain so I only really have to worry about her side. My garage is much more man cave than working garage though. CJDave.

 

[CombatNinja]

What/why is it so disgusting if it is supposed to drain? OP’s floor showed a rather nasty black spot.

Try this: leave your bare concrete floor alone for a year. Don't sweep, mop, use a leaf blower, nothing. Come back and tell us what it looks like. Not sure why people would expect it to look much different under the RaceDeck. You act like it claims to have some kind of magical force field that can channel dirt away. Free Flow allows water and slush to drain off the vehicle and out the door if your garage has enough slope. It won't keep the floor any cleaner than if there were nothing there, probably less so as now you have a grid system trapping stuff.

 

[PCMusicGuy]

Thanks for sharing. Could/would you share your garage layout/dimensions?

 

[PoorUB]

As nice as Racedeck looks, I can not imagine putting it my garage/shop. I wash the floor in my garage 3-4 times a year and it gets nasty. Sweep it a couple times a month when I am not using it just to keep ahead of all the sand and dirt cars drag in. Here in ND the sand from wintertime roads piles up. The dirt would be above the Racedeck on a few weeks!
Perhaps in a garage where you store rarely used classic cars, but in an everyday garage with cars in and out daily, dragging in snow, dirt and mud?

 

[RaceDeck1]

@poorUB
Our 'multi-patented' floors are engineered for the type of environment you are describing..

We are based and manufacture right here in SLC, Utah and have our share of extreme weather, for deep snow in the mountains, road slop in the city's and all kinds of dirt in the desert lands... RaceDeck is a full-suspension floor that is channeled to allow liquids, dirt, debris to flow freely under the floor to drains or slopes out the door. With our FreeFlow line of flooring, you can simply hose off not only your cars in the garage but also the floor.

I living in the mountains here at 7500ft and get huge amounts of snow and road slop in our garage everyday in the winter, and nothing makes me happier that when we walk out in the morning and that slop has melted through the floor and my floor looks clean. I have not removed my floor in years,.. simply hose out every spring for a fresh start of the car season

 

[jack bacon]

Here in Minnesota, what would happen if I used regular race deck tiles instead of free flow.
Would the winter sand scratch up the tiles, and salt stain or corrode the tiles. Or could I dump water and squeegee away the crud during the winter?

Thanks,

Jack

 

[CJDave]

My Free Flow tiles don't stain or corrode. Nothing there to corrode. My belief is they are the same material as the RaceDeck solid tiles. My tiles don't show any scratches from the grit that her daily driver drags in but down here they use salt and not so much sand as is used in some areas up north. My friend a few blocks away had the RaceDeck coin top tiles that I helped him lay. He recently moved but after 3 or 4 winters his tiles showed no scratches. Yes to the water and squeegee. Or just squeegee the crud out and give the floor a bath in the spring.
I've had my Free Flow since fall of 2014 and not one complaint to date. Good luck Jack. CJDave.

 

[mepstein]

Here in Minnesota, what would happen if I used regular race deck tiles instead of free flow.
Would the winter sand scratch up the tiles, and salt stain or corrode the tiles. Or could I dump water and squeegee away the crud during the winter?

Thanks,

Jack

Easy way to find out is to buy a half dozen tiles, lay them on the floor and see what happens. Worst thing is your out $25-50 but not $500-1k. Chances are you will wish you got it sooner.