Epoxy Floor Cleaning

[snorvet]

I'm trying to find the easiest way to keep my epoxy floor as clean as possible. This last month the sleet/rain/snow has made the floor a mess. I'm thinking of getting a janitorial mop/bucket/wringer combo. What do use guys use?

 

[neblinc]

I think everyone here who has a nice floor has a mop bucket

Randy

 

[67 455 Bird ragtop]

I have an inexpensive pressure washer I got from Home Depot. It has three pressure settings. I use the lowest setting and a cheap bio friendly degreeser to spray my patio which has an in expensive concrete paint on it. Never comes up. So I plan to use the same setup on my epoxy floor in my garage when done in a few months.

 

[Hammerdown]

Use a rayon mop instead of cotton to clean the floor if you have used any anti-slip additives in it, the synthetic fiber is less likey to catch and leave fuzz balls. Use a ph neutral cleaner like simple green or dawn dish soap diluted with water for general cleaning. If you need/have to use a brush, make sure it has SOFT bristles, not hard. The hard bristles will agitate any sand/dirt/abrasives into the coating and scratch it. Try using a foam rubber squeegee after you mop to remove any excess water. Clean your floor as often as practicable to reduce wear and abrasion.

 

[boiler7904]

I hear ya on the weather the last week or so. Tonight and tomorrow sound like they'll be fun with freezing rain for the morning commute turning to rain or snow for the afternoon commute. Since friday morning, I've made round trips to Joliet (2 times), Bolingbrook, Morris, and Orland Park from my house in Schererville. Because of that, my garage floor is covered in sand, cinders, salt residue and anything else put on the roads in northern Illinois and Indiana. Add in a wife that won't knock the **** off her car before pulling in and it's a mess.

I've found that the easiest thing to do is use a garden hose to rinse as much of the heavy stuff as possible. Then, I use straight Simple Green in a spray bottle to mist the floor and a mop to work it around (rinsing the mop every quarter of the floor). Rinse the floor a couple of times, squeegee and I'm done. My two car garage takes 20-30 minutes depending how much **** there is on it. I desperately need to tackle that project as soon as it's warm enough not to turn my unheated garage into a ice skating rink.

 

[04 Navi]

After I wash my trucks, I will use a very fine push broom and move the heavy junk to the drain, then squeegee the water to the center and then let the mud dry around the drain so that way it won't get pushed down the drain. After that I use a old towel and push it around with the squeegee. Sounds like alot, but it maybe takes ten or fifteen minutes.

 

[WolverineCoatings]

Use a rayon mop instead of cotton to clean the floor if you have used any anti-slip additives in it, the synthetic fiber is less likey to catch and leave fuzz balls. Use a ph neutral cleaner like simple green or dawn dish soap diluted with water for general cleaning. If you need/have to use a brush, make sure it has SOFT bristles, not hard. The hard bristles will agitate any sand/dirt/abrasives into the coating and scratch it. Try using a foam rubber squeegee after you mop to remove any excess water. Clean your floor as often as practicable to reduce wear and abrasion.

This is a good answer!

 

[snorvet]

Thanks for the tips! I went to Menards and they had one wringer bucket in a damaged box that looked like it fell off a truck. So I'm waiting until the weekend to get one from a different Menards or Home Depot. Plus I'm going to run a water line from my basement through the garage wall so I can fill the bucket right there in the garage.

 

[topak]

problem about your floor? i've heard of these floor cleaning and waxing services that's really amazing! great offer and affordable...something to smile about...

 

[XR80David]

I put hot water and a little simple green in a bucket and use a sponge mop...