How clean is your garage floor?

[gmwelder86]

Curious if I’m the only crazy one here who vacuums up my garage floor after every project. Just a little cordless Makita dust buster type vac so not to crazy. Grew up in a garage where my dad reloaded so chance of walking out bare foot and stepping on an old primer was pretty high add that to sensitive feet and a three year old that loves to follow me bare foot in garage it all makes sense to me.

 

[sweetk30]

5 sec rule for food would be stretching it in my shop . to much **** and cutting / welding / and rust belt life .

 

[Killer95Stang]

When I start slipping on the oil and coolant?

 

[harley jim]

After I grind and weld for a week its brooms and shovels before the ejector fan and air hose. I'd like to say its spotless but it aint

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[tulenutn2o]

Ummmm, no! If I drop my sandwich, the dog won’t even eat it.

 

[larry_g]

I keep mine fairly clean. Sweep, vacuum, and oil-dri as necessary. My time to clean is when the floor is to dirty to lay on and crawl under a rig. That said quite a few farm rigs come through my shop and a few have been known to drop a bit of dirt or mud on the floor. Sometimes it's a scoop shovel for the first pass.

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[txvwnut]

Underneath all the grinder dust metal shavings and cutoff bits it’s spotless, well there are a few oil stains but other than those...

 

[bczygan]

I'll let you know when I find it.

Bill

 

[BTL-A4]

I find that cleaning up after a project helps me get everything put away and organized for the next project. I can find stuff if it's put in its place. My wife parks in the garage and I keep it clean for that reason and also so I don't track grease and sawdust in the house.
I got a buddy who works on cars all the time and his garage is a mess. Whenever I go there he's always trying to find something that he placed somewhere. He always comments how organized I am, and tells other people that my tool boxes have labels, and that they actually have what the labels say they contain! Shocking!

 

[MileHighRover]

I'm pretty **** about keeping my shop clean, and that includes the floor. It's epoxy so that makes it easy to keep clean. I take my cordless leaf blower to it pretty often. It's a bit over 1,000 sq ft so vacuuming would take quite a while. The leaf blower works well and lets me blow the dust off the work benches and clean out under my equipment.

When I was working out of my last home's two car garage I vacuumed a lot. The house before that had a two car and I had a really nice epoxy floor. I mopped that one a few times a year.

 

[Ilikeike]

Epoxied, and mopped regularly.
I use the leaf blower almost weekly to blow out dust or dog hair.

 

[bigjon]

My shed gets a leaf blower and/or broom weekly. Mop (ammonia solution) at least once a month or more if it gets dirty after a project. Garage, for the wife’s daily driver, gets the same treatment but not as often as it doesn’t get a lot of use.

Both are epoxy, flakes and poly top coat. Both look as good as they did when I applied them in ‘15.

 

[kram71]

I can eat off mine but I only do so occasionally

 

[Responder]

I have get intentions to have a clean floor in the garage. Reality for me is it very seldom happens!

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Metallic Epoxy, broom/mop once ehhh. once a month?? lol
Looks great post mopping!

 

[UTCiv]

I regularly clean my epoxy floors (barn and garage) between projects and that usually involves:

1. Dirt, dust, other non-petroleum based project:

Sweep everything to the front, dustpan for 99%, then leaf blower out the front and off to the side.

2. Liquids non-petroleum based:

Absorb with paper towels or ready to trash rags, spray some diluted simple green, wipe it up.

3. Liquids petroleum based:

Absorb with paper towels or ready to trash rags, spray some brake clean, wipe it up.

4. Snow melt:

If still wet, squeegee out the front door, or to a drain/spot to let it dry out (if I don't want to open the door in the middle of heating. If dry, spray a little water and do the same.

5. Upkeep:

Spray down floor with water, use diluted simple green in mop bucket, mop it, then squeegee.

I like to keep it pretty clean between large projects but usually wait to do the upkeep step until I can get everything out of the area.

 

[JDGolden]

I live off of a dirt road. Keeping my concrete floor clean is not easy.

 

[PhantomEB]

I try twice a week to sweep up or right after a big messy job. I think today will be a sweep up and blow out day with the big door open.

 

[Garage Flooring]

Curious if I’m the only crazy one here who vacuums up my garage floor after every project. Just a little cordless Makita dust buster type vac so not to crazy. Grew up in a garage where my dad reloaded so chance of walking out bare foot and stepping on an old primer was pretty high add that to sensitive feet and a three year old that loves to follow me bare foot in garage it all makes sense to me.

I think my wife is getting aggravated that the room I clean the most is the part of the garage I use.

 

[2ltime]

Unfinished, old cracked concrete floor here. No daily parking, used for car projects and to store yard equipment. I keep it clean enough to lay down under a project and not ruin my clothes, but often it is not swept enough so I have to shake off clothes afterwards.

No spills are left unattended, and leafs are blown out frequent, but actually move everything and mop or sweep only happens before and after a big project. But when I have a detail orientated project in it, like rebuilding an engine or spraying something with paint, I have my routine to dust, sweep, vacuum, mop, etc the place. That happens about once every 2-3 months.

 

[Kenstone1]

I have a lot of "stuff" on open shelfing in my garage, collected stuff I should have thrown away, a product of growing up poor...

I have a 2x4 "bench" on castors in my garage that I roll out on the driveway for dirty jobs like grinding, wood cutting, sanding, etc.
Keeps the dust off my stuff/floor.
My chop saw and welder are in my shed and also rolled outside for use.

Most stuff "on the floor in the garage" is in front of the bench and I just sweep it under the bench.
I pick that up after it gets deep, and my wife nags me about if for a while
So my garage floor is clean'ish, and living in the high desert makes working outside possible.

 

[zmotorsports]

I keep my garage floor pretty clean but after a storm it may take me a day or two to sweep and blow the garage out.

My shop floor is kept very clean except when I am in the middle of a large machining or fabrication project but as soon as the project is complete or at a breaking point in the middle of the project the shop gets cleaned and floor swept. I'm somewhat **** or OCD about cleanliness in the shop and garage both.

 

[BigGarage]

Curious if I’m the only crazy one here who vacuums up my garage floor after every project.

If by "after every project" you include when I cleaned, stripped, washed, acid etched, washed again and then primed and painted my floor then I have vacuumed it once and swept it out a few times in 7-8 years. I figure it's a f**ckin' garage not a showroom.

Dennis

 

[SeanH]

Not as often as I would like. But, I try to mop my floor every 6 months at least. But, I do the daily driver section more often.

 

[Cairo94507]

My garage is completely finished and has a porcelain tile floor. I use my leaf blower on it weekly and once a month I mop it and it always looks brand new. I love my tile floor.

 

[PhantomEB]

As clean as I can possibly make it. Can’t wait for the shed build this year to get useless **** out.

 

[lolaetype]

Not surgically clean but very clean. I use the handheld gas leaf blower to blow out pine needles and dirt, About every other month I mop it if it needs it, more often if I'm doing something that leaves liquids on the floor.

 

[isb cornbinder]

You could eat off the floor in my garage. If you do, I will send condolences to your family.
While you are down there, could you keep a look out for an SK 10 millimeter combination wrench?

 

[BB767]

Porcelain Tile Garage Floor Easy To Clean



My garage is finished out. I think of it as an extension of the interior living space. It is porcelain tile and therefore very easy to keep clean. I keep it swept up and vacuum as necessary.



If I clean up every time after working out there it only takes a few minutes to keep it clean.

Thomas from the "Restored 1930's Autoshop"

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51567

 

[Milzo]

I like to keep my garage and shop really clean. one day id like to get one of these for the shop https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I3RBX02/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[mrobins297aaa]

at least once a year, but only in the area's that get used, other areas get leaf blower
this is my 8 year old epoxy coat floor, starting to get a few stains but has held up well it hasn't lifted or peeled any where.