How do you clean your garage floor?

[vavet]

My 24x32 garage recently had the drywall finished and painted. Before moving everything back in, I want to get it reasonably clean. The floor looks like ****. It's white epoxy with no flake. I knew when I chose it that it would always look dirty, and I'm willing to live with that because of the reflectivity.
Since nearly everything is out, now is a good time to do a good broom sweep and mop. I turned the Roomba loose in there and it got up quite a bit. Then I went over it again with the shop vac. I want to mop it.
The mop we have for the house is the suburbanized easy-to-use for a quick spill kind of deal with a bottle mounted on the handle and a trigger to spray it out.
I'd like to get the old fashioned string mop head with the bucket-mounted wringer. Those are like $50. I don't see mopping my garage as a regular thing so I don't really want to spend $50 on this. How else to do it? One of the mops with the wringer type handle? Without a wringer, I'm just slinging around dirty water, making the floor 0% cleaner than it was when I started.

How do you do it?

 

[Kaizen]

I bought one of those wringer buckets and mops. I also wanted to mop up to get it pretty again. Just made it worse as now I have dirt streaks. Suppose I should have changed the water ten times. Since mine has a lot of antislip this is the only mop I’d try.


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[Coach James]

I sweep mine. Beyond that, nothing unless I spill something.

Coach

 

[rijndael]

Every year or two I'll get some Simple Green and a clean stiff broom and give it a decent scrub. I wash it out with the hose.

 

[bobcatdan]

Broom. Get the big chunks and call it a day. Working on equipment the floor is aways terrible between dirt from the machine, oil leaks and speedy dry. I do my best to keep my shop reasonably nice, but it is far from a nascar shop.

 

[redragoon]

I've used a leaf blower when I need to clear out the open floor areas. Cordless one make it easy to grab a battery and go.

 

[thedrewski86]

Definitely wash out with the hose, it's the only way to rinse all the solids out. I used to have to clean out sugary grain spills (homebrew spills) off my old epoxy floor and I would clean with trisodium phosphate then rinse heavily and squeegee. Always came out looking nice.

redragoon, +1 on the leafblower! Now that I don't have anything really dirty in my garage the leafblower is a godsend - 30 seconds and you're done.

 

[Shiftless]

I sweep mine. Beyond that, nothing unless I spill something.

Coach

Me too. 20 years ago I found an old horsehair push broom with a broken handle that somebody tossed out. I bought a new handle and have used it ever since to sweep my steel troweled concrete garage floor. If I spill something, I clean it up with a worn out towel I push around with my foot.

You won’t see this action at my place! It’s a garage!

 

[dagofast]

My floor is a solid color, light gray epoxy with no flecks. I tried one of those floppy dust mop type things and it didn't cut it. For everyday cleanup I now have an excellent USA built push broom made by Bruske Products. It works a treat even on fine dust. I can't say enough good things about these brooms. All aluminum construction and available in a variety of bristles. I have a new yellow fine bristle for the epoxy floors. And I have 2 that are close to 40 years old and still going strong. A super coarse black one, that was used for asphalt parking lot duty for years. And a blue medium bristle that works great on bare concrete.

Spills require more work. After wiping up the mess I use a simple sponge mop with a bucket of hot water mixed with a bit of Dawn dish soap. Frequent changes of water as required.

 

[fsae0607]

Broom & dustpan for my concrete floor. Cheap cat litter for oily spills. As said, it's a shop!

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

Broom. But once in a while or to clean up spills I use an old fashioned string mop head with the bucket-mounted wringer.

 

[INSP380]

Hose, push broom to scrub & squeegee to push it all out. Once a year I grab a bottle of laundry soap and pour it all over and scrub with the push broom. I used the same method when I worked for Sohio years ago, had to scrub the bays every night.

Steve

 

[Modern Garage]

I have a working auto repair shop and we clean the bare concrete floors daily with water and Tide laundry detergent. Scrub with a stiff broom and hose down the drain or out the door as temp dictates.
Th painted office floor gets mopped with a string mop and dilute Tide/water mix in a wringer bucket. Check local thrift stores and you may find a deal on the mop and bucket.
Joe

 

[dnschmidt]

Let me think - Never. I blow it out with a leaf blower now and then but that's about it.

 

[ezover]

Old vacuum cleaner on bare concrete.

 

[foodie]

If you want to mop it, buy the O Cedar mop and bucket. I have tile in my garage and love this thing. I use Super Clean in a spray bottle diluted, you can buy it at most hardware stores like ACE hardware, or the automotive stores. This stuff is amazing. You dilute it according to their online chart and can use it all over of the house and outside. It is a great degreaser and cleaner.
Or I hose it down spray it with the Super Clean rinse it out, squeegee it, then dry it with my leaf blower. It comes out perfect every time.