Ladies and Gents,
After quite a bit of trial and error, I think I have found a very good option for cleaning race deck that I haven't seen mentioned for those of us that abuse our floor. I've tried a lot of different options from degreasers, to straight up spraying brake cleaner (it works, but it's not a viable option), ammonia/mop, acetone (don't) and a concrete spinning power sprayer head.
The best option I have found is Zep driveway and concrete cleaner, I tried it in a very, very conspicuous area with a messed up tile that I was willing to replace. It brought my brown tinged silver back to silver and gave it luster. It didn't give me a head ache working with it either. It doesn't say specifically what is in it, but given the luster and the cat being a bit insane after I was done, I think it probably has some ammonia.
Initially, I tried it in a large sprayer with the floor wet and it diluted 5:1 and hit it with a deck brush. My hand got tired so I chucked it into the foam cannon (it foams very well) and coated the race deck. Scrubbed a bit with a deck brush some more, let it sit for 5-10, and power sprayed it with a 25 degree afterwards.
No pics because I'm lazy and I don't even know what hosting site to use anymore.
Just another option for those who want more clean with less work, and for only $9 per gallon I should be able to do the driveway, sidewalk and porch with the rest of it. I only have silver tiles, so if you plan to do it yourself and have different colors, I would probably do a test spot in a corner or something.
I will update this post if it dries and it turns out the tiles are ruined.
After quite a bit of trial and error, I think I have found a very good option for cleaning race deck that I haven't seen mentioned for those of us that abuse our floor. I've tried a lot of different options from degreasers, to straight up spraying brake cleaner (it works, but it's not a viable option), ammonia/mop, acetone (don't) and a concrete spinning power sprayer head.
The best option I have found is Zep driveway and concrete cleaner, I tried it in a very, very conspicuous area with a messed up tile that I was willing to replace. It brought my brown tinged silver back to silver and gave it luster. It didn't give me a head ache working with it either. It doesn't say specifically what is in it, but given the luster and the cat being a bit insane after I was done, I think it probably has some ammonia.
Initially, I tried it in a large sprayer with the floor wet and it diluted 5:1 and hit it with a deck brush. My hand got tired so I chucked it into the foam cannon (it foams very well) and coated the race deck. Scrubbed a bit with a deck brush some more, let it sit for 5-10, and power sprayed it with a 25 degree afterwards.
No pics because I'm lazy and I don't even know what hosting site to use anymore.
Just another option for those who want more clean with less work, and for only $9 per gallon I should be able to do the driveway, sidewalk and porch with the rest of it. I only have silver tiles, so if you plan to do it yourself and have different colors, I would probably do a test spot in a corner or something.
I will update this post if it dries and it turns out the tiles are ruined.
