Garage Floor Cleaning

[sld]

Take mineral spirits and pour it on the floor.

Scrub it around with a stiff push broom.

Hose it off with a water hose on squirt.

The floor will look like new.

I did try denatured alcohol but had little success.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I did try denatured alcohol but had little success.

Mineral spirits. We used to get it straight out of parts washer to clean up the last shop I worked at and our floors looked like new once a week.

 

[Todd727]

Kitty litter is basically clay, at least the part that absorbs liquid. If your local soils have clay in them, then you can just use a scoop of that. Around here, we have silty-clay. I filled up a five gallon bucket and always have some free oil dry standing by.

 

[Parkanzky]

I did try denatured alcohol but had little success.

Motor oils are very non-polar.

Denatured alcohol is a polar solvent. Mineral spirits are non-polar.

Like dissolves like. Oil and alcohol aren't miscible. The mineral spirits will dissolve it.

Cleaning it from deep within the concrete is another story.

 

[sld]

I will try the mineral spirits next. The pour-n-restore that I just cleaned up did work pretty well but didn't remove it completely.