Garage Floor Cleaning

[morningscifi]

What do you guys use to clean up your garage floor? I have a painted surface that has accumulated tire rubber alongside the standard dirt and grime. I have yet to find a product and technique that will get all of this up and make everything nice and clean looking again. I would like to get it all sorted out and then go with a rubber parking mat or something. Any thoughts or insight?

[Sixle]

have you tried Simple Green? That would probably do well with everything except rubber streaks. I have seen streak removers but that's mostly been aimed at shoe sole streaks, I'm not sure how automotive tire streaks would turn out.

Let us know if you find any good info!

[Gray_Panther]

Stop doing burnouts in your garage!

I take my foam gun with an apc/dodo juice shampoo mixture for suds and cleaning power and scrub away with a big brush. Then hose it down. Leaves the garage with a great smell!

[morningscifi]

Originally Posted by Sixle

have you tried Simple Green? That would probably do well with everything except rubber streaks. I have seen streak removers but that's mostly been aimed at shoe sole streaks, I'm not sure how automotive tire streaks would turn out.

Let us know if you find any good info!

I have! and it is great except for exactly what you said.

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

Stop doing burnouts in your garage!

I take my foam gun with an apc/dodo juice shampoo mixture for suds and cleaning power and scrub away with a big brush. Then hose it down. Leaves the garage with a great smell!

Haha, no burnouts! ... on purpose anyways. It's so slick when wet. I've tried using simple green and a hard bristled brush directly on the rubber spots to no avail. Also shot it with my electric pressure washer but I was hesitant to use it further as I'd rather not start taking paint up.

[PTek Will]

This may not answer your question, but I've heard folks epoxy their garage floors and that makes clean up extremely easy. Maybe once you figure out how to clean your current situation you may be interested in epoxy-ing your garage