Comments on: How to Clean Concrete Floors

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:07:18 +0000

A couple of years ago I had to replace my concrete foundation floor in my basement. At the time, we made the decision to have colored concrete in place of any other flooring surface. It was colored by the concrete people, a dark chocolate brown. We had the floor ready to go but did not seal it with anything. In the meantime, we have had drywall work done, which includes a lot of dust. We have repeatedly tried “deck” brushing, dry mopping, soap, water, even vinegar, and it still leaves behind a white dust. When it is wet, it looks great, but as it dries, unfortunately it doesn’t look as good. Any thoughts on how to clean this?

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:58:25 +0000

I clean the bathrooms at Walmart (lol) and I like to use a solution with ammonia in it (but not too much) to clean the floors. I also put a little bit of goo gone pro power into it. Than I take a mop and along the cracks and edges press hard against the floor to remove the dirt around the edges. Than I take a doodle bug and scrub the rest with that. It’s hard work, but it works. The solution I use is call Crew: Restroom Floor and Surface Cleaner. Hope this helps.

By: Welona

Welona — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:40:48 +0000

How do you remove the marks left on the concrete floor from moving furniture?

By: Concrete & Pets

Concrete & Pets — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:12:02 +0000

I cleaned my basement with vinegar to remove pet odors. I now have a whitening of certain areas on the floor. How do I repair this?

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0000

I need to know the best way to clean the concrete around my fireplace it has spots on it and i do not know what there are from. Thank you for your time on answering my question.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:59:40 +0000

I wouldn’t use bleach due to possible discoloration,and a poultice will work faster and much better to draw out the stain than kitty litter, also oil absorbent without the ammonia is much better than kitty litter which could have ammonia in it. here’s an alternate method I use regularly:

1. Scrub with an aggressive brush using a floor machine and a concrete cleaner.

2. Vacuum with wet dry vac and dispose to sanitary sewer.

3. Apply oil absorbent from auto parts store and sweep into the wet concrete to pick up residue .

4. Allow to dry, (makes its own poultice to draw out stains let sit an hour and remove.

That way no oil or cleaner goes to the storm drain.

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:00:54 +0000

We have an epoxy floor in our garage which was coated by Home Depot. I noticed after 3 years of wear that it maintained dirt. I talked to many people of authority concerning epoxy garage floors and decided to go with Simple Green (one to one solution). I am amazed how clean the floor is now. It is back to looking like new once again.