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Clean Oil off Garage Floor Effectively at Affordable Cost

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Oil or grease stains make your garage floor look bad. Moreover, its stickiness to the floor yet slippery on the top texture may also cause falls and hard to clean tracks into your house, and ruin your shoes.

Cleaning and coating the floor are the step that must be done to make the garage look better. Nevertheless, how to clean it effectively and at an affordable cost?

Here are the ways that actually work to clean oil of from your garage floor.

Read also: How to Clean Oven Quickly.

HOW TO CLEAN OIL FROM GARAGE FLOOR

1. Pour the Mixture of Ammonia

Using this way is not too dangerous as you think if it is done correctly. Mix one cup of ammonia to one gallon of water.

Then, scrub the stains using the mixture of ammonia until it is removed. Rinse the floor after all the steps are completed.



2. Spray the Oven Cleaner

Because it has the same function in cleaning the oil stain, the oven cleaner can also be used in removing the oil droppings on the garage floor. Spray the oven cleaner to the spot and let it settle for ten minutes.

After that, scrub the mess with a bristle broom and rinse it off. If you have a severe stain problem, it will require a second application to clean it.

Read also: How to clean garage floor for painting

3. Use Soda

Soda can also be used in cleaning the nasty oil stains on the garage floor. You only need a few cans of soda. Then, you also need to prepare these following tools: a small bag of cat litter, laundry detergent, bleach, a stiff bristle broom, bucket, rubber gloves, and eye protection.

The steps are easy to be followed. First, you need to cover the floor with a thin layer of cat litter. Brush it with evenly distributed motion.

Then, clean up the litter and pour the cola on that spot. Flatten it by using the bristle broom and leave the cola for about 20-30 minutes.

While waiting for the cola works, mix ¼ cup of laundry detergent and ¼ cup of bleach into 1 gallon of warm water. Finally, clean the mess by the laundry detergent mix and mop it up.




4. Pour the Mixture of Baking Soda

This way can be done easily because the tools are easy to find in your house. Mix the baking soda with the laundry detergent.

Then, add a little water to make it easy in applying to the stains. Scrub the stains with the mixture and let it settle for 20 minutes. After that, brush it with bristle broom and rinse it with clean water.

5. Spray the WD-40

WD-40 is usually used for motor oils. This penetrating and water-displacing oil can also be used to clean oil stains on your garage floor. It is simple to be done. Just spray the oil stain spots and brush as necessary. Then, hose it down by water to remove the dirt remains. The garage floor will be perfectly clean.

Read also: How to Clean Garage Floor for Painting.

So, what do you think? Do not make your housework harder. By using these simple ways to clean the oil stains off, you will get your garage looks better and faster. In addition, the ways above only use tools that are easy to obtain and they solve your problem at an affordable cost.

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Originally posted 2019-10-01 00:05:57.



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