I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
For now, I've resorted to placing a sheet of plastic under my bikes when working on them, but it isn't a very satisfactory or practical solution, and I'd be very interested in hearing how other posters manage to keep their workshop floors clean.
I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
For now, I've resorted to placing a sheet of plastic under my bikes when working on them, but it isn't a very satisfactory or practical solution, and I'd be very interested in hearing how other posters manage to keep their workshop floors clean.
Sawdust? Kind of messy and a pain when you drop a small bolt, but it absorbs well. It is what is on the floor in my work area. Not by design, however. When I am going to do something messy, I just kick some of it into a pile under the messy bits.
I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
For now, I've resorted to placing a sheet of plastic under my bikes when working on them, but it isn't a very satisfactory or practical solution, and I'd be very interested in hearing how other posters manage to keep their workshop floors clean.
I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
For now, I've resorted to placing a sheet of plastic under my bikes when working on them, but it isn't a very satisfactory or practical solution, and I'd be very interested in hearing how other posters manage to keep their workshop floors clean.
Epoxy floor paint.
This is in the realm of using an elephant gun to kill a mosquito.
I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
For now, I've resorted to placing a sheet of plastic under my bikes when working on them, but it isn't a very satisfactory or practical solution, and I'd be very interested in hearing how other posters manage to keep their workshop floors clean.
When I moved into my current home, I took the opportunity to apply Rustoleum ExpoxyShield to the garage floor. It took a few days, mainly cleaning and prepping the floor, and letting it dry between scrubbings. I don't know how that would work in a basement; can you wash and hose the floor? I've been here for four years, the floor has held up well, looks good, and is easy to clean. A neighbor also did his garage about the same time, but I recently noticed his is peeling in places. He did so after moving in (i.e. with a garage full of stuff), so had to apply the coating in sections (moving stuff around) and presumably was not able to prep the floor as well.
I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
For now, I've resorted to placing a sheet of plastic under my bikes when working on them, but it isn't a very satisfactory or practical solution, and I'd be very interested in hearing how other posters manage to keep their workshop floors clean.
I lay cardboard from flattened large cartons under the drippy bits. Plastic sheeting can go under that, if desired, as a means to avoid plastic's undesirable tendency to emulate a Slip 'N Slide.
I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
For now, I've resorted to placing a sheet of plastic under my bikes when working on them, but it isn't a very satisfactory or practical solution, and I'd be very interested in hearing how other posters manage to keep their workshop floors clean.
If it's your place, you can try a coat of clear epoxy paint. Of course, to do it right takes a professional crew with respirators and the whole nine yards. Personally, I don't obsess over cellar or garage floors.
I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
For now, I've resorted to placing a sheet of plastic under my bikes when working on them, but it isn't a very satisfactory or practical solution, and I'd be very interested in hearing how other posters manage to keep their workshop floors clean.
I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
For now, I've resorted to placing a sheet of plastic under my bikes when working on them, but it isn't a very satisfactory or practical solution, and I'd be very interested in hearing how other posters manage to keep their workshop floors clean.
I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
For now, I've resorted to placing a sheet of plastic under my bikes when working on them, but it isn't a very satisfactory or practical solution, and I'd be very interested in hearing how other posters manage to keep their workshop floors clean.
Carpet remnant. More comfortable to stand on and warmer.
I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
I once phoned a chemical manufacturer for advice on removing oil stains from a concrete driveway of a house I was renting. He told me any product he would sell me would be based on alkaline phosphate detergent, so I might as well use the most brutally effective of these that were readily available - dishwasher powder. First wet the stain with water, apply the powder, wet it into a paste, brush it in a few times and leave it there for hours, keeping it moist, then scrape or sweep it up, then finally hose or mop off the residue. Nearly all of the stain was gone - and I got my rental bond back. Since then, I've found liquid laundry soap to work just about as well.
I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
For now, I've resorted to placing a sheet of plastic under my bikes when working on them, but it isn't a very satisfactory or practical solution, and I'd be very interested in hearing how other posters manage to keep their workshop floors clean.
Epoxy floor paint.
This is in the realm of using an elephant gun to kill a mosquito.
But it looks good and encourages neatness. I like my mosquitoes dead dead.
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I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
For now, I've resorted to placing a sheet of plastic under my bikes when working on them, but it isn't a very satisfactory or practical solution, and I'd be very interested in hearing how other posters manage to keep their workshop floors clean.
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Andrew Price said:
I've just moved, and the floor of the cellar where I store my bikes is concrete, which will absorb the inevitable drops of oil/cleaner/grease etc like a sponge. Past attempts at cleaning concrete have only been partially successful, and involved using some rather nasty chemicals, which I'd prefer to avoid if possible.
I once phoned a chemical manufacturer for advice on removing oil stains from a concrete driveway of a house I was renting. He told me any product he would sell me would be based on alkaline phosphate detergent, so I might as well use the most brutally effective of these that were readily available - dishwasher powder. First wet the stain with water, apply the powder, wet it into a paste, brush it in a few times and leave it there for hours, keeping it moist, then scrape or sweep it up, then finally hose or mop off the residue. Nearly all of the stain was gone - and I got my rental bond back. Since then, I've found liquid laundry soap to work just about as well.
Sounds like a good idea, just be sure to use a thick guage of plastic, so your walking around doesn't punch a bunch of holes in the plastic. That would rather defeat the purpose.
Clean up would be easy too, just fold the corners together and throw everything out. Plastic, dirt, grease, drippings and all.
I have a large carpet remnent with a waterproof pad underneath. The carpet is a dark green which tends to hide stains, and it makes small shiny things (like ball bearings) easy to find.
Another perk, speaking of BB's, is that they don't bounce or roll away on the carpet.
