New trendy material, concrete adorns the walls and floors of the most refined interiors. But this porous and grainy coating requires maintenance precautions that should be controlled to hope to see it aging well.
Wondering how to clean your concrete floor? Here are the products to use, or not, on a daily basis as well as specific recipes in the event of a stain.
What product to maintain a concrete floor?
THE concrete floorswhether waxed or varnished, should never be cleaned with ammonia, soda or bleach. These too corrosive products would irreparably attack your naturally porous soil. On the contrary, you will have to choose soft products like the black soap For example.
Our advice: wash your concrete floors Using a brush impregnated with water added with a product with neutral pH. Rinse and dry carefully with a mop.
For the most patient, know that a stain on concrete naturally disappears after four years. But if the idea you put off, know that you will end the vast majority of dirt if you pass a brush impregnated with water and scouring powder.
However, ink, oil or rust spots deserve different detachments. For the fat, rub with a quackgrass brush soaked with water and sprinkled with baking soda. Rinse and renew the operation until the total disappearance of stains.
You can also sprinkle talc spots. In this case, let the product act and renew the operation several times.
If this does not work, it will be necessary exceptionally to use hydrochloric acid. Finally if it is simply a garage floor that would have been stained by drain oil, sprinkle with powdered cement and voila.
For rust and ink, same approach as before but this time with a 10 % oxalic acid solution. We pour, let act, rinse and dry.
Finally, if you want to save yourself many inconveniences, coat your concrete floor of an waterproofing product. It is still the best solution.
