How do I clean and stain my garage floor?
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To clean stains yourself you can clear the garage floor and sprinkle dishwasher detergent powder (in its dry form) onto the stained areas, letting it sit for approximately 45 minutes to an hour.
Then, pour a very small amount of boiling water onto the area making a thin paste. Once the water cools enough not to burn you use a stiff brush to scrub the cleaner into the stained area.
You'll need to use a lot of elbow grease, and keep scrubbing until you can't see anymore of the stain lifting.
Then, rinse the floor thoroughly, and repeat the process a couple more times until the stain is completely removed.
Regardless of what you do with your garage floor (paint of stain), remember that the coating is only as good as its preparation. The surface has to be clean and dry before you do anything. Walls, doors and thresholds have to be protected with masking tape. Take precautions to keep kids and pets off the surface, or you'll have a real mess on your hands–and they'll have one on their feet.
Not stain but paint it
Go to the auto store and buy a good cleaner degreaser. Scrub it in with a broom. Let sit about 1/2 an hour then rinse with the hose.
We've painted our concrete patio, but the paint is for garage floors also. Here's what we did and used if you'd like to peek. https://www.exquisitelyunremarkable.com/2018/08/how-to-paint-concrete-patio-makeover.html