Rough Concrete Surfaces: A Guide to Effective Cleaning
While concrete is best known for outdoor applications such as driveways, patios, and garages, it can also serve as interior flooring when treated with stains, stamps, or sealers. Because textured concrete can be laid rough, it requires regular cleaning tailored to its surface.
By Toby Green9 steps
Concrete can be used as indoor and outdoor flooring.
A concrete floor consists mainly of cement. Driveways, patios, and garages frequently feature concrete as their surface. Inside homes, concrete may also be installed as flooring, often with staining, stamping, or sealing applied to create a distinctive look. The finish of concrete—smooth or textured—depends on how it was originally laid. Floors with a rough texture need to be cleaned whenever necessary.
Step 1
Sweep away dust and loose debris with a push broom or a regular broom.
Step 2
Attach a hose, set it to the strongest stream, and spray the concrete to wash off any dirt that remains or debris that has stuck to the surface.
Step 3
In a bucket, combine two capfuls of mopping solution with two gallons of warm water. Using a deck mop, go over the floor. Alternatively, pour a small quantity of mopping solution straight onto the floor and scrub it into the concrete with the push broom.
Step 4
With the hose on its maximum setting, spray the concrete until no soap is left, working from the back toward the front.
Step 5
Let the concrete dry naturally in the air.
Step 1
Sweep away dust and debris using a broom.
Step 2
Mix two capfuls of mopping solution into two gallons of warm water in a bucket. Mop the floor with a deck mop.
Step 3
Rinse the mop with cool water. Fill a bucket with cool water, dip the clean mop into it, and mop the floor to eliminate leftover soap residue.
Step 4
Leave the floor to air dry, or wipe it dry with a towel.
