Montana’s rugged climate, with its cold winters and hot summers, makes maintaining a garage floor a unique challenge. Epoxy coatings are an excellent choice, offering durability and ease of maintenance that vinyl, tile, engineered wood, or carpet aren’t going to compare to. Yet this type of flooring still needs to be maintained. Here’s a step-by-step guide to cleaning your epoxy and polyaspartic coating.
Cleaning Your Epoxy and Polyaspartic Coating: What You Will Need
For regular maintenance, you’ll need a broom, a bucket with a wringer, and a string mop. For deeper cleaning, use a leaf blower, Wash & Wax automotive detergent, and a microfiber dust mop.
Why Wash & Wax? It’s an odd choice, sure, but it’s the ideal cleaning solution for epoxy and polyaspartic coatings — not only will it look great, but it’ll remove any harmful residues. Normal detergents won’t do that, and they’ll take the shine out of your floor over time.
How It’s Done
Begin by sweeping or blowing away loose debris. Mix warm water with 1 oz of Wash & Wax detergent per gallon in a bucket, mop the floor, and let it air dry or use a microfiber dust mop. For outdoor areas, hose down and remove excess water with a foam squeegee.
Easy Day
In summary: Sweep the big bits off the floor, mop, and wipe down. Durability, moisture resistance, longevity, the sheer aesthetic appeal, and, as you can see, ease of cleaning are just a few more reasons why epoxy coatings are becoming more and more favored around Montana these days.