How To Clean Indoor Aggregate Floors

Clean the surface of dust and debris with a broom blower or garden hose.

How to clean indoor aggregate floors.

Mix cleaning solution and wet mop weekly mix two gallons of warm water and two teaspoons dishwashing liquid in a bucket or sink. For stubborn stains chemicals or degreasers may be needed. Aggregate floors are made with a plastic mix epoxy resin and are also sealed. Vigorously mop the floor with this solution.

Aggregate flooring consists of a mixture of aggregate such as gravel or pebbles and epoxy resin. First sweep with a stiff broom to remove dust and dirt. This will remove any dry suds that can create stains or dust spots. The combination of the resin and the aggregate creates a solid sheet over the subfloor that can make removal difficult.

Scrub vigorously with stiff brush or broom. Then rinse your mop and bucket and repeat with clean water. Dissolve a cup tri sodium phosphate in 1 gallon of hot water. Sweep vacuum or dust mop regularly to help prevent scratches from dirt and grit.

For stains first try warm water and a soft non metal scrub brush. Dry the fresh and clean floor with a towel which doubles as a floor shine. Fill a mop bucket with boiling hot water. Mop the floor with the solution.

Mop floor in a figure eight motion. Pour over stained cement surface generously and allow to soak 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse with clean water. Step 3 hydrochloric acid.

The dirtiest most resistant aggregate floors might require hydrochloric acid also known as muriatic acid. Spread onto a subfloor the mixture dries into a hard durable covering that can last for years. Add a dash of mild detergent. Graduate to mild soap to strong soap and finally adding ammonia.

For indoor floors clean it with a gallon bucket of hot water mixed with a mild detergent. Treating the flooring as a plastic is the best way to go about cleaning it. Remove soapy residue by rinsing it with clean water and let it dry.