Concrete Cleaners Face-Off: The Results May Surprise You...

What Is The Best Concrete Cleaner? Rust-Oleum, Zep, Simple Green, Oil Eater & More...

Today we are taking a look at concrete cleaners. Specifically, Rustoleum Concrete and Driveway Degreaser, Zep Driveway and Concrete Cleaner, Oil Vanish Oil Stain Remover, Oil Eater Cleaner Degreaser, Simple Green Concrete and Driveway Cleaner. We are going to compare all of these products to one another and to a large electric pressure washer to see how that compares to these cleaners.

For the testing I used each one of these cleaners and degreasers at the manufacturers recommended dilution ratios for heavy cleaning. Each test area was treated with 12oz of cleaner, the area was brushed with a broom for 2 minutes, another 12oz of cleaner was applied, scrubbed for another 2 minutes and finally rinsed.

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00:00 Intro
00:03 Products that I'm testing
0:38 Condition/type of dirt on the floor.
1:45 Oil Stain Testing Results
2:20 Information about the test procedures
3:54 Pressure Washer
4:49 Simple Green Concrete & Driveway Cleaner
5:38 Oil Eater Degreaser
6:38 Oil Vanish Oil Stain Remover
7:51 Zep Driveway and Concrete Cleaner
8:43 Rustoleum Cleaner and Degreaser for Concrete.
9:38 Before/After of the floor
11:25 Outro

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Links to the cleaners used in this video:

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[Mikeexteriorcleaning]

As a pressure cleaning business, I can tell you that using a degreaser along with my 4000psi petrol powered pressure washer will outdo any of the products alone. Combining pressure washing and a cleaner is ideal compared to one or the other.

[unclebs]

I have used Purple Power and Citrus Cleaner from the dollar Tree at full strength. I scrub with a broom and use a power washer at 2700 PSI. I clean the garage floor every spring to remove the Michigan salt from the winter!

[mysterysniper]

for concrete cleaners for oil I have personally used pour and restore on an very old oil stain and it does exactly what it says it really penetrates and removes the oil down deep. where some cleaners clean slightly below the surface and the oil seeps up over time. The con it takes overnight or until it dries out. But it is worth the wait. Just to let the audience know

[edt]

It would have been interesting to take one of the sections that came out marginally (e.g. Simple Green) and re-clean it with the Rust-oleum to validate the results were all about he quality of the cleaner, and not variations in the kinds/severity of stains on he different sections. Thanks for a great video.

[deltabravo]

Thanks for the re-upload. I was going to watch the video when I got home from work last night and saw that it vanished.

[bigtsperspective]

I work in a heavy equipment repair shop. We use zep heavy duty . 👍

[Swimdeep]

If you’ve ever watched one of those area carpet cleaning videos? Amazing. Virtually every really dirty surface needs a cleaner/solvent appropriate for the surface/stain, agitation, and high pressure rinsing (power washer/hi-pressure hose). Thanks for the comparison test.

[RepairGeek]

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[feldredge]

Rustoleum 1 gallon of sprayable product for $20.
Zep is roughly 11+ gallons of sprayable product for $30

[danielk]

Tide Professional Commercial Powder Laundry Detergent would make that floor look new. We use to use it to clean the concrete at a Huge Truck Stop for oil and diesel spills.

[richardc]

Not much experience in cleaning concrete floors, but an old timmer used gas poured on affected area. Then covered in oil dry and let it sit. When he was finished the oil dry was reusable and the oil stains were gone. Hope this helps

[roadmound]

My experience on cleaning non-coated concrete against motor oil, transmission oil, gear-box oil, power steering oil.. Best cleaner without hesitation is Brakes’ Cleaner... Spraying directly from the can.... For Lanolin (Blaster’s Surface Shield), Brakes’ Cleaner didn’t work... I will try what Repair Geek recommends.... I will leave my comments after that.

[wassimk]

for concrete, you need at least 3, 200 PSI or more, which can only come from gas-powered pressure washers.

[yazming]

Rust Oleum it is!!!
Keep Up The Great Work 💪 💯

[stefanp]

Straight to the point. The next project farm!

[scottsheck]

Now use the rustoleum on all of the floor and see if it all
Looks as clean. That would really be convincing and a great final test.

[pjames]

One other option I recently tried is oxi-clean, max force (laundry stain remover) spray bottle.

[savage]

There’s a place called the “Janitors closet” here in Salt Lake City, where I live. They sell a De-Greaser that has absolutely decimated every cleaner/de-greaser I’ve ever tried. Even the stuff made for Parts washers that’s more expensive. I don’t recall if is his in-House blend or if it’s from one of his suppliers. Either way, They sell it in quarts, 1 gallon jugs and 55 gallon drums I believe. I’m not sure if they will ship it or not. I don’t know why they. wouldn’t. You need to get ahold of a gallon and see what you think.

[themessygarage]

Thanks for a great vid brother - clear, zero hype and really interesting. Thanks!