Glycol clean up

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Simply Rad
Simply Rad Posts: 210
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Hi all

I had a glycol leak onto a finish concrete floor and wondering the best way to clean up. Bummer is people saw it for a week before they told me. Thanks for input.
regards Jeffrey

Jeffrey Campbell

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  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Posts: 28,708

    did the color dye in the glycol stain the floor?

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    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Posts: 18,399

    or does it just look wet forever? is it propylene or ethylene glycol?

  • GroundUp
    GroundUp Posts: 2,573

    Same as any other liquid, just mop it up. Unless you're saying it's stained, in which case I've had the best luck with a Purple Power scrub followed by a Dawn Powerwash scrub. Use that for oil and any other stubborn spill on the garage floor as well

  • Simply Rad
    Simply Rad Posts: 210

    the propylene glycol has dried and is a dark stain. The radiant floor dried it. Wish someone would have told me 2 weeks ago

    Jeffrey Campbell
  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Posts: 28,708
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1883506#Comment_1883506

    Bummer! Acid is about the only way I know to get stains that have gone into the concrete

    When we sold our last property the shop floor had oil stains from parking the tractor in there, engine oil and hydraulic oil.

    I went to Concrete Specalities and they sold me an acid based cleaner that brought it back to new looking. I have seen this used on driveway oil stains also.

    I'm not sure about any finish that it has on the slab, and if you would need to reseal it after an acid bath?

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    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
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