I am a newbie here. I have a problem that I have not been able to get an answer to by searching the internet. I figure there are a lot of people in this forum who can probably help me. I want to use the Rust-o-leum 2 part expoxy on my garage floor; however, the previous owner of my house sprayed his auto tires with armour all in the garage and have tried several things but nothing has removed the armour all. I have pressure washed the floor, cleaned it with the cleaner that came with the rust-o-leum product, cleaned the floor with Behr garage floor cleaner and degreaser, cleaned with TSP and sanded the floor. Nothing has removed the armour all. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks.
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My guess is that Armor All has silicone in it and that is notoriously hard to get rid of. Maybe the folks at Knots may know what to do, because silicone will cause "fisheye" in many finishes. Have you tried TSP? Not sure it would work either, but it does work on lots of other things. Maybe a petroluem distillate like lacquer thinner would remove it?
Check out the vinyl tile/flooring section of your local big box store for cleaner. The stuff I've used, made to strip heavy wax buildup, seemed like it would have stripped glue.
If that don't work... Acetone. Muriactic acid (watch out for splashing). Ammonium (watch out for fumes). Glue or paint stripper.
Or, if it is silicon-based, some specialty automotive cleaners strip silicon.
Regards,
Tim Ruttan
You might try asking at your local body shops or car dealerships/used car lots. Car detailers might know.
Take a torch to it then clean again.
Not sure whether this would make even more of a mess, but I've read that Coke will remove Armor All when it's acccidentally gotten on windshields, etc... Maybe it's the Phosphoric acid? You could try a solution of that maybe?
Edited 9/29/2004 8:53 am ET by PaulB
I have 4 patches of it on my drive way that have been there for 30 years, dont think anything will take it off. All you can do is seal it in with something the epoxy will stick to. Check with the epoxy Co's tech folks.