I've noticed that rain and water draining off the car in the garage seem to remain on the floor without drying. It's gonna get only worse with snow and sludge. Heard something about using a shop vac but are there other solutions?
Wet Garage Floor
- Thread starter thewaterboy
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Mops, work well 
It come down to ventilation really, improve that and the garage will dry quicker.
On a dry day, open your garage and put the car in the driveway and let it air out for a bit.
You could look into getting a floor drain for your garage, not an easy or cheap fix in the short term but it will help.
Also, how cluttered is your Garage, if there is too much stuff in there it will affect air circulation as well, so get cleaning and organizing.
Or, as soon as you get the car in the Garage, give it a quick wipe with an old towel.
It come down to ventilation really, improve that and the garage will dry quicker.
On a dry day, open your garage and put the car in the driveway and let it air out for a bit.
You could look into getting a floor drain for your garage, not an easy or cheap fix in the short term but it will help.
Also, how cluttered is your Garage, if there is too much stuff in there it will affect air circulation as well, so get cleaning and organizing.
Or, as soon as you get the car in the Garage, give it a quick wipe with an old towel.
If your garage floor is porous cement it may have 3 or 4 times the surface area of a smooth floor. It is acting like a sponge to soak up a large quantity of water. Go to Home Depot and get a two part epoxy floor coating and seal the floor. It makes it easier to squeegee the water off and the floor will not hold as much moisture.
Drying depends on humidity. Unless you're heating your garage (accidentally or intentionally) that should be pretty much the same as outside, when the weatherstripped door is open. While it's raining, that's close to 100%, it won't dry. With the door closed and waste heat from the car and house raising the temperature, the water starts to dry. But that raises the humidity. Since the garage isn't really heated the humidity gets to 100% real soon, so drying stops. Even if it stops raining outside, on the inside that sealed door maintains a different micro-climate. Ventilate your garage better, and move the moisture out. How do you expect it to leave if you don't?
Once it's consistently below freezing, if the snow and snard lumps melt, it means you're losing house heat to the outside. A good thing only if that's how you want to make them disappear. Better you should slide them out on a shovel. And you'll still want ventilation to move the moist air onwards.
Once it's consistently below freezing, if the snow and snard lumps melt, it means you're losing house heat to the outside. A good thing only if that's how you want to make them disappear. Better you should slide them out on a shovel. And you'll still want ventilation to move the moist air onwards.
