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I am working in a shop that me and my grandpa built about 60 years ago. The concrete floor is still good, but many years of grease and oil seem to have soaked all the way through it. No amount of pressure washing with Awesome, gas or anything will make clean. Your knees get greasy every time your working on something.
Question: Is there any kind of paint or coating that will stay on the oil soaked concrete?

A top coating of concrete!

Its been some time ago but a friend sanded his....so you MIGHT can sand yours, etch it with muriatic acid and then paint with a good grade of epoxy paint. I'd recommend the two part you mix.

Don't really know why, but I always considered completely sanding, grinding, or brushing a complete slab seemed a bridge too far. However, I was in my local Home Depot the other day and noticed they had several of those machines available for rental. Didn't seem ominous at all. Biggest job is going to be cleaning out the shop. Let us know what you end up doing, a lot of guys in the same boat.

Thanks Guys. Yes it's gonna be a pain to move everything out. It is approx. a 32x40 with a workbench all way down one wall (built in). I was thinking of just stopping at the workbench. I am never under there anyway, just storage.
Wayne, I cannot lose much height, My LCF cab lights just barely clear the rafters.

I just read an article in my Handyman magazine on resurfacing old concrete floors. I think Wayne has it right. Before and after photos are amazing and it's only 1/8" thick. They were using Quickcrete resurfacer.

The big problem will be getting the sealer/surfacer to stick to an oil-soaked floor. If you can acquire a supply of Trisodium Phosphate powder, spread a thick layer of it on a damp floor and scrub it in well with a stiff-bristle broom. Let it soak for 30 minutes or so, and wet it down ands scrub again, then hose it away and dry with a squeege. It's surprising how much oil you can wick up that way. Some places have outlawed TSP as a concrete cleaner, thanks to the tree-huggers who think it's some sort of environmental hazard. It's still the best stuff going for degreasing- - - -I use it in a hot-water dip tank for degreasing gun barrels before bluing.
Jerry