Garage Floor Protector
Give
your garage a facelift with a garage floor protector.
Nothing can transform and protect your garage more than
a beautiful rug, mat, paint, or tile. These floor protectors
can hide ugly cracks, chips or stains and in the process
turning your garage into a model showroom with these eye
catching garage floor protectors. The impact of a garage
floor protector will be appreciated for years to come.
Depending
on your choice of protection, you can lay down a mat to
funnel water away from the walk path and outside where it
belongs. If you need to protect your garage floor from oil
stains, anti-freeze or battery acid burns, these products
will do the job. Heck, you can turn your garage into
a party room for the next birthday if you desire.
The
most popular garage floor protection systems are: garage
floor mats, garage floor tiles and epoxy paint for garage
floors. All have their benefits and some drawbacks compared
to each other. Your desire for your garage will play
the most important roll into which garage floor system
you choose.
Garage
Floor Mats
By far
more people choose garage floor mats made by BLT (Better
Life Technologies) than any other brand. They are the world's
leading manufacturer of roll out mats and garage floor protection.
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BLT
is the leading manufacturer of garage mats and
they are marketed under many different brand
names. The beauty of these mats is the fact
that you can install these mats within a matter
of minutes, not hours. They are easy to
clean up and easy to roll up for the summer.
Their life expentency is from 1 year to
5 maybe 10 years.
The
biggest drawback to mats is: they move if you
hit the brakes quickly and they will wear out
quickly if you have a lot of rocks on your driveway.
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But
one thing they do really well and that is protect your garage
floor. One other great benefit of garage floor mats is they
have the ability to channel the water from snow melt and
run it outside the garage where it belongs.
You
will come across the G-Floor Garage Floor Protector and
this mat comes in a variety of colors and sizes, finish
options and it can be overlapped to carpet more areas than
just your vehicle. Garage mats can easily create a
custom look for any garage you encounter.
Garage
Floor Tiles
We cover
this area real well on the other pages of this site:
Garage
Floor Covers,
rubber
garage flooring
Epoxy
Garage Floor Protector
Epoxy
garage floor protection is best applied when the garage
is empty and clean. It is the most expensive garage
floor protector but you can soften the price by using less
coats of the epoxy. By decreasing the amount of coats
you will also lose years of floor protection.
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My
neighbor used an epoxy floor and to make sure
the floor was non-slip they took old paint chips
and threw it onto the epoxy as it was setting
up. I wasn't a believer until after I walked
on the floor when it was dry. Wow, is
all I can say.
Epoxy
floors take the longest to set up and use, but
they are finished once dried. No worries about
mats moving, tiles cracking, etc. this quickly
transforms your garage floors into a play room.
It's like a magetic in attracting people
to the site.
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One
aspect that should be mentioned about epoxy garage floor
protection is snow melt. Because the paint is laid on top
of the cement it is still succeptible to water puddles.
Epoxy is great at protection but not so great at funneling
water outside.
If you
own an older garage floor protector you might want to consider
adding a floor polish for vinyl floors to bring back the
luster and finish of the mat. It sure beats having
to purchase a new one.
After
you add your garage floor protector, you'll be scratching
your head wondering why you didn't do it sooner. You can
pick up epoxy paint at places like Lowes or Home Depot or
even Sears sells a kit.
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