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Sunday, September 28, 2008


by SwissTrax


Garage floors chipped, cracked or stained? Swisstrax interlocking garage floor tiles are the perfect solution for garage flooring,, workshops, motorcycle mats, showroom & tradeshows, exhibits, aircraft hangars and more. Our garage floor tiles are a cost effective alternative to epoxy or other coatings – looking better and lasting longer.

Perfect for garage floors, and many more flooring applications – Swisstrax interlocking garage floor tile has superior rollover strength, able to support automobiles, boats and aircrafts. It is oil resistant, and impervious to gas and all automotive chemicals, as well as bacteria, mold and mildew.

Swisstrax garage floor tiles are a non slip, skid resistant interlocking flooring that is easy to clean, and creates an excellent environment for your garage floor, workshop and/or storage environment.

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Monday, September 1, 2008

Do You Need Garage Floor Coverings?

Garage Floor Coverings for any purpose!


By Tony Collins

You may think that you would only need garage floor coverings if you do any mechanical work on your car in the garage. Coverings for the floor of the garage are beneficial in many ways. They keep the garage floor looking bright and clean and many of the coverings have a fresh scent that eliminates the odor of gasoline that is quite common in garages when the door is closed. They come in many different shapes and sizes and are available in different kinds of material.


The type of covering you purchase really depends on how much of the floor you want to cover. There are coverings that you roll out to cover the entire floor. These are available in various widths and the wider ones have overlapping flaps that make it easier to join the seams so that the floor will appear as if it was laid in one piece. The wider widths of flooring do not have the flaps, but when the edges are butted together, you will still get the seamless effect. The flooring helps keep the mud from outside from getting tracked all over the concrete floor, which is much harder to clean. With this flooring, all you have to do is wash it off with an ordinary cleaner and water.

You can get tiles for the garage floor as well. These are not the same as the flooring tiles you use in the house because you don't need any additives to make them stick to the concrete. They are in squares that you match end to end and if you want to make sure that there are no open seams, you can seal them with construction adhesive. You do have to wipe the excess adhesive from the tiles, but rubbing alcohol does this removal quite well.

If you only want a small area of the floor covered, you can get small mats to fit under the tires of the car or under the whole car. Inside the garage all the mud and snow from the street will melt onto the garage floor, causing a stain when you move the car. Also, you never know when some fluid may leak from the vehicle and stain the floor.


To some people, the garage is their workshop, so they want to be as clean as possible. You want everything to be neat and tidy and prevent accidents caused by slipping on wet concrete. The flooring that is suitable for garages is slip-resistant, which eliminates any danger of slipping and the cushioning effect of the flooring is quite comfortable for walking or standing on.

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Do Not Let Your Garage Floor Get Damaged, If You Can Help It



By John Sheppard

Almost everyone that lives in a house has a garage. But not everyone cares about their garage. And let's be honest, most of the garages don't look too well. Some people really don't care because they think that the garage is only for storage or for the car and that no one can see how the garage looks. However, I am sure that people who spend a lot of time in their garage, usually end up spending a lot of time working on their vehicle, and they do care a lot about how their garage looks.

If you spend a lot of time in your garage, your garage door will be open very often. It is very likely that everyone who passes by will see your garage and what's inside it. That's why you want to make a change and make your garage look much better. The first thing which will drastically change the look of your garage is a garage floor coating.

If you install a coating on your garage floor, this will have many advantages. The fact that it makes it look better isn't the only good thing about garage floor coatings. If your concrete is damaged or has cracks or uneven spots, a garage floor coating will hide everything. Not only that, but it will also protect your concrete from further deterioration.

Another thing you will love to hear if you work a lot in your garage is that a garage floor coating will be much easier to clean than the concrete itself. Working on a vehicle can end up with spilling all kinds of fluids like oil on the floor, which are very hard to remove from the concrete. If you have a garage floor coating, you will be able to remove any stains without a headache.

There are more types of garage floor coatings. Some of them are: epoxy garage floor coating, vinyl garage floor coating, interlocking garage floor coating, roll over floor coating and so on. The most common and one of the best garage floor coatings is the epoxy garage floor coating. It isn't very easy to install, you have to watch out for a few things before you install it, but if you do it right it will last for a very long time and it will protect the concrete very well. Moreover, it will give your garage a gorgeous look. So, if you want your garage to look good, the first thing to do is install a garage floor coating.

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