One common misconception with garage flooring is that many people think they only need some kind of garage floor covering if they perform auto or mechanical work on a regular basis in their garage. This could not be further from the truth. In reality, a garage floor cover, including garage floor tile, garage floor mats, garage floor epoxy and more, has countless benefits, regardless of what you actually use your garage for.

The Pros of Covering your Garage Floor

The biggest benefit to utilizing a garage flooring solution is that it will keep your floor looking clean and bright for many years to come. Daily wear and tear on a garage floor can be brutal. Whether you use your garage as a workshop space or simply for parking the cars—oil stains, gas leaks, dirt accumulation and other dings and dents can age a garage floor faster than most people think.

By installing a garage floor cover, your floor is protected at all times, and very easily cleaned when the need arises. Many garage flooring options even come equipped with a light scent, which can be extremely effective for covering up the smell of oil and gasoline which can quickly build up in a garage when it is closed off. A garage floor cover will keep your garage looking and smelling great at all times!

Garage Flooring Options

Garage flooring options today come in a number of varieties. From garage floor mats to garage floor tiles, containment mats and garage floor paint and epoxy—your options are virtually endless!

Cleaning up dirt, oil and other common garage floor debris can really be a nightmare. You can scrub and scrub all day long and skill not make much progress in removing a stain. Installing a garage floor cover can all but eliminate the hassle of keeping your garage floor looking great at all times. Selecting the most effective garage flooring option is as simple as choosing the product that works best in your specific space.

A great flooring option for most everyday garages is garage floor tile. While garage floor tile is a lot different that the tile you would find inside your home, the idea behind it is the same, and installation is MUCH easier since no adhesives are required in order to install the tile over concrete!  Most garage floor tiles are simply interlocked with each their. BLT also makes a self stick garage floor tile

You can easily tile your entire garage floor in one weekend afternoon! Once installed, garage floor tile makes cleaning your garage floor a piece of cake! With just a little soap and water, stains, dirt and debris are a thing of the past in only minutes! Garage floor tile is available in a wide array of options and patterns, so you can select the great looking option that works best for you!

Garage Floor Mats

Another technique for covering and protecting your garage floor, but only in specific areas, is by using a garage floor mat. Available in a range of sizes and textures, you can utilize a garage floor mat underneath your entire car, or just under the tires. This will ensure that all the mud or snow that the tires drag in, or any fluid which may leak from the car, falls on the mat and not on the garage floor. This prevents any unsightly garage floor stains. Garage floor mats are also great for basements and workshops.

The surface of most garage floor mats is made of tough and non porous PVC which is created out of a special formula and protects against usual contaminants, salt, and oil spills, which are all commonly present in most garages and workshop spaces. Garage floor containment mats also have raised plastic edges, enabling them to hold gallons of water, coolant, mud, and liquid oil at a time. As a result, slush does not spread onto the uncovered areas of the floor.

Garage floor mats are incredibly easy to install, and can be cut into any shape you need. When the time comes to clean your garage floor mats, simply take them out into the yard and hose them down, and scrub with a little soap and water if necessary. It’s really that easy!

Garage Floor Coatings

Another great and increasingly popular option for protecting your garage floor, basement or workshop floor is by using a garage floor coating. Garage floor paint and epoxy differs from garage tile and garage floor mats in that it goes on as a liquid, coating your garage floor with thick, durable layers of uncompromised floor protection.

An entire average sized floor space can be covered with a garage floor epoxy in less than a weekend. With several shades of epoxy available, as well as color flakes, you can create virtually any look you desire for your space! Depending on which floor coating you choose, many require multiple coats and have differing drying times; however, in the end you will have a garage floor that not only looks great, but can stand up to just about anything you throw at it!

Utilizing the endless benefits of a garage floor covering is not only a great investment, but it will give you a beautiful garage floor to enjoy for many, many years to come!

One of the questions we get asked most often is what type of pattern and what type of product people should use in a garage that is used for more than just parking cars. Our customers want to know everything from what type of pattern they should use to if a garage floor mat or a garage floor tile or even an epoxy will best fit their needs.

We’ve used both garage floor mats and garage floor tiles without issues in workshop type environments. I think the choice between a mat and a tile is a matter of personal preference and I am hard pressed to find an absolute reason why someone should ALWAYS use one over the other.

I do believe that picking the proper garage floor pattern and even color is important. First, the concept of white garage flooring is something that blows me away. Most people would not consider putting white carpet in their kids room yet they consider white garage flooring in the garage –probably not the best idea. Our experience shows that the silver and grey do the best job of hiding dirt and debris.

If you are going to be rolling a toolbox, a chair or sliding underneath a car I recommend the coin pattern as my first choice. You could go with a smooth tile or Levant mat but that would leave some questions as to traction. The diamond tile looks sharp and when it comes to appearance is by far my favorite. If, however, you are constantly rolling items with a small wheel base, the diamond pattern tends to be a little loud and provide a little more ‘friction’ then the coin pattern garage flooring products.

It is amazing how many customers absolutely love the BLT garage floor mat and April was no exception. Sales of the BLT garage floor mat by JNK Products, LLC nearly doubled over the previous month. Here are a couple reasons why our customers LOVE the G Floor Garage floor mat from Better Life Technology.

à        The BLT garage floor mat is time tested and continues to be the largest seamless garage flooring available on the market.

à        The BLT garage floor mat is available in the standard ribbed pattern, coin pattern, diamond pattern and smooth Levant pattern.

à        The Better Life Technology garage floor mat does not use cheap fillers and is made in the USA.

à        Pound for Pound the Better Life Technology is one of the most affordable garage flooring products on the market.

à        The Coin and Ribbed patterns come in six colors

à        The Diamond Pattern is now available in metallic silver.

à        Unlike garage floor epoxy, the BLT garage floor mat requires little floor preparation

à        The ribbed pattern garage floor mat contains moisture, dirt and debris protecting your concrete slab and minimizing mess.

à        JNK Products is STILL the leading online distributor of BLT garage floor mats.

à        BLT garage floor mats are easy to install and can be cut with a utility knife

à        JNK Products ALWAYS offers free samples of Garage Floor Mats from BLT

à        BLT garage floor mats are available in residential, commercial and commercial grades.

à        BLT Garage Floor mats can be as large as 10’ wide and as long as 60’