subject: Your Garage Mat Is Worth More Than You Think [print this page] You may have seen the television commercial where the homeowner has to press the car's remote before she can actually find the vehicle within an overly cluttered garage. While this may be a funny commercial, to many people it strikes close to home, as their garage is simply a mess. It's not too late to do your spring cleaning and make that room somewhere to be proud of again.
Don't be overwhelmed if your garage is cluttered beyond belief. It certainly is an extensive operation but you need to start by removing everything and making three significant piles. The first is for items that you absolutely need to keep, the second is for Goodwill, the third is for garbage. Be ruthless and throw out what you really do not need.
After you have taken everything out of your room, you will be able to see what you need to do. Look at the floor and see how much has accumulated over time. You need to remove stains from the floor as if you leave them, they can take away from your value when you put the property on the market for sale.
A lot of abrasive chemicals may be needed to remove stains and muck from the floor and this will entail a lot of work. You don't want to be doing this again, anytime in the future and this is the time to place a garage mat on the floor.
You seem to be taking your car to the car wash very often and cannot believe how dirty it gets, so quickly. A lot of this muck gets taken into your garage every time you come home from a rainy trip to the store. A real mess can accumulate very quickly and unless you have a garage mat in place, you will be cleaning more than anything else.
Made from polypropylene, the garage mat will absorb all the dirty water, grit and dirt that comes in with your car. You will be able to vacuum this out once the mat has dried and keep the room in great condition, throughout.
By keeping everything in its place and putting a garage mat beneath every vehicle, your garage will look functional and impressive. Garage mats are attractive to the eye and can be configured for any situation, most notably saving all that backbreaking cleanup work in future.
Your garage should not be a repository for junk. Are you really sure that you want to keep all of that stuff that's already in there? This is a place for your trucks and cars to be stored and if you have a garage mat beneath each vehicle, you need not worry about the maintenance of the room so much and can be proud of it once again.
