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Flexible rubber tiles in garage?

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Has anyone used flexible rubber tiles in there garage?
1- Do they stay clean?
2- Does water seep through them?
3- Will your floor get moldy?
4- Do tires stick to them in hot weather?
5- Will cleaning products bother them?
Looking for good and bad points to these tiles. I will be detailing cars in the garage. Thanks
 
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Do a few searches there are a ton of threads about plastic tiles on here. I can only vouch for Race Deck Free Flow tiles.
 

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Has anyone used flexible rubber tiles in there garage?
1- Do they stay clean?
2- Does water seep through them?
3- Will your floor get moldy?
4- Do tires stick to them in hot weather?
5- Will cleaning products bother them?
Looking for good and bad points to these tiles. I will be detailing cars in the garage. Thanks

First and foremost I think it is very important to understand that these are PVC NOT Rubber. We and many others do sell rubber products but they are not meant for vehicular use.

1- Do they stay clean?

Not by themselves :) but if you take care of them as provided in the instructions you can keep them looking new for years. More comments below.

2- Does water seep through them?

Tuff seal are GUARANTEED to be water tight when properly installed. Many of us do not need a true watertight installation. TrueLock PVC tiles are almost impenetrable

3- Will your floor get moldy?

You can find posts from me going back on this forum for what has to be about a decade --although my previous posts were at a different company. In that time I have never seen it happen. Not once.

4- Do tires stick to them in hot weather?

No, however, PVC can be stained by some times, sometimes. Typically not if you follow the instructions below, and if they do, its typically just replacing a single tile or so.


5- Will cleaning products bother them?

No, but the best way to clean them is to finish them with Hilway Direct Plus ((or gloss if your so inclined) and then use their product for continued cleaning. With the plus line you simply dilute an ounce and use that for cleaning.
 

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keep in mind another consideration to with 'Rubber' flooring for a garage is the smell that will permeate throughout your garage and could even linger into the house.
 
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keep in mind another consideration to with 'Rubber' flooring for a garage is the smell that will permeate throughout your garage and could even linger into the house.

Excellent point. Fortunately, I believe the OP was just confused between PVC and Rubber. They are actually looking at a PVC product. That said, rubber is not as bad as it used to be -- but its still not for vehicular use. We've worked with a company that makes major national brands for commercial gyms and come up with a product that is much lower odor and very low off gassing. So much so that it has gotten major national accreditation from various 'green' agencies
 
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Tuff-Seal is exactly what i was thinking of. Has anyone used them and what are your thoughts of them.
 

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I have saw some pretty hefty prices on epoxy flooring and even higher prices on a good tile job. I have looked at both and just to get my 30 yr. old floor ready for either job is a major undertaking. Years of oil drips, slush and salt has pitted my floor so I would first have to fix that. The tile job I wanted to have done would have been around $ 5500.00. Tuff-Seal is exactly what I will do around $ 3500.00 and no prep. My floor is dead level and no drain so I need a tight seal.
 

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