Browse our wide selection of chair mats to protect the floor in your office from being damaged. In addition to extending the life of your carpet, these chair mats make it easier to slide your office chair around the room and offer increased comfort. Many of the chair mats feature a transparent finish, so the design of your carpet can still be seen for a congruent look. With Quill Brand chair mats designed for carpet or hardwood floors, you can select chair mats that are suitable for your workplace.Maintain the professional appearance of your office and avoid costly carpet replacement bills by using the chair mats to stop the casters on your chair from scratching the floor. Larger mats are also available, so you can position them under heavy furniture to stop the weight from damaging the floor. During bad weather or periods of heavy foot traffic, prevent people from tracking mud and footprints by placing a long plastic floor runner in the hallway. Comfortably walk across your chair mat or move a mobile cabinet across the room, as many of the chair mats feature anti-slip coatings and rounded edges.
By making it easier to move your chair, these mats reduce fatigue and ensure you don't have to grab the arm rests on your chair for increased control while trying to move away from your desk. With a chair mat in your office, the casters on your office chair can easily slide, so you can comfortably move around the room. Stay comfortable while working long hours with a thick chair mat that offers additional padding. In addition to increased protection, a padded mat can help reduce aches and pains.Available in various colors, these chair mats are easy to coordinate with your current furnishings. Decorate your office with different colored mats to give each area a unique aura. Give your office an uplifting, lively look with a blue or red chair mat to create an environment that cultivates creativity and inspiration. Choose a brown, clear or silver chair mat for your waiting room to give the room a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere to keep people cozy while waiting for their appointments.The increased mobility offered with a chair mat allows you to get more work accomplished, as you can quickly move from your computer to the file cabinet to retrieve documents.
Avoid tired legs by using a chair mat to easily move around your office. As your comfort level increases, you'll be able to work for a longer period of time and with increased mental clarity.Many of our chair mats are partially or completely made with recycled materials. Do your part to protect the environment by choosing from our large selection of high-quality, environmentally friendly products.Your mat has been rolled to allow economical and timely delivery. When vinyl mats are rolled they take on a “memory”” of that rolled shape and may be difficult to unroll when cold. The following precautions will protect your mat from cracking while enabling you to put it to use as soon as possible.Vinyl becomes more pliable with heat, so the warmer the mat the quicker it will lay flat. Also, the thicker the mat, the longer it will take for the mat to lay flat. Always allow your mat to warm up thoroughly to (at least) room temperature before attempting to unroll your mat. After the mat has warmed up, carefully unroll it and place it on the floor with the “bow” up (studs/cleats down), adding weight to hold the mat in place if necessary.
The mat should gradually flatten over a period of a few hours ( thicker mats could take longer). Try placing it in a small warm room (maybe a bathroom) or near a sunny window. Ideally once the temperature reaches approximately 80 degrees the mat will begin to relax quicker. At that point you can lay it flat bow side up. Add weight on top of the mat as needed. Option #2 Warm Weather Method Place your mat on a smooth flat surface outside in the sun on a warm sunny day until it flattens (check it every 15 minutes). After it relaxes and is flat move it to a flat cooler area (in the shade or indoors) until it cools and becomes more rigid. Now your mat is ready for installation. If you have any questions or need assistance please contact us. Option #3 Cold Conditions and .220 or Thicker Mats While the mat is still rolled in the box and standing on it’s end cut a hole in the middle of the top of the box. The hole should be big enough to allow the end of a portable hair dyer to be inserted.
Place the end of the dryer that the warm air comes out of in the hole and turn the dryer on. Place the dryer so that the air will blow down the center of the rolled mat. Check the inside of the mat every 5 minutes to see if the mat is beginning to warm. The process of heating the interior core of the mat should take no longer than 15-20 minutes. Once the core is warm take the mat out of the box and place the mat bow up on the floor. You will now need to heat the remainder of the mat. This can be done by slowly blowing warm air with hair dryer over the remainder of the mat. Starting with the warm area of the mat and working out toward the cool and rigid area of the mat. Move the hair dryer back and forth across sections of the mat until that sections warms and starts to relax. Repeat this process until the mat is completely relaxed. This process is recommended for thicker mats in cool climates. Putting weight on top of the mat can help speed the process. Please follow all manufacturer use and safety guidelines provided by hair dryer manufacturer.
Use extreme caution when using any of the suggested methods for relaxing your mats. They are only suggestions and we are not responsible for accidents or damage resulting from the use of any of these methods. You use them at your own risk. Showing 1 - 11 Neat Solutions® Disney® Pixar CARS Meal and Play Floor Mat Baby & Kids > Nursing & Feeding > High Chairs High Chairs > High Chairs KidKusion® Giraffe Splat Mat Neat Solutions® Disney® Princesses Meal and Play Floor Mat Disney Princess > Disney Princess Sesame Street > Sesame Street Baby & Kids > Nursing & Feeding > Accessories Nursing & Feeding > All Nursing & Feeding guzzie + Guss® Perch Silicone Place Mat in Pink Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
63 posts, read 242,662 times 9,280 posts, read 18,996,586 times 29,988 posts, read 30,908,357 times 4,729 posts, read 7,373,875 times Originally Posted by MissingAll4Seasons Re-purposing is the only environmentally responsible recycling of any plastic. Everything else is energy and resource consumptive which is by definition anti-green. Plastic floor mats, office or vehicle, without the grippies make good replacements for the flaps on pet doors... or if, like me, your dog is bigger than most manufactured doors and you have to make your own. My sister's neighbor uses one with the grippies in the door she made for her pygmy goats -- they get a free grooming everytime they go in or out of the barn I think cats would love a squre with grippies attached to a corner so they can rub/scratch their cheeks. All those things can get expensive to buy, but could easily and cheaply be made from a repurposed plastic floor mat. 130 posts, read 39,654 times Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum.