Swisstrax, Inc., Gets You in on the Ground Floor of Innovative Garage Flooring Designs

Diamondtrax Flooring Tiles by Swisstrax, Inc. provides a non-slip, affordable, easy to clean flooring solution for your cracked, chipped and stained concrete flooring areas. Perfect for garages, patios, decks, exhibits, displays, showrooms and even aircraft hangars our flooring is the right solution for your flooring needs, new colors, new styles and a new website. Come to the newly designed website and design your custom floor online.

Swisstrax, Inc. offers a practical and modern alternative to standard concrete and epoxy garage flooring. Randy Nelson, President, is pleased to announce the newest developments for the company. First, it has revamped its website, making it more user-friendly, informative and streamlined. The website address is still the same, www.swisstrax.com. We look forward to comments on how we can continue to make the internet service better. Also, this fall, we are moving to a 9200 square foot warehouse. This will enable Swisstrax to offer a faster shipping turnaround time for our customers and partners, by keeping our best selling products like Diamondtrax Interlocking floor tiles constantly in stock.


Garage Floor with Diamondtrax Flooring
Diamondtrax flooring tiles, one of the top sellers for residential and commercial applications, provide a non-slip, affordable, easy to clean flooring surface that is resistant to chemicals, gas, oil and other common automotive liquids. Unlike concrete or epoxy, Diamondtrax tiles do not chip or crack nor do they require noxious floor stripping chemicals or time consuming concrete patching. The Diamondtrax tiles have a compressive strength of 5120 psi, which means it is more than able to stand up to whatever vehicles, motorcycles, or equipment placed on it. Swisstrax Inc. stands behind it's product with a 12 year warranty and the corporate headquarters is staffed with professional, knowledgeable people who are quick to answer any questions. The simple snap together design of these interlocking tiles make the entire installation quick and uncomplicated enough for the do-it-yourselfer, but there are distributors in most major metropolitan areas to assist with installation. The 14 colors offered in the Diamondtrax product line allow consumers to be creative with personalized floor designs, whether matching an automobiles paint scheme or creating a custom design that shows off favorite team colors. For those who are passionate about cars and want to travel with a custom vehicle, this flooring is 100% portable.

For additional information, please contact Randy Nelson, President of Swisstrax, Inc. toll-free at 866-748-7940 or visit us online at www.swisstrax.com and request a sample of Diamondtrax flooring.

Give garage floor a new look and extended life

Garage Floor Tiles
WOW!

by Frank Wagner/Copley News Service

Once you open the door, the garage becomes the most visible part of your home. With proper care, its floor can make a difference in how the world sees your house.

The garage floor can take a beating with oil, salt and other substances being tracked in and ground into unprotected concrete. Floor coverings can not only change the appearance, but extend the life of the garage floor.

A simple coat of latex paint is watertight. It resists stains and protects the floor from things that are tracked into the garage. There are more ambitious coverings that can add to your garage's appeal and protect it from the world around it.


EPOXY
Epoxy is an economic way for the do-it-yourselfer to give the garage a face-lift. "Anyone can do it," says Nicole Richter of Epoxy-Coat of Mount Clemons, Mich. "Even I can do it."

Make sure the epoxy you buy is formulated for garage floors (wall epoxy uses different formulations that aren't as well-suited to garage floors). "Ours is a two-part epoxy," says Richter. "There are resins and hardener that you mix." There are also nonslip oxides applied after the epoxy is spread.

The resins, which give the epoxy its hue, come in two standard colors: gray and tan. Other colors are available as options.

Generally, according to Richter, one person will need two days to apply the epoxy. The first day is prepping the floor using a diamond grinder or a sander with 8-grit paper to remove oil and other stains.

The second day is spent mixing and applying the epoxy with a squeegee and nap roller, usually in 10-by-12 sections. Later, nonslip aluminum oxide or colored flakes are added.

Materials run $265 --- an additional $20 for nonstandard colors -- for a two-car garage. According to Richter, the epoxy carries a lifetime warranty against peeling and hot-tire marks; the oxide and flakes are warranted for five years.


FLOOR MATS
Perhaps the simplest way to revamp your floor is with a mat. Mats are sturdy, stain-resistant means of protection and quickly installed.

According to David Begley of Better Life Technology in Lexena, Kan., maker of G-Floor mats, a mat will "hide cracks and stains, is cheaper than epoxy and we think (it is) superior."

The G-Floor standard grade is designed for residential use. According to Begley, mats were originally the width of vehicles, but as more people wanted to cover entire garage floors, the company started making alternative sizes; 20-foot deep mats are available in sizes ranging now from 7 ½ to 10 feet in width, so two mats will cover a two-car garage.

A mat does not require any preparation or adhesive; once you get it in the garage you unroll it and the floor is covered.

Mats come in six colors and a clear one is being developed to protect floors with epoxy coatings. Prices range from $135 at Sam's Club to $210 on the Internet for a 7 ½-by-20 mat. The mats typically last 10 to 15 years, according to Begley.


FLOOR PROTECTORS
A more elaborate variation on the mat is the interlocking modular floor. Like most mats, floor protectors tend to be of made polyvinyl, a flexible PVC.

The protectors consist of nonslip squares that interlock, much like a jigsaw puzzle, and don't require adhesives. Most residential applications can be done in about four or five hours.

Squares can be mixed and matched to create lines, checkerboards or other patterns. One maker, On the Edge Marketing, has tiles with auto logos, including Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge and Mustang. Another maker, Swisstrax, can create a custom logo.

Each tile costs $4 to $7.50. Swisstrax warrants its product for 12 years; a competing product made by On the Edge Marketing carries a 10-year warranty.