{"id":617,"date":"2012-12-19T03:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T03:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/?p=617"},"modified":"2012-12-19T03:01:18","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T03:01:18","slug":"a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guide to Polypropylene Floor Mats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-618\" style=\"float: left;margin: 7px 7px 0px 0px\" alt=\"A Guide to Polypropylene Floor Mats\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/waterhog-logo-mat.png\" \/><\/a>Technological advances have led to vast improvements in materials in recent years.\u00a0 Not only are more durable materials available in large quantities, they are also more affordable.\u00a0 \u00a0One of the recent developments in synthetic materials is polypropylene also known.<\/p>\n<p>Polypropylene is a thermostatic polymer.\u00a0 It is used in production of items that require both flexibility and toughness.\u00a0\u00a0 Products made out of polypropylene are bonded thermally. When drawn into fibers, the synthetic material is used in the production of commercial-grade <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\">floor mats<\/a>. Constructing floor mats with polypropylene has many benefits. To learn more, please visit our article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/outdoor-matting-solutions-polypropylene-mats-vs-carpet\/\">comparing polypropylene mats to carpet mats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the high-grade quality of the material, polypropylene mats are more resistant to fatigue than most fibers.\u00a0 They resist most chemicals, and they are considered to be one of the more rugged materials available.\u00a0 They are excellent <i>weatherproof floor mats<\/i> because they resist wear from mildew, perspiration, rot, and weather. Polypropylene floor mats are easy to clean by either vacuuming or washing them.\u00a0 Because the colors are added during the creation of the fibers, the colors won\u2019t fade.<\/p>\n<h2>How Do Polypropylene Mats Compare with Others?<\/h2>\n<p>The vast array of materials in the market today can make selecting suitable floor mats an overwhelming experience.\u00a0 Do polypropylene mats match your business and home needs?\u00a0 How do other material compare?<\/p>\n<h3>Polyester Mats<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pros:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Polyester mats are popular and affordable alternatives to polypropylene mats.\u00a0 These floor mats are available in a variety of colors and textures.\u00a0 They are non-allergenic.\u00a0 They shed moisture and resist mildew.\u00a0 These days, polyester floor mats are made out of recycled plastic soda bottles.\u00a0 It can be used for both indoor and outdoor use.<\/li>\n<li>Cons:\u00a0\u00a0 Floor mats made out of polyester are susceptible to pilling.\u00a0 They shed.\u00a0 Oil-based stains are difficult to remove.\u00a0\u00a0 They are not as durable as other materials, and would require replacement often.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Rubber Floor Mats<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pros:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rubber mats are durable.\u00a0 They are made of non-porous material.\u00a0 They can last for a lot time.\u00a0 They are also don\u2019t conduct electricity.\u00a0 These floor mats provide cushion and are non-slippery.\u00a0 They are perfect for industrial and manufacturing workstations.<\/li>\n<li>Cons:\u00a0\u00a0 While there is very little working against rubber floor mats, they can be bit heavy and thick.\u00a0 They are not necessarily aesthetically appropriate for all occasions.\u00a0\u00a0 These floor mats are mostly designed for work and gym areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Vinyl Matting Products<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pros:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vinyl is a popular material to use for floor mats.\u00a0 It is inexpensive.\u00a0 It is easy to clean.\u00a0 Regular soap and water can remove stains easily, restoring the floor mat to its original luster.\u00a0 Only the most acerbic of chemicals can damage vinyl.\u00a0 For its price, vinyl makes good floor mats.<\/li>\n<li>Cons: \u00a0 Despite vinyl\u2019s overall appeal, it does not make a good weatherproof mat.\u00a0 It cannot be exposed to sunlight for very long because it has a tendency to fade.\u00a0 The evidence of wear and tear of vinyl floor mats is visible after a few years, meaning replacements are often necessary.\u00a0 It is better for indoor use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>More:<\/strong> Visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/floor-mats-rubber-or-vinyl\">Rubber vs. Vinyl Floor Mats<\/a> article to learn more about the difference between rubber and vinyl safety matting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wool Carpet<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pros:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Undeniably, wool is aesthetically the best material.\u00a0 Its gorgeous colors and luxurious textures make it an easy choice.\u00a0 Wool is an insulator and can help retain heat in rooms.\u00a0 The material also absorbs sound.\u00a0 A wool carpet not only prevents slippage, its artistic value makes these prized items.<\/li>\n<li>Cons:\u00a0\u00a0 While wool carpet offer advantages synthetic floor mats do not, they can be more trouble than they are worth.\u00a0 Because they hold moisture, carpet is prone to shrinking, mold, and mildew.\u00a0 It has static.\u00a0 Unlike floor mats, carpet can have bald spots due to wear.\u00a0 It is also necessary for carpet to be moth-proofed.\u00a0 Due to its high maintenance nature, carpet is not ideal for regular, all-weather use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Polypropylene: The Ultimate Weatherproof Matting Material<\/h3>\n<p>After comparing each material, polypropylene proves to be best material for weatherproof mats.\u00a0 It can be used for indoor and outdoor.\u00a0 Polypropylene floor mats require the most minimal maintenance in comparison to others.\u00a0\u00a0 Because of the multipurpose quality of this fiber and its affordability, it is one of the better choices for floor mat material.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call Eagle Mat today<\/strong> to learn more about commercial-grade safety matting for your place of business. Customer service agents are available at <strong>1-877-333-1018<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/thumbnail-for-excerpts\/tfe_no_thumb.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Technological advances have led to vast improvements in materials in recent years.\u00a0 Not only are more durable materials available in large quantities, they are also more affordable.\u00a0 \u00a0One of the recent developments in synthetic materials is polypropylene also known. Polypropylene is a thermostatic polymer.\u00a0 It is used in production of items that require both flexibility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[135],"tags":[5,262,456,453,186,261,136,341,454,422,455],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.6.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Guide to Polypropylene Floor Mats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Polypropylene is tough material used to make most weatherproof floor mats. Learn more about Polypropylene mats in this article on the Eagle Mat Blog.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Guide to Polypropylene Floor Mats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Polypropylene is tough material used to make most weatherproof floor mats. Learn more about Polypropylene mats in this article on the Eagle Mat Blog.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eagle Mat Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-12-19T03:00:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-12-19T03:01:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/waterhog-logo-mat.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eagle Mat &amp; Floor Products\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eagle Mat &amp; Floor Products\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/\",\"name\":\"A Guide to Polypropylene Floor Mats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-19T03:00:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-12-19T03:01:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3740ba6e69852940243e2ab35917123c\"},\"description\":\"Polypropylene is tough material used to make most weatherproof floor mats. Learn more about Polypropylene mats in this article on the Eagle Mat Blog.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Guide to Polypropylene Floor Mats\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Eagle Mat Blog\",\"description\":\"Powered by Eagle Mat | Step Forward\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3740ba6e69852940243e2ab35917123c\",\"name\":\"Eagle Mat &amp; Floor Products\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/20168d8f7c55179c8d6481134d629861?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/20168d8f7c55179c8d6481134d629861?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Eagle Mat &amp; Floor Products\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Guide to Polypropylene Floor Mats","description":"Polypropylene is tough material used to make most weatherproof floor mats. Learn more about Polypropylene mats in this article on the Eagle Mat Blog.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Guide to Polypropylene Floor Mats","og_description":"Polypropylene is tough material used to make most weatherproof floor mats. Learn more about Polypropylene mats in this article on the Eagle Mat Blog.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/","og_site_name":"Eagle Mat Blog","article_published_time":"2012-12-19T03:00:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-12-19T03:01:18+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/waterhog-logo-mat.png"}],"author":"Eagle Mat &amp; Floor Products","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Eagle Mat &amp; Floor Products","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/","url":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/","name":"A Guide to Polypropylene Floor Mats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-12-19T03:00:48+00:00","dateModified":"2012-12-19T03:01:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3740ba6e69852940243e2ab35917123c"},"description":"Polypropylene is tough material used to make most weatherproof floor mats. Learn more about Polypropylene mats in this article on the Eagle Mat Blog.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-polypropylene-floor-mats\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Guide to Polypropylene Floor Mats"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/","name":"Eagle Mat Blog","description":"Powered by Eagle Mat | Step Forward","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3740ba6e69852940243e2ab35917123c","name":"Eagle Mat &amp; Floor Products","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/20168d8f7c55179c8d6481134d629861?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/20168d8f7c55179c8d6481134d629861?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Eagle Mat &amp; Floor Products"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaglemat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}