Krauss Surface Saver

1. What is it?	It is a mat that you place on your garage floor and drive onto.

2. What is the purpose of the mat?	It protects and saves your garage floor from contamination.
	ie: gas, oil, antifreeze, salt, and water

3. How does the mat contain the fluids?
	The perimeter is raised approximately 3/4 of an inch.

4. What is in the raised perimeter? Will it break down?
	It is a 3/4' nylon rope, sealed in the perimeter. We tested different materials and found that the rope could be driven over without serious compaction or cracking in -35 degrees Celsius or +35 degrees Celsius. The nylon rope also allows the mat to be rolled up for shipping or storage.

5. Why 3/4" rope?	We found the 1/2" rope did not have enough height to contain as much water and a 1" rope was too high, some vehicle tires would try to push the mat forward before rolling over the raised edge.


6. What is the expected life of the mat?
	This product is new and has been tested since 1996. It is our estimation that under normal conditions, the Surface Saver should last many years.

7. Can a vehicle have studded tires?
	We do not recommend it.

8. What is it made of?
	The material is a vinyl coated polyester weave with a U.V coating to protect it from the sun.

9. How heavy and thick is the material? What colors are available?
	The material is 22 oz per square yard and the color is green.

10. What sizes?	We stock: 7.5'x19.5' / 7.5'x18' / 7.5x16' size mats.
	We stock: 7.5'x19.5' / 7.5'x18' / 7.5x16' size mats.

11. Any assembly involved? No assembly required.

12. Warranty?	6 months on workmanship.

13. How heavy is a standard size?
	The mat weighs approximately 34 lbs. and package size is about 2' x 3'.

14. How do you clean the mat?
	You could use a wet vac, a pump, a broom or a waterhose. Wet vac works well.

15. Is the Krauss Surface Saver patented?
	U.S. patent # 6165591
	Canadian Patent # 2,219,749

16. Is the Mat glued to the floor?
	No, the mat is portable and can be moved easily.