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- Absorbent car-park pad
- For protecting garage floor from car-related grime
- Absorbs up to 80 gallons of water, salt, sand, battery acid, antifreeze, etc.
- Cleans easily; 1-inch raised flexible edge on all 4 sides
- 20-mil vinyl; 18 by 7-1/3 feet
Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
If you've ever lived through a winter on the East Coast, you understand that the floor of your garage can accumulate a large amount of water, dirt, salt, sand and so on in a short amount of time. Even if you live in an area where the winters are less savage, all it takes is a loose hose or worn gasket for your car to leak fluids.
The solution to keeping your garage floor clean and containing the nasty stuff your car collects on the road is Carpad's Garage Floor Protector. It will contain up to 80 gallons of fluid, and also features a 1-inch rounded flexible edge on all sides to keep sand, salt, dirt, on the pad-and not on the garage floor where it can be tracked into the house. CARPAD is waterproof, non-flammable, and cleans easily with a broom, squeegee or wet/dry shop vac.
There are a couple of things to note about this product. First, make sure the pad is big enough that you'll have a six- to 12-inch border around the perimeter of your vehicle (for easy parking and effective crud-containment). Second, there is some assembly required: you have to insert the four sections of radial tire cord hose (included) into pockets at the edges to make the rounded retaining edge. (The manufacturer suggests wetting down the hose a bit first to reduce friction.)--Josh Dettweiler
What's in the Box
Carpad, four sections of radial tire cord hose
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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
It's a plastic tarp and four pieces of ordinary garden hose!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Carpad Carpad Midsize 16-by-7.4 Foot Garage Floor Protector, Gold (Tools & Home Improvement)
I talked my sweetie into parking out in the January rain for two weeks while I waited for a pair of these things to protect the garage in our new home. Imagine my delight when I open the box and find a plastic tarp and four pieces of garden hose. It's a nice heavy tarp, sure, but that "1-inch raised flexible edge on all 4 sides" -- it's literally four pieces of ordinary green garden hose that you're supposed to slip into pockets in the plastic tarp. For its considerable price, I expected something considerably more substantial. I splurge on all kinds of gadgets, silly and otherwise, but I wouldn't be comfortable paying more than 20 or 30% of the advertised price for this product. I don't doubt that it will do all the things the manufacturer claims, but I'm not waiting long enough to find out. This is going back in the box tonight. One good thing -- it comes out of the box so severely creased it'll be easy to refold. I have purchased literally hundreds of items from Amazon.com; this is by far the biggest disappointment.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
vinyl sheet and green hard plastic garden hose?????,
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This review is from: Carpad Extended 22-by-9-Foot Garage Floor Protector, Gold #222099 (Tools & Home Improvement)
By far the most disappointing thing I have ever bought from Amazon.com
Vinyl itself is very soft and light and flaps around even when you place it on the ground. This cheap piece of viny has a folded edge where you are supposed to insert pieces of supplied garden hose to make the border!!! Do not waste your money on this....please!!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Carpad does the trick,
By A Customer
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This review is from: Carpad Carpad Midsize 16-by-7.4 Foot Garage Floor Protector, Gold (Tools & Home Improvement)
I ordered the 17' x 6.4' Carpad because I live in the snowbelt of Northern Michigan and my one-car garage floor gets very wet from the snow, sand, and salt that falls from my Toyota Matrix each night, so I needed something to contain the water. My Carpad arrived 12/29/03. It is contained in a compact square box and is made of thick, high quality vinyl. It comes with four precut garden hose lengths which are inserted into the side pockets to provide the raised edge to contain the snowmelt. Hoses make sense since you can run a car over them without doing any damage. After reading the instructions, I unfolded the pad inside the house, uncurled the hoses, and left them overnight to warm and become pliable. Upon returning home from work 12/29/03, I left the car outside the garage (after drawing a chalk line on the garage floor to note where the tireguards should be installed on the Carpad) and went to work. Because my garage floor was already wet, I put down a cheap tarp first. Since the garage was cold (29F), I assembled the Carpad indoors. Why be uncomfortable? And it was a snap; took less than 15 minutes. The hoses slide in easily and it only takes a moment to cut off any excess, remove the PCV pipe at the end, and reinsert it. Contrary to the instructions, you don't need another person to hold the other end of the Carpad while the hose is being inserted. I just sprayed the inside of each hose pocket with a vinyl cleaner for lubrication and the hose easily slid in. I did use duct tape at the corners where the hoses meet. After completing three sides, I picked up the Carpad and carried it into the garage. Because the hoses are pliable, the assembled Carpad was very easy to move. Once it was positioned where I wanted it, I installed the "tireguards" (heavier plastic strips with adhesive on one side, placed over the welded seam of the edges the car tires cross), then slid the hose in the last pocket and presto! The job was done. Opened the garage door, drove the car in, and that was that. The next morning I saw that the Carpad was doing its job, containing the snow and other gunk that had melted from the car so it didn't spread throughout the garage. It took maybe five minutes to mop up the water. In the spring I plan to remove the hoses, fold up the pad, and store it until next winter. The Carpad does exactly what it is advertised to do, is easy to install, and best of all, it's made in America. I would highly recommend it. By the way, Amazon's price is sixty bucks cheaper than other Internet sellers.
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