These mats are often made of polycarbonate and will have a much better non slip backing than the cheaper mats.
Diy chair mat for hardwood floor.
Particle board is generally used as a sub floor material in houses anyway so it seemed ideal to use as a base for a chair mat.
How to make a desk mat for 13.
Even short utility grade carpeting will let the chair legs or wheels.
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After finishing the chrome leather desk for my husband s office i realized that his rolling office chair was not the best thing for our new carpet.
So i went to look for a basic chair mat.
Particle board has a lot going for it in this application.
I needed a fairly large one at least 4 x 4 and i was shocked at the prices of even the cheap plastic mats.
The pieces of flooring needed to be mounted onto a heavy flat base.
It is cheap heavy and consistently flat.
The base material i chose was 3 4 particle board.
A single layer of vinyl is likely not thick enough to use as a chair mat unless the floor is wood or another hard surface.