Primary Mat Functions: Scraping and Wiping

Keeping a building's floors clean is certainly a daunting task, combining staff effort, the proper cleaning products, and carefully selected floor mats.

In order for matting to efficiently remove dirt and debris from shoes as people enter a building, two actions are required: scraping and wiping.

Scraper mats feature a bi-level design. There is some feature of the construction that creates a higher surface and a lower surface. You can browse our Scraper Mats on our online store.

Above is the Waterhog Entrance Mat, which illustrates this feature.

This surface provides a scraping edge that removes considerable debris from shoes as they pass over it. It also creates a lower surface where the particles are stored, keeping further traffic from bringing it all back in.

Wiper mats are flat and surfaced with a carpet material. Once inside, the majority of dirt has been removed, and what is left is a bit of moisture. The wiper mat offers a continuous surface for this additional drying and wiping to occur.

Our collection of wiper mats will give you a few examples.

Scraper/wiper mats fill in the spaces. Between a scraper mat and a wiper mat, which are solely suited to do their respective jobs, there is also a scraper/wiper mat that helps the transition move smoothly. These are mats that have a carpet-material surface, but also feature that bi-level construction. The image above is from a Waterhog mat that falls into this category. Many more mats in our store fulfill this purpose, and you can see them in our Scraper / Wiper Mat collection.

Designing the perfect mat plan. We can help you come up with the sequence of mats that will most effectively assist in the considerable task of keeping your floors clean. Contact us anytime for a consultation.

Happy matting!