The base material i chose was 3 4 particle board.
Diy chair mat for hardwood floor.
It is cheap heavy and consistently flat.
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.
Anything in the range of 40 to 70 is the medium price range.
How to make a desk mat for 13.
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.
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.
Inexpensive chair mats for hardwood floors generally cost less than 35.
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So i went to look for a basic chair mat.
The pieces of flooring needed to be mounted onto a heavy flat base.
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.