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[quote user="RFinch"]<p>I've seen these interlocking rubber mats at Lowes and Home Depot. At $16 for a package of 4 - 2' x 2' mats, this works out to be $1.00/ square foot. This is half the <u>sale </u>cost of the Legato carpet squares mentioned in one of the above posts. As I recall, these foam rubber mats have a textured but relatively smooth surface that would make locating dropped items easier. The only problem I had with the ones I saw was that they only came in red, blue, green, yellow and black. These are OK colors for exercise mats or for a kids room, but, except for the black, really aren't appropriate for a train room floor. Has anyone seen these mats in earth-tone colors? </p><p>Bob</p><p>[/quote]</p><p>All the ones I bought at Lowe's and Target were a very dark gray, except one pack that had one each of red, yellow, blue and green. I put the red one at my utility sink, and use the other colored ones to move around under the layout. The grey ones are in my aisles.</p><p>One side is smooth, easily vacuumed, and most dropped "stuff" shows up pretty well. The other side is sort of ribbed, to keep them from slipping. </p><p>My Home Depot also carried them, in dark gray only, but dropped them a couple of years ago. </p><p>Do a Google search for "Interlocking foam pads" or the like. </p><p> </p>
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