3 Reasons to Choose an Absorbent Mat Instead of Clay

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When cleaning up leaks and spills you want it to be as easy as possible so that fast response can be achieved. The products you choose for dealing with liquid spills will determine how effectively this can be done. Using products like absorbent mat pads can provide you with many benefits over other less effective products like clay granules which are sometimes seen as a cheaper alternative. Find out below why mats can be a better choice than clay granules when cleaning up a liquid spill in your facility: Cryptids

1. Easier to handle
A box of absorbent mat pads is much lighter than a bag of clay making transportation to a spillage easier and allowing fast response to be achieved. The average bag of clay weighs between 18-22kg making it very heavy and hard-to-handle whereas a box of mats is much lighter and easier to carry. Some absorbent mat pads even come in handy dispenser boxes so that you can easily take the amount of mat pads you need to a spill without carrying the whole box. With clay, you would need to carry the entire heavy bag to the contaminated area. Plus, bags of clay have the potential to rip as you carry them to a spillage, this could delay your response time and create even more of a mess throughout your facility.

2. Less messy & easier to clean up
The highly absorbent fibres that absorbent mat pads are made of make them much better than clay granules for quickly absorbing leaks and spills in your facility. Clay granules have no absorption capacity and end up just being coated with liquid that seeps through, so they don't really absorb anything and create even more of a mess. Absorbent mats absorb as well as retain liquid so there is no chance for spilled liquids to spread further and less mess is created, so overall clean up becomes easier and quicker. Clay granules stick to your shoes which means it can get tracked all over your site or office if the area isn't blocked off, creating more mess to be cleaned up and a potential costly slip and fall hazard.

2. Saves you time and money
You will save money on material and labour costs if you use absorbent mats rather than clay granules for leak and spill clean up in your facility. Mats soak up to ten times their own weight - just five super-absorbent mat pads will do the work of 6. 6kgs of clay, meaning you will use less and spend less time cleaning up a spillage. You won't need to re-stock supplies as much as you would with clay as you will use less material due to their high absorption capacity. Clean up is also made easier as they just need to be picked up and disposed of when fully saturated, unlike messy clay which takes more time and effort to clean up as there will be more material which has to be swept up and shoveled into containers.

There are many benefits to be gained by choosing mats over granular clay products. Spill response will be more efficient and effective and you will save time and money on spill clean up in your facility.