Yesterday I was chatting with my neighbors, and they are thinking about sealing their concrete with garage floor treatments, because they are tired of their patio getting stained from just about anything that hits it. Garage floor protection works on concrete patios very well to stop the staining that car tires, oil or antifreeze drips cause, and can stain the floor permanently, if there is no garage floor protection. Using a garage containment floor mat under the cars helps mitigate the impact of the drips, but it's limited to the car area. If you spill something on the unprotected areas of the garage floor, the stain may be permanent.

Keeping a garage floor clean can help keep the value of your home up in this sinking real estate market, and the garage floor treatments are not difficult to apply. You can either do it yourself, or find someone to do it for you. Most all hardware stores and home improvement stores have these products, and they are reasonably priced, so if you feel like a weekend project that will benefit your home's value, and give you more of a comfort level about parking your car in the garage.