If you have rails gutters or similar obstacles you should choose larger and softer wheels.
Soft casters for vinyl floors.
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Because they have a soft polyurethane tread they help to protect your floors from marks and scratches while minimizing noise.
Soft casters are softer than hard casters more like a roller skate wheel rather than hard plastic and prevent rolling out from under you and marring the floor.
The correct choices for casters to use on carpeted floors are metal or hard nylon.
In fact such casters will simply dig into the carpet and stick fast.
To get started with our excellent selection of casters for hardwood floors and more be sure to contact us online or give us a call toll free at 800 451 0030.
It is not surprising that hard casters and wheels perform better on smooth and soft floors.
To be clear we will never recommend any.
Similarly soft casters roll better on rough and hard floors.
Our sales experts will evaluate the floor the furniture and the best material for every caster sold making sure each customer achieves the best possible outcome.
The soft tread casters offered by nu source are perfect for hard surface floors such as hardwood laminate ceramic marble stone and cement.
You might as well provide chairs for your office workers with no casters at all.
Yellow balls suggest the wheel may or may not perform well or be to your satisfaction on your floor surface.
With that being said metal wheels such as cast iron forged steel and ductile steel caster wheels will carve into wooden floors and degrade them.
They re made for better use on hard flooring like wood or when a plastic chair mat is being used.
Certain types of hardwood floors are more durable and better suited for life s challenges.
Call us for a suggestion based on your application before you order.
This chart is intended guide to help you select a caster.
Before you choose a wheel you should consider all floor features.
Hickory hardwood floors for example may be hard enough to resist dimples from high heels or pets nails.
Rubber or vinyl may trap water beneath non marking rubber casters are the best avoid casters made of hard materials like metals or hard plastics.
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