| Fruits, food, organic things… | Boxes, toys… | Hard plastic stuff, metal things, electronics, … |
| Objects that burst and leak juices and other liquid or sticky substances when stepped on | Soft material objects that flatten or bend when you step on them | Hard material objects that break when you step on them and produce hard edges |
Concrete
| Liquids can stain some surfaces
Easy to clean with a hose
| | Metal parts of the objects may peel or leave visible scratches |
Asphalt
| | | Rough surface with tiny bumps helps to break the things |
Earth
| Liquids will turn to mud
Difficult cleaning | | Difficult to sweep tiny remains |
Grass
| Grass hide crushing action
Liquids will turn to mud, invisibly
Tiny leaves will be stuck into the soles | Grass hide crushing action | Grass hide crushing action
Objects can sink in the floor when stepped, instead of being fully crushed or broken
Difficult to sweep tiny remains. Forest pollution |
Outdoor rough tiles
| Liquids can stain some materials and joints between slabs | | Metal parts of the objects may leave visible scratches |
Indoor tiling
| Floor can get very slippery with liquids and wet stuff crushed | | Objects with some material and shapes, or their remains, may be slippery and slide over the floor when you step over
Tiny hard objects or remains that does not get crushed, can concentrate all your weight in a small surface, and break the tile |
Terrazzo
| Floor can get slippery with liquids and wet stuff crushed
Oranges, lemons and other fruits juices has acid. It may produce some damage the shinny surface of the floor | | |
Marbles
| Floor can get very slippery with liquids and wet stuff crushed
Oranges, lemons and other fruits juices has acid. It may damage the shinny surface of the floor forever | | Hard parts of the objects may leave visible scratches |
Hardwood
| Liquids can stain the wood and the joints | | Hard parts of the objects may leave visible damages and scratches
If you jump or stomp hard, the camera of your video placed in the floor may shake. |
Carpets
| Liquids will make your floor very dirty | Objects can sink softly in the carpet and do not get fully flattened | Hard edges of the objects can damage the carpets |
Vinyl, plastic and imitation floors
| Food crushing will make the floor even more greasier
Liquids can filter between the tiles | | Hard edges of the objects will damage the surface
If you jump or stomp hard and the inner surface is wood, the camera of your video placed in the floor may shake. |
Cardboards in the floor
| Your soles will produce wet footprints in the cardboard
Juice may flow over the cardboard and reaches the border
You can dirty the surrounding floor with your feet when you need to go out of the cardboard | No need to protect the floor with cardboard to crush easy and clean objects | Very hard or sharp edges with your weight over the object, may pierce the cardboard and reach the floor |
Newspapers in the floor
| Liquids will soak the newspapers very fast, making the floor wet
Squishy materials will glue the newspaper to your soles and to the other newspapers | No need to protect the floor with papers to crush easy and clean objects | Newspapers will not protect the floor in any way |
Rubber carpets and floors
| If the bumps surface is very deep, remains of dirty stuff crushed can dirty the rubber | | Very hard objects may scratch the surface |
Inside the tub or shower
| May be slippery
Easy cleaning
Bread and pulp can clog the drain. Manual cleaning needed
Tiny place to move while stepping | Tiny place to move while stepping | Hard objects will scratch the surface
Tiny place to move while stepping |