Rubber Mats safe right?

Hello KNightfly John and others, This is my first post in this cool forum. I recently picked up 4x7 1/2" horse trailer rubber mat to isolate a drum riser. tHIs thing has a pretty stong rubber smell.. Is there any health concern with these? Just thought id ask before i brin 'er inside thanks guys! mike

P.S. I got it from cashmans...in case anyone wanted to know www.cashmans.com

I guess if your horse doesn't die from it you'll be ok :lol: Kidding aside I have a 6x8 5/8" composite rubber gym flooring mat under my set and it helps alot..

Do a search on the forum for the word "horse." There are several posts in which Steve (knightfly) has discussed them.

Yes, I have searched the forum long before i even thought about posting, if YOU had in refernce to my topic ,you would realize that no one has discussed the safety and health issues or lack thereof of rubber horse mats, or possibly vulcanized rubber. I realize you are trying to cut out the clutter, but just posting a link is JUST AS OBNOXIOUS as someone asking for the 500,000 time about "how to stagger drywall joints". Not that everyone in their right mind doesnt already know how to do that :wink: Im just looking for help and information here like everyone else.

Did Cashmans have any tech lit or a refernece to their supplier for the mats. My Guess is this particular rubber might have been cured to remain outdoors (hence the smell) The biggest deal is to find out what chemicals they treated it with and that might have to come from cashmans in the form of who is the manufacturer of this product and see if they have a MHSD sheet (if I used the right acronym) MSDA??? I dont remember . LOL BTW I see you might be just outside of Columbus eh?????

I realize you are trying to cut out the clutter, but just posting a link is JUST AS OBNOXIOUS as someone asking for the 500,000 time about "how to stagger drywall joints".

Sorry that you found my reply "obnoxious." I try not to be. I'm just trying to do my part as a volunteer around here to tend to many of the "asked and answereds" so that the moderators and other experts can tend to the backlogged "asked and not answereds" without their active projects being held up too long. :roll: If you'll forgive me for my rush post, I'll forgive you for yelling in all caps. Deal? ;-)

mike0370 wrote:

I have searched the forum long before i even thought about posting, if YOU had in refernce to my topic ,you would realize that no one has discussed the safety and health issues or lack thereof of rubber horse mats, or possibly vulcanized rubber.

Indeed, I did notice the nature of your question. I (apparently incorrectly?) assumed that it was considered acceptable from a safety perspective, since Steve had blessed it previously. However, that apparently not being the case, then I would echo Bryan's sentiments (above). One other thing -- when you post, it's best to just let the text wrap naturally -- don't double space or add paragraph breaks except between actual paragraphs. 8) --Keith :mrgreen:

Woa, just reading back over this.. man , i came off like a REAL asshole my apologies gents,as always thanks for the help and your efforts toward helping us make things sound better :D oh , and by the way, yes I am round abouts columbus ohio... i dont know why i didnt just go to Tractor Supply Company..turns out they sell all kinds of rubber mats peace

MSDS = Material Safety Data Sheet.

mike0370 wrote:

Woa, just reading back over this.. man , i came off like a REAL asshole my apologies gents,as always thanks for the help and your efforts toward helping us make things sound better :D

Forgiven, and you're welcome. Thanks. :)

I have a couple of this type mat, had them for about 15-20 YEARS, and they STILL have a slight odor. Just smells like tires (believe that's because they ARE just re-gurgitated tires) - I have no idea if they'd make you sick being indoors, because I've not used them totally indoors; one is in front of a workbench in a small shop that's always open to the outside, and the other one's been laying behind an old car behind my other shop forever. These seem too stiff compared to "normal" floor floating neoprene (should be around 60 Duro) but I suppose if you loaded them heavy enough... But before you get too carried away, please read up on the dangers of improperly floated floors, (keith's thread has some good comments IIRC) and (if you're on anything BUT a heavy, ground-level concrete slab) you need to involve an ENGINEER in the calculations... Steve

Especially don't miss this thread. 8)