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    Retro floors – another choice is rubber tile

    Posted by: • April 1, 2006






    These rubber tiles appear to have the same features as VCT and linoleum – and I really love the marbleized effect. http://www.burkemercer.com/flooring/rt_marble.asp


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    1. tear-down townie says:
      August 9, 2008 at 5:02 am

      I found this company when I was searching for flooring for my rumpus room. They’ve been in the business since the 30′s and making flooring since the 40′s. I sent away for some sample pieces and the colors are truly incredible.

      http://www.rcarubber.com/flexi/products/tile.asp
      http://www.rcarubber.com/flexi/products/color.asp

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    2. 50sPam says:
      August 9, 2008 at 12:00 pm

      Tear-down townie, rcarubber looks like a great find, indeed! Yes, very nice colors. Thank you so much!

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    3. Joel Kresner says:
      September 13, 2009 at 6:54 pm

      I’m looking for rubber floor mats that look like linoleum to use on my ’20′s wood kitchen floor. Thanks
      jk

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    4. tear-down townie says:
      February 13, 2012 at 10:55 pm

      Rubber Report 2012:

      I went to check out some “industrial rubber” that was listed on Craigslist this weekend and came back with a truckload of incredible marbled rubber sheet flooring for around 20 cents a square foot! This stuff was all left over from a company that does bus interiors and is no longer going to do the flooring at their local facility. I ended up getting 2 shades of blue, mahogany, gray, tan, and a green that is almost a perfect match for the asphalt tiles in my 1956 ranch basement!

      Anybody in the Nashville/Atlanta/Birmingham interested in this type of flooring ought to check this out. I bought quite a bit of what the guy had in his garage yesterday, but I’m pretty sure he said he was bringing more home to sell. Here are the links to the ads he re-posted today:

      http://nashville.craigslist.org/mat/2836661390.html
      http://nashville.craigslist.org/mat/2836661390.html

      This flooring was made in India by a company called Zenith. For a better idea of the colors check out this link:

      http://zenithrubber.com/rubber-floorings/durafloor-marbles.htm

      I have no vested interest in the sale of this flooring, I just couldn’t buy it all and would like to see the rest find a good home

      In trying to decide how I might use my new found treasure, I came across this copy of the 1950 RCA Rubber Catalog(added to their site since I fist visited it back in 2008:

      http://www.rcarubber.com/historic/rca%201950%20catalog/index.html

      I’m intrigued by Wall-Flex, has anybody ever seen any houses/businesses from the 40s/50s that used rubber as a wall covering?

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    5. tear-down townie says:
      March 16, 2012 at 1:31 am

      I’ve got rubber flooring on the brain lately, and I came across this auction while looking for old ads for ideas on how to use my sheet rubber.

      For what these are, this seems like a really good price on enough tile to do a pretty good sized room…..and they are a period correct 9″ x 9″!!! the seller describes them as Olive Green, but the official RCA Rubber color is “Soft Jade”. It’s one of the colors on the RCA sample ring I got a few years back, and it really is a pretty color.

      http://www.ebay.com/itm/9-x9-solid-rubber-tile-/260977860821?pt=Tile_Flooring&hash=item3cc37e20d5

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