EVA Foam Rubber Stable Mats and Wall Lining

EVA Foam Stall and Wall Mats

EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate)blended with rubber in foam form has been used for various hard-wearing applications, such as shoe soles and padding in Body Armour and Sports Equipment. The material was initially used for
animal flooring as a stall mat for cows, but has also been used widely in the UK for stable mats.

Being light-weight and tough, it is easy to handle, but does not wholly recover after compression, meaning that the material can spread with age and wear. To combat this movement, it is advisable to dove-tail mats together on the floor where possible. We can offer either square cut or dovetailed mats in standard 22mm thickness (other thicknesses on request) produced at our factory in Bulmer.

Thinner material (10mm and 20mm) is used for stable and horsebox/trailer wall padding. It is successfully replacing stock-board (recylced polyethylene sheet) which has a tendency to warp in heat and can crack when kicked, leaving sharp edges. EVA foam has good heat stability and being a semi-rigid foam will simply dent when kicked, and slowly recover.

The material has other benefits - it acts as a thermal barrier, retaining heat in the stable while stopping cold from coming through the floor and walls - it is water resistant and will only absorb moisture on the cut edges, where the microcellular material is split. It can also be heat welded and is easily bonded with hot melt adhesives. Being UV resistant it also holds colour very well, and while we have standardised on Green floor mats and Black wall mats, we can produce a full range of colour to special order.

EVA Foam mats can also be supplied for 'soft-fall' areas, in childrens play-rooms or for sports activities such as Martial Arts.