This will be true of any low quality rubber including low quality rubber bumper plates.
Rubber horse stall mats smell.
And be warned the recycled crumb rubber used for horse stall mats is known to have a rather pungent smell.
Why rubber mats smell rubber which is tapped from trees in a latex form stinks.
Horse stall mats for gym use are typically 4 x 6 mats of either or thickness.
First though let s take a look at why the problem occurs.
He s in a paddock during the day and brought into a box at night and during bad weather something new for him and us.
When you smell the rubber from a mat you re actually smelling the mat giving off volatile organic compounds or vocs.
Choose appropriate mats to make getting rid of rubber odor easier if you haven t yet purchased your rubber mats then make sure you read this section avoiding a rubber odor in the first place is far easier than rubber odor removal after the fact so it s important to realize that some rubber mats have stronger odors than others.
These stalls are concrete floors with a thick rubber mat over the top probably a couple inches thick.
They are so smelly that you need to bring in the big guns.
For example some rubber flooring products smell stronger than others depending on the type of raw material used or how the flooring was made.