Bolon Woven Vinyl Floorcovering

Great for floors outdoor and in. Starting in 1949, Bolon, a Swedish company began manufacturing this vinyl "sisal" for use as kitchen mats. Four years ago it came to the states and has been slowly finding more use both indoor and outdoor as a colorful, durable, easy to clean rug replacement.

Ideal on decks, in summer houses, or in the kitchen (we've used it numerous times in hallways and kitchens), Bolon is warm underfoot and a great way to wake up or cover a drab floor. Pricing is very affordable, and it is easily cut down by hand for area coverage or finished against the wall for wall to wall. It requires no mat underneath.

Available at:
www.curranonline.com
www.sisalcarpet.com

Comments (19)

Hello,
I'd like to know where do I buy your product in France ?
best regards
Alexandra

posted by PIOT on 2005-04-18 04:37:08

Dear Sir / Madame
Where can I buy your product in England?
Thanks
Stephen
07919-444-997

posted by Stephen Richardson-Pope Designs on 2005-06-14 10:53:58

Dear Sir / Madame
I would like to know where I could buy your product in Ireland.
Thanks,S

posted by Siobhan on 2006-01-13 11:57:27

One important note is that not only can Bolon be installed wall to wall but we have the ability to produce bound area rugs using faux leather or Bolon. Many people who have dust mite and mold allergies are finding that the Bolon is an excellent alternative to traditional carpeting.
Cleaning is with a regular vacuum and steam cleaning just like you would do with a carpeted floor.
Keep an eye out for the new Ethnic patterns and colors for summer 2006!
David Cassady
Mats Inc
Bolon Importer for USA

posted by David Cassady on 2006-06-09 15:04:14

Please can you let me know where i may purchase Bolon in Ireland.
Thank you.

posted by Peter on 2006-10-02 12:13:42

Dear Sir / Madame
Where can I buy your product in London England?
Thanks
Ian Lincoln

posted by Ian Lincoln on 2006-11-07 08:38:50

Dear sirs:

We are a spanish company (SUMIGRAN) who sell these products, specially BOLON flooring, and we can distribute this product in Europe.

Thank you very much

posted by Victor Manuel Calvo on 2006-12-29 05:32:36

Wow, the final product is only 35% oil! Covering a floor with non-renewable resources is:

NOT GREEN.

posted by MrGreen on June 13th 2007 at 11:48am
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Thanks MrGreen for raising the issue. I'll add that vinyl (a.k.a., PVC, the "poison plastic") is, in any application:

NOT GREEN.

All sorts of nasty off-gassing; no way to dispose of it without leaching mercury, dioxins, phthalates; really problematic in its manufacture. "No vinyl, that's final!"

posted by pumpkindoodle on June 13th 2007 at 12:47pm
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i LOVE this stuff... even if "not green" ... i have a long yellow runner in my kitchen. and I will have it forever... it doesn't wear... you can hose it down/wipe it off and the kind i have looks sisal-y -- and god knows sisal wears, stains and deteriorates... you always see rolled up sisal getting thrown out on the street. better to buy a runner once -- that can hold up!

posted by amy on June 14th 2007 at 2:43am
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Two things:

1) I have a ton of Bolon in my small, cool (2007 AT honorable mention!) apartment -- about which, by the way, I wrote THIS OLD HOUSE photo-gallery article that was published online just last week. Check it out at http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/interiors/gallery/0,25895,1629897,00.html. Like Amy, I must confess that I love this stuff.

2) That said, however, I'll admit that at the time I started purchasing it, I hadn't seen the award-winning documentary "Blue Vinyl", which is definitely worth a look. Check out their website at
http://www.bluevinyl.org/animation.htm. Had I known then what I know now about vinyl's "life" cycle...

-D

posted by DanielPS3 on June 14th 2007 at 2:53am
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Correction: http://www.bluevinyl.org/

posted by DanielPS3 on June 14th 2007 at 2:58am
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What is the underside like? Why does it not need a pad underneath? We have dark wood floors which show scratches from things as innocuous as toast crumbs stuck under a chair leg and being dragged across the floor. I'd like to put some of this stuff down under my dining room table but not if it is going to scratch up the floor underneath.

posted by snot on June 14th 2007 at 5:08am
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oh my gosh, snot, i have INCREDIBLY soft wood for flooring, too. i was moving a table - a table so cheap and so ugly (almost as if it were made out of two pieces of cardboard with aluminum legs stuck in between them) that i have to cover it with extra slip cover fabric - and there was a peice of dry cat food stuck under one foot and it made a long scratch in the floor. Food. Food scratched my floor.

posted by elizabeth in AL on June 14th 2007 at 6:28am
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DanielPS3 -- I see from your link that you have cats. How does the Bolon hold up to scratching?

posted by bigmaconcampus on June 14th 2007 at 11:26am
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Can this really be used outdoors year-round? Will it withstand snow and rain?

posted by girlygirl on July 23rd 2007 at 2:22pm
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AT GET GREEN WE DON'T DO VINYL ANY MORE ...MAJERAL

posted by majeral512 on June 18th 2008 at 10:08am
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Ah, I also need an answer to the claw question... Does anyone know how Bolon does in a home with a cat?

posted by kushkush on June 18th 2008 at 6:47pm
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Help! Bolon off gassing.
So I hear the previous poster about no vinyl that is final. But I heard too late. The best I can do is keep it out of the landfill and learn my lesson. No assuming that things from Scandinavia are automatically green.
In the meantime what is the best way to minimize off gassing?
I left it on the porch for a month and I am running my air purifier in the house where we are cutting it. The smell is killing me... Is it really killing me though?

posted by mungbean on November 22nd 2008 at 10:49am
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