Marmoleum (Linoleum)

Forbo Marmoleum commercial linoleum flooring is a popular floor choice for its timeless beauty. It fits well in any design space, whether vintage or modern. Available in sheet rolls, tiles, panels, and planks, Forbo commercial linoleum flooring is durable, water resistant, easy to maintain, and affordable.

Forbo Marmoleum Sheet and Tile Flooring

Linoleum, also called Lino, is made from materials such as solidified linseed oil (linoxyn), pine rosin, ground cork dust, wood flour, and mineral fillers such as calcium carbonate, most commonly on a burlap or canvas backing; pigments are often added to the materials.

Forbo calls its high-quality linoleum “Marmoleum.” Marmoleum has a durable pattern and wear layer for heavy foot traffic spaces. It has naturally insulating and light-reflective colors that help reduce the energy used for heating, cooling, and lighting. Together with high-performance coating, these features deliver a winning sustainable combination while providing the styles, designs, performance, ease of maintenance, and installation you rely upon to create sustainable commercial spaces.

Forbo “Commercial” Linoleum Flooring

You’ve come to the right place if you're looking for Forbo floors. All Forbo commercial linoleum flooring products are designed for commercial office settings. Forbo linoleum flooring is an excellent choice for high-traffic spaces like office environments. It is also great for medical facilities, retail shops, or businesses because it’s a “commercial linoleum.”

Sustainable Sheet and Tile

If you opt for resilient linoleum flooring, Armstrong Flooring’s LinoArt sheet and tile commercial linoleum flooring showcases sustainability. You’ll get savings on your HVAC uses and bills if you have this kind of floor. These features, together with NATURCote II High-Performance Coating (HPC), deliver energy-performing floors while perfecting any commercial space's interior. Marmoleum floors are a smart choice for a “green” home.

Industrial Marmoleum Flooring Features

• Rapidly renewable natural ingredients

• No Ortho-Phthalates or heavy metals

• 35% recycled content

• Naturally insulating and light-reflective colors

• Low VOC emissions and FloorScore® certified

• Customizable floors

• Through-pattern wear layer provides durability and a consistent, long-lasting wear appearance.

• Withstands heavy foot and rolling load traffic*

• NATURCote® II High-Performance Coating resists soils, stains, and damage from alcohol-based hand sanitizers.

• Manufactured to Armstrong Flooring’s Diamond Standard of Quality

What Is Ambering?

Ambering is the slight yellow hue to Marmoleum when it is first removed from the packaging. This natural phenomenon happens with Marmoleum flooring and is entirely normal. Linseed oil causes this yellow hue. It is a natural oil extracted from flax seeds and one of the main ingredients in Marmoleum.

Linseed oil is a vital ingredient in Marmoleum and provides several unique characteristics:

1. Along with wood flour, linseed oil makes the floor naturally anti-static and dust-repellant, making Marmoleum flooring easy to clean.

2. When exposed to air and light, linseed oil oxidizes from within the linoleum and continues for the product's life. This makes the linoleum material harden over time and become more durable.

3. As time passes, the ambering will fade as the linoleum is exposed to light, but its unique characteristics will not. The process may take as little as a few hours in bright sunlight, but it can take longer with artificial light.

4. Areas not exposed to any light will retain the yellow hue until they are exposed to sunlight. If an area of the linoleum is covered for an extended period, the yellow hue may re-appear.

Don’t be alarmed—it will fade again when exposed to light. Because this is a natural occurrence in the linoleum product, there is no set time frame for the yellow hue to fade. This is not a material defect but a sign that Marmoleum flooring is revealing its unique and valuable characteristics!

All colors of the Marmoleum floor are subject to ambering. However, it can be more noticeable in certain colors. Light blue, green, grey, and beige will display a more visible yellow hue than darker colors. To discover the actual color of Marmoleum, follow these few simple steps:

1. Take a piece of Marmoleum and cover one half with heavy paper, cardboard, or another piece of Marmoleum.

2. Place these flooring pieces in direct sunlight for approximately 1 hour.

3. After the time has passed, remove the cardboard or heavy material and see the visual difference firsthand.

*Left side of the samples shows material before the ambering has dissipated. The right side shows the material after the dissipation.

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