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This article provides a guide to identifying asphalt-asbestos flooring (1917 - ca 1960) & vinyl asbestos floor tile (ca 1952 - 1986): identification photographs, a list of product names, styles, colors, and vinyl-asbestos floor patterns, and colors for asbestos-containing floor tile products made between about 1930 and 1986 - flooring materials that are reported to or have been confirmed to contain asbestos in asbestos fiber or asbestos powder-filler form.

Asphalt asbestos and vinyl-asbestos floor tiles were produced in 9" x 9", 12" x 12", and even 18" x 18" as well as in decorative strips, and in thicknesses of 1/16", 3/32", and 1/8", also in 0.08 gauge.This photo guide to asphalt asbestos & vinyl asbestos floor tiles for each year shows at least one color photo of each floor tile style or pattern in an example color. A list below each group of photos includes the names of and links to additional photos for other colors of these styles.

Asbestos is safe and legal to remain in homes or public buildings as long as the asbestos materials are in good condition and the asbestos can not be released into the air.

For a detailed photo guide to individual vinyl-asbestos floor tile patterns, sizes, and years of manufacture, see ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE PHOTO ID GUIDE.

Readers should see ASBESTOS FLOORING HAZARD REDUCTION and also see FLOOR TILE HISTORY & INGREDIENTS for a discussion of the ingredients and production of asbestos-containing flooring. And see ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE IDENTIFICATION for detailed advice on handling and identifying vinyl-asbestos floor tiles or flooring products that probably do or don't contain asbestos. For a strategy for collecting building dust samples, when, where, how many samples to collect, see DUST SAMPLING PROCEDURE.

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Armstrong Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles Product History and Product Name List

Asphalt-based asbestos floor tiles and vinyl-asbestos floor tiles are identified and described here along with photographs of tile patterns and colors. These flooring products typically contain chrysotile asbestos, and possibly other asbestos forms.

Sorting out Flooring Names: Armstrong, Congoleum-Nairn, Linoleum, Lincrusta

This photograph of sheet flooring was identified by a reader in a 1964 home. She found remnants in the bottom of a kitchen cabinet on which was imprinted "Armstrong". While the reader referred to this as "Armstrong Congoleum sheet flooring", Armstrong and Congoleum are separate individual companies. This is identified as an Armstrong resilient flooring product. Dont' mix up product names. Armstrong is a separate company from Congoleum-Nairn. Linoleum is a term invented in 1860 by Frederick Walton to describe sheet flooring. Original linoleum products were made using linseed oil as an ingredient, often with a jute (burlap or fabric) backing. Descendents of Linoleum include Anaglypta and Lincrusta (many writers spell it "Linocrusta or linacrusta", an embossed patterned covering used on walls and ceilings. See linoleum details at Linoleum Sheet Flooring Age.

Below we provide an extensive photo-dictionary of resilient flooring, floor tiles, and sheet flooring, with focus on older floor coverings that are known to contain asbestos. Also see the following articles on types, ages, characteristics, ingredients, & inspection of different types of floor coverings:

• ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE IDENTIFICATION - How to Identify Floor Tiles That May Contain Asbestos
• ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE PHOTO ID GUIDE - detailed photo guide to asphalt asbestos and vinyl asbestos floor tiles, 1900 -1986 - including these sections:
  • Modern Self-Adhesive Floor Tiles - photos, such as self-adhesive Armstrong flooring
    
  • Floors Tiles 1900 - 1986
  • Armstrong Floor Tiles - introduction, also see  Vinyl-Asbestos Floor Tile Photos below
  • Congoleum-Nairn Floor Tiles, Linoleum - floor tile photos
  • Kentile KenFlex Floor Tiles - floor tile photos
  • Montgomery Ward Floor Tiles - floor tile photos
  • Sears Roebuck Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles - floor tile photos of vinyl asbestos tile products
  • Vinyl-Asbestos Floor Tile Photos - floor tile photos 1952 - 1980 for identifying asbestos-containing flooring
  • Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tile Usage Guide - thicknesses of floor tiles and recommended applications
• ASBESTOS FLOORING HAZARD REDUCTION
    Asbestos flooring health risks
    Friable Asbestos in Asbestos Floors
    Covering Asbestos Floor Tiles
    Disposing of Asbestos Flooring
    School Building Asbestos Flooring
    Managing Asbestos in Place
  ASBESTOS FLOORING REMOVAL GUIDE
    Floor Tile Removal Necessary?
    Removing Asbestos Flooring: Details
• FLOOR TILE HISTORY & INGREDIENTS - history, dates, and description of the production process and ingredients in asphalt floor tiles, asphalt-asbestos floor tiles, & vinyl-asbestos floor tiles 1900 to present.
• FLOORING MATERIALS, Age, Types - Age of Building Flooring Materials - A Guide to Estimating Building Age, This article describes types and ingredients in flooring materials: Asphalt floor tile, Cork floor tile or planks, Laminate flooring (modern), Linoleum & older sheet flooring (painted canvas), Vinyl-asbestos floor tiles, Wood flooring.
• FLOOR TYPES & DEFECTS - Asphalt floor tiles, asphalt-saturated asbestos felt, carpeting, cork floor tiles & planks, laminate flooring (modern), linoleum (sheet flooring) & earlier painted fabric floor coverings, vinyl-asbestos tile floors, wood flooring.
• Asbestos Floor Tile Laboratory Procedures - photos of how vinyl asbestos flooring is analyzed in the lab.

We discuss the history and manufacture of asphalt-asbestos floor tiles in our Age of House articles at Flooring Materials. We discuss the inspection, diagnosis, and repair of various flooring products at FLOOR TYPES & DEFECTS.Also see Asbestos HVAC Ducts a field identification guide to visual detection of asbestos in and on heating and cooling system ducts and flue vents. Also see Micro-Photographs of Dust from the World Trade Center collapse following the 9/11/01 attack. Links to U.S. government and other authoritative research and advice are included.

NOTE: Armstrong, although an enormous producer of flooring, was by no means the only manufacturer of floor covering products that contained asbestos as fibers or asbestos powder filler. Below we provide photographs and descriptions from a variety of flooring manufacturers, followed by a detailed list of floor tile product names we've been able to collect. You'll note that the Armstrong product list extends from 1954 to 1980. Other asbestos-containing flooring products from various manufacturers were produced between around 1920 to 1986.

Modern Armstrong 12"x12" x 1/16" (1.5mm) Self-Adhesive "Stick-on" Floor Tiles

This Armstrong flooring tile is 12" x 12" x 1/16" or 1.5mm thick. Unlike the older vinyl-asbestos floor tiles whose photographs we provide below, this more recent flooring product is built from a thin vinyl layer containing the tile's design pattern and a fiber/paper backer (shown in our photo above) to which an adhesive was coated so that the tile could be installed without use of a mastic. A typical pattern is the embossed design shown at left. The floor tile thickness (about 1.5mm or 1/16") suggests that this product was produced after 1980 and probably does not contain asbestos.

Below we show a photo of the Armstrong© Stamp found on the under-side or "back" of 12 x 12 "stick-on" self-adhesive floor tiles produced by Armstrong.

Depending on the age of manufacture, some paper-backed flooring products used asbestos as a primary ingredient (see Asphalt & Vinyl Floor Tile History). Tests of our example floor sample (above) for asbestos confirmed that some early peel-and-stick floor tiles sold in the 1980's did contain asbestos. Contemporary resilient flooring products do not contain asbestos however. Shown at left: Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Floor tile, contemporary, popular, sold in 70 colors at retail outlets including Home Depot stores, this modern resilient floor tile does not contain asbestos. [Click any image to see an enlarged, detailed version]. A catalog of floor tile identification photographs for products that contained asbestos, 1952 - 1980, is provided below at Armstrong Vinyl-Asbestos Floor Tile Photo ID Catalog - 1952 - 1986. And at Armstrong flooring history we provide a history of Armstrong flooring and links to company information. Contact Us to send a photograph of your own floor tile pattern or for assistance in identification if you can't find your floor tile image, pattern, or design in this floor tile color and pattern library.

Asphalt & Vinyl Asbestos based Floor Coverings & Floor Tiles 1900 - 1986

Asphalt resilient floor tiles Manufacturers, Brands, Styles, Photo Guide

Armstrong Asphalt Floor Tiles - 1950's to 1980's Compared to Contemporary Vinyl Flooring Products

Armstrong produced asphalt-based floor tiles, possibly including asbestos in their formulation, before 1952 and in later years as we indicate with examples and photographs in the detailed photo guide that is found below.

For more information about these older flooring types, see Asphalt & Vinyl Floor Tile History - history, dates, and description of the production process and ingredients in asphalt floor tiles, asphalt-asbestos floor tiles, & vinyl-asbestos floor tiles 1900 to present. Kentile flooring produced through 1986 may contain asbestos.

Also don't assume that only "vinyl asbestos floor tiles" include asbestos. According to Rosato, asbestos filler (powder) and fibers were used in asphalt based products too. "The first publicized installation of asphalt tile was in the Western Union office in New York City (1920). By the end of 1930, 3 million square yards of tile was being produced annually.

Below in this document we provide detailed year-by-year photos of Armstrong asphalt or vinyl-asbestos flooring products from 1952 to 1982. Records show that many but not all flooring products produced during these years, including 9" floor tiles, 12" floor tiles, peel-and-stick floor tiles, and sheet flooring indeed contain asbestos.

Later Armstrong flooring products, for example Armstrong's Accoflex 2005 series semi-flexible vinyl tile sold (at least) in the U.K. were produced from " ground limestone bound with polymers, plasticizers, and stabilizers, and colored by pigments" not including asbestos.

At FLOOR, RESILIENT VINYL or CORK we discuss the choices, selection and installation details for contemporary vinyl and other resilient flooring products.

Styles, & Pictures of Congoleum-Nairn Vinyl-Asbestos Floor Tiles & Congoleum Linoleum Sheet Flooring: Resilient Floors

Details about Congoleum floor tiles and resilient sheet flooring and linoleum are found at Congoleum-Nairn Floor Tiles, Linoleum. Excerpts are below.

The Congoleum linoleum photograph (left) of Congoleum sheet flooring installed in a 1949 Tampa Florida home is provided courtesy of M.B. in Tampa, FL. See Congoleum-Nairn Floor Tiles, Linoleum for our complete set of photos and text about Congoleum Nairn flooring products that may contain asbestos.

Photo Guide to Ever-Wear Vinyl-Asbestos Floor Tile

Details of Ever-Wear flooring are at Ever Wear Flooring History. These photographs of EverWear Vinyl Asbestos floor tiles were provided courtesy of home inspector David Grudzinski,

Additional photographs of Ever-Wear asbestos containing floor tiles are also described and photographs of these (and other brands of floor tiles and sheet flooring containing asbestos) are provided at ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE IDENTIFICATION

Kentile Floors: KenFlex Asphalt-asbestos & Vinyl-Asbestos Floor Tiles - 1950's - 1980's Photo Guide

A detailed photo guide to identifying Kentile and KenFlex flooring is at Kentile KenFlex Floor Tiles and Kentile history and dates are found at Kentile Flooring History. Excepts are below.

(Additional Kentile floor covering photos wanted - CONTACT US)

Montgomery Ward Asbestos-Containing Floor Tiles, Photo Guide

Details about Montgomery Ward vinyl asbestos tile flooring are at Montgomery Ward Floor Tiles. Excepts are below.

Sears & Roebuck Asbesos-Containing Floor Tiles & Flooring, Photo Guide

Details about Sears vinyl asbestos tile flooring are at Sears Roebuck Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles . Excepts are below.

Below our photographs show the embossed pattern on these Sears vinyl asbestos floor tiles. The tiles are solid through in color and material and are about 1/16" thick and 9" x 9" in size. Below right shows these Sears floor tiles installed.

(photos wanted for Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Ward and other asphalt & vinyl-asbestos floor tile producers or distributors - CONTACT US)

Armstrong Vinyl-Asbestos Floor Tile Photo ID Catalog - 1952 - 1986

Our reproduction of vinyl-asbestos floor tile patterns and colors below selected representative images of each style or floor tile identification pattern in which tiles were produced. Within each pattern there were various colors available as well. By minimizing repetition of patterns and colors, across the set of years we show at least one example of nearly every pattern and color produced for these floor tiles.

Our photo (left) from Rosato, shows an Armstrong asphalt floor tile installation. More about the history of asbestos-containing flooring can be found in the asbestos flooring links above.

Also see ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE IDENTIFICATION that further assists building buyers, owners or inspectors who need to identify asbestos materials (or probable-asbestos) in buildings by simple visual inspection. This website also provides photographs and descriptive text of asbestos insulation and other asbestos-containing products to permit identification of definite, probable, or possible asbestos materials in buildings.

On occasion, the original flooring packaging or installation literature may be available for a given home: often an extra box of floor tiles was kept for future repairs. The vinyl-asbestos floor tile package label information, combined with a simple comparison of tiles in the package with tiles installed in the building may be sound confirmation of asbestos-containing materials. See Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tile Packaging. Historical information about the dates of flooring installation may also be sufficient to rule in or out the possibility that flooring in a building contains asbestos. See ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE PHOTO ID GUIDE.

Where the same floor style pattern was produced for multiple years, in subsequent years we show other colors in which the tile pattern was made. Just scroll through this vinyl asbestos floor tile photo guide to find the first occurrence of each floor tile style, pattern, name, dimensions, and colors. Or if you know the approximate year that your floor was installed you can scroll down to that very year in our photo library.

It is instructive to take a close look at our tile photos from 1973 and 1974. Some floor tile colors and patterns, especially among the "standard" tiles, include both asphalt-based tiles and vinyl-asbestos tiles that look quite alike. But the combination of color, pattern, and size can help distinguish among these.

For example, "Standard Pattern" floor tiles were produced in both vinyl-asbestos form and in an asphalt tile without asbestos in 1973. But asphalt-based tiles that did not contain asbestos were produced in 1973 only in 9"x9". So flooring made for that year and particular pattern, the tile size provides important information.

Watch out: Because flooring products may have been produced in years earlier than the year of installation, don't assume that a floor installed in a building built shortly after 1980 could not possibly contain vinyl-asbestos product.

As we warned just above, don't assume that only "vinyl asbestos floor tiles" include asbestos.

1952 - 1953 - Armstrong Excelon Plastic Asbestos Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide

Vinyl based asbestos resilient floor tiles

While we have not yet located photos of these earlier vinyl-asbestos floor tiles, the 1954 catalog refers to the existence of at least a 1952 version of this vinyl-asbestos resilient floor tile product:

"Federal Specfications - Interim Federal Specifications No. L T 751 (GSA-FSS) dated March 18, 1952, defines Armstrong's Excelon Tile and other similar plastic asbstos tiles as Type I Semi Flexible Vinyl Plastic Floor Tile. ...
... the thermoplastic binder of a viny plastic floor tile shall consist of only a limited group of certain specific types of polyvinyl chloride resins despite the fact that a wide range of vinyl resins could be used. ...
... note that while Excelon Tile does not the exact material composition of Interim Specifications No. L T 751, it does meet all the physical tests listed."

1954 - Armstrong Excelon Plastic Asbestos Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide

One pattern of softly merged colors that Armstrong described as "swirl graining" in 10 colors, these 1954 floor tiles were sold only in 9" x 9" 1/8" gauge 1954 Floor Tile Color List: Chalk White 750, Slate Gray 751, Charcoal Black 752, Gypsy Red 753, Gretna Green 754, Formosa coral 755 show at left, Manila Tan 756, Sirocco taupe 757, Brittany Blue 758, Ming Yellow 759,) Library of vinyl asbestos floor tile and flooring strip images from 1954 - 1980, Armstrong and others.

1955 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Plastic Asbestos Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide

• Seneca white (above left), shown was a popular color. 1955 vinyl asbestos floor tiles were sold only in 9" x 9" 1/16" or 1/8" gauge sizes, in one pattern (above) in seventeen colors. The new 1955 pattern was a change from the swirl graining pattern used in 1954. 1/16" was referred to as service gauge.
  1955 Floor Tile Color List: Senaca White 770 above left, Mohawk Gray 771, Commanche Black 772, Shawnee Blue 773, Seminole yellow 774, Aztec Gray 775, Cherokee white 776, Apache Red 777 - first year for this long-running favorite color, Pawnee Beige 778, Mohican Cedar 779, Osage Green 780, Navaho Gray 781 (above right), Sioux Pink 782, Iroquois Tan 783).
• Apache red (above-center shown as an installed vinyl asbestos floor)
• Navajo Gray No. 781 (above right) vinyl asbestos flooring images from 1955
• No solid color feature strips were sold in 1955.

1956 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Plastic Asbestos 9 x 9 Floor Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Corkstyle Excelon vinyl asbestos flooring images from 1956
  1956 Floor Tile Colors: (Light 798 - first year for this floor tile pattern. also sold as Medium 797 shown at above left, and Dark 799.) These colors remained unchanged into future product years. (See 1957, 1958)
• Designer Series (sold only in 9" x 9", either service gauge (1/16") or 1/8" gauge)
  Colors: (Mint green 760 above 2nd from left, Silver Gray 761, Sand Beige 762, Rose Taupe 763, Mauve Taupe 764, Sienna Copper 765
• Regular Excelon (sold only in 9" x 9", either service gauge (1/16") or 1/8" gauge),
  Colors: (New floor tile colors for 1965 are included here. For colors continued from 1955 see links at 1955 above. ) Seneca White 770, Mohawk Gray 771, Commanche black 772, Seminole Yellow 774, Aztec Gray 775, Cherokee White 776, Apache Red 777, Mohican Cedar 779, Osage Green 780, Navajao Gray 781, Sioux Pink 782, Iroquois Tan 783, Choctaw Green 784 (3rd from left above), Zuni Brown 785, Mojave Charcoal 786, Powhatan Turquoise 787, Light Woodtone 788, Dark Woodtone 789,
• Spatter Excelon 9 (sold only in 9" x 9", either service gauge (1/16") or 1/8" gauge
  Colors: Andover White 735, Bedford Gray 736, Cape Cod Beige 737, Lexington Green 738, Providence Charcoal 739, Arlington Cedar 740, Exeter red 741 (above 4th from left), Concord yellow 742, Norwich turquoise 743 (example of installed floor), Bangor Copper 744, Plymouth Pink 745,
• Excelon Feature Strips (above right) 1" wide x 24" long x 1/8" thick solid color vinyl asbestos flooring strips). See a better image of these solid color feature strips at 1957 below.
  Colors: Plain Red 792, Plain White 791, Plain Brown 795, Plain Yellow 793, Plain Black 790, Plain Green 794
  Also see this installed solid floor tile and feature strip example from 1971.

1957 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Excelon Corkstyle 9 x 9 x 1/16" only
  Colors: (Medium Corkstyle 797, Light Corkstyle 798 shown above left, Dark Corkstyle 799) (see 1956, 1958)
• Excelon Designers Series 9 x 9 x 1/16" & 1/8"
  Colors: (Mint Green 760, Silver Gray 761, Sand Beige 762, Rose taupe 763 2nd from left, Mauve Taupe 764, Sienna Copper 765) (See color samples from 1956).
• Excelon Straight-grained 9 x 9 x 1/16" & 1/8"
  Colors: (Seneca white 770, Mohawk gray 771 3rd from left, Commanche Black 772, Seminole Yellow 774, Aztec Gray 775, Cherokee White 776, Apache red 777, Pawnee beige No. 778 4th from left, Mohican Cedar 779, Osage Green 780, Navajo Gray 781, Sioux Pink 782, Iroquois Tan 783, Choctaw green 784, Zuni Brown 785, Mojave Charcoal 786, Powhatan Turquoise 787 )
• Excelon Spatter
  Colors: (Andover white No. 735 5th from left, Bedford Gray 736, Cape Cod Beige 737, Lexington Green 738, Providence Charcoal 739, Arlington Cedar 740, Exeter Red 741, Concord Yellow 742, Norwich Turquoise 743, Bangor Copper 744, Plymouth Pink 745, )
• Excelon Woodtone 9 x 9 x 1/16" & 1/8" Floor Tiles
  Colors: (Light Woodtone 788 (See 1956), Dark woodtone No. 789, above right)
• Excelon Beveled Edging (not shown, photo needed) 1/16" plain black only;
• Asphalt-based Beveled Edging (not shown, photo needed) 1/8"
• Excelon Feature Strips, Also see this installed solid tile and feature strip floor example from 1971.

1958 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Excelon Corkstyle 9 x 9 x 1/16" not recommended for heavy traffic areas
  Colors: (Medium 797, Light 798, Dark 799 above at left) (Medium & Light example colors from 1956, 1957).
• Excelon Designer series floor tiles
  Colors: (Sand Beige 762, Maur tiles for 1958, (tile size not given, presumed 9 x 9) available in 1/16" & 1/8" (Mint Green 760, Silver Gray 761, ve Taupe 764, Rose Taupe 765, Sienna Copper 765, Ivory Tan 766 - new above 2nd from left, Ecru 767 - new 3rd from left) (See other color examples from 1957) Also see this Designer Series installed floor example.
• Excelon Spatter 9 x 9 x 1/16" only,
  Colors: (Andover White 735, Bedford Gray 736, Cape Cod Beige 737, Lexington Green 738, Providence Charcoal 739, Arlington Cedar 740, Exeter red 741, Concord Yellow 742, Norwich Turquoise 743, Bangor Copper 744, Plymouth Pink 745) (See other color examples from 1957).
• Excelon Straight-grained 9 x 9 x 1/16" & 1/8"
  Colors: (Powhatan turquoise No. 787) (See color examples from 1957).
• Excelon Woodtone 9 x 9 x 1/16" or 1/8"
  Colors: (Light Woodtone 788, Dark Woodtone 789, Redwoodtone 796 - new 4th from left) (See other color examples from 1957).

1959 - Armstrong Excelon Floor Vinyl Plastic Asbestos Floor Tiles, 9" x 9"

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Excelon Corkstyle Floor Tiles vinyl asbestos flooring 9 x 9 x 1/16" light duty use
  Colors: (See corkstyle vinyl-asbestos floor color images from 1956, 1957, 1958)
• Designers Series Excelon Floor (see the 1957-58 examples)
• Excelon Imperial Floor Tiles
  Colors: (above left, 1959 Arbor green No. 862, above left) Tiles vinyl asbestos flooring images from 1959 - 1960
• Excelon Metallic Series Floor Tiles New in 1959-60, see the 1960 information below
  Colors: (Photos needed - uncertain if this tile was produced in 1959)
• Metallic Series Excelon 9x9x 1/16" or 3/32" thickness gauge floor tiles were sold in one pattern, four colors
  Colors: (Taupe bronze 355, Black gold 351 shown above 3rd from left, Gray silvergold 354, and Redwood gold 353).
• Excelon Spatter Floor Tiles
  Colors: (Dorset Black 732 - new, Cornwall blue No. 733 4th from left above, Andover White 735, Bedford Gray 736, Cape Cod Beige 737, Rutland Beige 746, Worcester Gray 749 )
• Excelon Straight Grained Floor Tiles (See tile pattern & color photos from prior years + the examples below)
  Colors: (1959 Chippewa gray No. 703 5th from left above, 1960 Mohave charcoal No. 786)
• Excelon Styletone Floor Tiles (New in 1959)
  Colors: (Sandtone 830, Mintone 831, Ivorytone 833, Rosetone 834, Cedartone No. 835 shown at above right)
• Woodtone Excelon Floor Tiles (see 1957-58 photos)

1960 - Armstrong Excelon Floor Vinyl Plastic Asbestos Floor Tiles, 9" x 9" & beginning in 1960 available in 12" x 12" size.

Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Tiles were produced in both 9" x 9" and for order quantities over 9,000 sq.ft. also in 12" x 12" size. For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Excelon Corkstyle in Light, Medium, Dark shades
  Colors: (See color images from 1956, 1957, 1958)
• Excelon Designer tone-on-tone colors 9" x 9" x 1/16" (some patterns) & 1/8"
  Colors: Mint Green 760, Sand Beige 762, Ecru 767, Kasha Taupe 769 -new (See 1957 - 1958 for other color photos)
• Excelon Imperial 9 x 9 x 3/32 & 1/8"
  Colors: Mint Green 871, Pebble Beige 872, Gull Gray 873, Dusty Cedar 874

• Excelon Metallic Spatter pattern vinyl-asbestos floor tiles new in 1959-1960 9" x 9" x 1/16" vinyl asbestos flooring (only in 1/16" "service gauge" for this pattern). These floor tiles include metallic accents, metallic highlights in gold, silver or bronze dispersed through the pattern.
  Colors: Metallic spatter patterns: (shown above from left to right) Beige Gold 300, Mint gold 301, Slate Gold 302, Pink Gold 303

• Excelon Metallic Straight grain floor tiles were new in 1959-1960 9" x 9" x 1/16" vinyl asbestos flooring (sold in both 1/16" service gauge and 3/32" gauge). These tiles also include metallic accents, metallic highlights in gold, silver or bronze dispersed through the pattern.
  Colors: Metallic straight grain patterns Black gold 351 above left, Redwood Gold 353, Gray Silvergold 354, Taupe Bronze 355 at above right
• Excelon Spatter (distinct from the Metallic spatter pattern above) 9" x 9" x 1/16" service gauge (for light commercial and residential interiors only)
  Colors: produced in a wide variety of shades incuding Chelsea White 731 and Meridian Taupe 747. ((See same tile pattern & color photos from prior years.)
• Excelon Straight-grain 9" x 9" x 1/16" & 1/8" gauge floor tiles,
  Colors: Seneca White 770, Mohawk gray 771,Apache Red 777, Osage Green 780, Iroquois Tan 783, Mohave Charcoal 786 (See same tile pattern & color photos from prior years)
• Excelon Styletone series vinyl-asbestos floortiles (similar to Cork patterns + monochromatic colors)
  Colors: Sandtone 830, Mintone 831, Rosetone 834, Cedartone 835 (See same tile pattern & color photos from 1959 for color photos)
• Excelon Woodtone
  Colors: Light Woodtone 788, Dark Woodtone 799 (See same tile pattern & color photos from 1958 for color photos)

1961 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, 9" x 9", 12 x 12, Patterns & Color Guide

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year. Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Tiles were produced in 1961 in both 9" x 9" and for order quantities over 9,000 sq.ft. also in 12" x 12" size.

• Centennial Series floor tiles include ovate spots on a soft background, with pearlescent/metallic highlights (above left)
  Colors: (Sonata Beige 800, Allegro White 801, Polka gray No. 802, Ballet Taupe 803, Overture Green 804, Concerto White 805, Prelude ivory 806, Metro Taupe 807)
• Corkstyle floor tiles fpr 1961 - as in prior and subsequent years
  Colors: (see light Cork 840 from 1963, also see mediuim cork from 1965 and dark cork from 1962)
• Designers Series vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  Colors: (Mint Green 760 in 1/8" & 3/32", Sienna Copper 765 1/8" gauge only, Ecru 767 sold in all gauges, Kasha Taupe 769 in 1/8" & 3/32")
• Imperial pattern vinyl asbestos floor tiles for 1961 sold as 9" x 9"x 3/32 or 1/8" gauge
  Colors: (Pastel Gray 870, Mint Green 871, Pebble Beige 872, Dusty cedar 874)
• Metallic series floor tiles for 1961, straight grain
  Colors: (Black gold No. 351, Ivory gold 352, Redwood Gold 353, White Gold 356)
• Spatter series
  Colors: (Andover White 735, Meridian taupe 747, Worcester Gray 749)

• Standard straight grained pattern flooring tiles 1961
  Colors: (Algonquin Green 704, Acoma blue 705)
• Styletone floor tiles 1961
  Colors: (Mintone 831, Rosetone 834, Beigtone 839)
• Woodtone vinyl asbestos flooring images from 1961
  Colors: (Light woodtone 788, Dark Woodtone 789)
• Feature Strips and Insets solid color vinyl-asbestos flooring were sold in 1" x 24" c 1/8" gauge; also "die cuts" 18" x 18" solid color tiles
  Colors: (Black 790, White 791, Red 792, Yellow 793, Green 794, Brown 795)
  (See the strip guide at 1956, also see this installed solid tile and feature strip floor example from 1971.)

1962 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, 9" x 9", 12 x 12, Patterns & Color Guide

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year. For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year. Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Tiles were produced in 1962 in both 9" x 9" and for order quantities over 9,000 sq.ft. also in 12" x 12" size.

Nikita Kruschev banging his shoe on the table at the United Nations, shouting "We will bury you", the Cuban Missle crisis nor the Kennedy Assassination did not deter the production of the wide variety of vinyl-asbestos flooring products described below for 1962.

• Centennial style vinyl asbestos flooring images from 1962 (above left)
  Colors: (Polka Gray 802, Rhapsody Green 815, Largo White 818, Coda bisque 819 above left)
• Corkstyle
  Colors: (Dark cork style 842 above 2d from left) (see other colors, photos earlier years)
• Excelon Imperial style vinyl asbestos floor tiles in 1962 in a wide range of colors:
  Colors: (Ancestral white 861, Maplewood 863, Pilgrim Taupe 864, Coppertone Beige 865, Corsair Black 867, Mint White 868, Ivory Tan 869, Pastel Gray 870, Mint Green 871, Pebble Beige 872, Dusty Cedar 874, Wild Honey 876, Nutmeg Brown 877, Granite Gray 878, Autumn gray 879)
• Metallic style flooring tiles
  Colors: (Ivory Gold 352, White gold 356)
• Spatter style floor tiles
  Colors: (Andover White 735, Meridian Taupe 747, Worcester Gray 749 above 5th from left)

• Standard (straight grain) Standard and Woodtone (below) were the most popular selling vinyl asbestos floor tile patterns in 1962 according to Armstrong.
  Colors: (Waco Sand 702 above left, Isleta Blue 711, Dakota White 713, Cayuga Brown 715, Mint Green 760, Silver Gray 761, Sand Beige 762, Rose Taupe 763, Sienna Copper 765, Ecru 767, Mineral Gray 768, Kasha taupe 769, Seneca White 770)
• Styletone floor tiles
  Colors: (Mintone 831, Ivorytone 833, Rosetone 834, Beigetone 839)
• Woodtone vinyl asbestos floor tiles in 1962 sold 9" x 9" x 1/8" & 1/16" thicknesses
  Colors: Light Oak 850, Medium Oak 851, Dark Oak 852(see the 1961 photos)
• Feature Strips solid color vinyl-asbestos flooring accent strips were sold in 1", 2", and 3" widths and 24" in length, in solid colors in vinyl-asbetstos flooring for 1962, in 1/16" and 1/8" gauge thicknesses.
  Colors: (See the strip guide at 1956, also see this installed solid tile and feature strip floor example from 1971.)

1963 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, 9" x 9", 12 x 12, Patterns & Color Guide

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year. For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year. Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Tiles were produced in 1963 in both 9" x 9" and for order quantities over 9,000 sq.ft. also in 12" x 12" size.

• Centennial style
  (Rhapsody green 815) (above left)
• Corkstyle
  (light Cork 840 from 1963, also see mediuim cork from 1965 and dark cork from 1962)
• Custom style
  (shown, Hampton black 1106) vinyl asbestos flooring images from 1963
• Imperial style (shown Wild honey 876)
• Metallic
  (see 1960-1962 photo examples)
• Spatter
  (see 1956-1960 photo examples)
• Standard straight grain floor tiles
  (shown Ecru 767)
• Styletone floor tiles (shown Glacier 838, above right)
• Woodtone
  (see the 1961 photos)
• Feature Strips
  (see 1956 examples of solid color feature strips)

1964 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, 9" x 9", Patterns & Color Guide

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year. We have found records only of 9" x 9" vinyl asbestos floor tiles for 1964, in 1/16", 3/32" or 1/8" gauges.

• Centennial style (Nocturne black 817(above left), Largo white 818, Minuet white 814)
• Centennial II style (Metallic white 1191 1/16" only)
• Corkstyle (see light Cork 840 from 1963, also see mediuim cork from 1965 and dark cork from 1962)
• Driftstone style (Maya glow 1163) vinyl asbestos floor tile photo library from 1964
• Imperial style (Ivory tan 869)
• Metallic (see 1960-1962 photo examples)
• Spatter style (Stratford ivory 729)
• Standard straight grain (Catawba yellow 712)
• Styletone floor tiles (Mossstone 827, Peachtone 837))
• Travertex style (Frost white 1131)
• Woodtone style (Medium oak 851)

1965 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, 9" x 9" & 12" x 12", Patterns & Color Guide

Shown below: Armstrong Standard Excelon Tile - straight striations (available in 16 colors)

• Centennial vinyl asbestos floor tile images from 1965 (above left)
• Centennial II
• Corkstyle medium, also see light Cork 840 from 1963, also see mediuim cork from 1965 and dark cork from 1962
• Driftstone
• Embossed Parquet
• Embossed Pebblette
• Imperial
• Isleta
• Spatter (see 1956-1960 & 1964 photo examples)
• Standard Excelon floor tiles, example colors: Apache Red, Osage Green, also see this lab sample fragment of vinyl-asbestos floor tile tentatively identified as Armstrong Apache Red
• Styletone
• Travertex
• Woodtone

Armstrong Commercial products in 1965, Patterns & Color Guide

• - Armstrong Custom Imperial
• Imperial
• Standard
• Travertex
• Travertine Embossed
• Woodtone

1966 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, 9" x 9" & 12" x 12", Patterns & Color Guide

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Custom Imperial style flooring tiles (White sea gray 1112, above left) floor tile images from 1966
• Imperial style (Coppetone beige 865, Terrace white 880)
• Imperial Modern style vinyl asbestos floor tiles (Fleece white 1850, Mellow sand 1851, Shadow brown 1853)
• Standard Grain vinyl floor tiles (White bayberry 710)
• Travertex style (Teal green 1136)
• Travertine Embossed style asbestos floor tiles (Vetralla 4221) (also see 1965 Embossed styles)

1967 no data

1968 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, 9" x 9" & 12" x 12" (Residential), Patterns & Color Guide

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Caligula style (Dianna white 51202, above left) all vinyl asbestos floor tile images from 1968
• Centennial style (Largo white 56818)
• Coastal Stone style (Castle beige 51793)
• Custom Excelon (See 1963 photo example)
• Custom Shalestone flooring (Tioga beige 57001)
• Driftstone style (Amazon white 51866)
• Embossed Excelon (See 1965-1966 styles of embossed floor tiles)
• Excelon Feature Floor Tiles
• Feature style (colid color floor tiles & strips - color chart)
• Imperial style (Mint green 56871, Medium cork 51855)

• Imperial modern style (Shadow brown 51853, above left, not produced in 1973)
• Marble style (Quartz ivory 54231)
• Metric Chip (Palma beige 54281) [Compare with Shattered Stone - 1973]
• Olympus style (Dianna white 51200)
• Palatial style (Royal rouge 51600, also in lighter colors, 7 colors total)
• Parquet style (Light oak 54240)

• Polished Marble vinyl asbestos floor tiles (Meadow white 54193, above left)
• Pompeii style (Dianna white 51201)
• Random Mosaic style (Terra cotta red 54262)
• Standard straigt grain vinyl asbestos flooring (Smooth Surface) (Bayberry beige 56721)
• Swirl Chip style floor tiles (Rheims beige 54272)
• Tidestone style asbestos vinyl floor tiles (Malibu beige 51764)

• Trajan style (Dianna white 51293, above left)
• Travertex style (Briar tan 51130, Mist white 51135)
• Travertine style (Ponzano 54222)
• Woodtone (standard tile, wood tone: Light oak 56850)
• Excelon Feature Strips

Armstrong Cork & Vinyl Cork Floor Tiles 1968 - features, Patterns & Color Guide

• Custom vinyl cork floor tile ingredients: raw cork & vinyl resins (literature does not cite asbestos)
• Cork floor tile ingredients: raw cork, resins
• Patterns: Cork floor tiles and cork parquet floor tiles, in both material types

Armstrong Commercial Use Flooring in 1968

• Excelon Feature
• Standard Excelon
• Imperial Excelon
• Imperial Modern Excelon
• Travertex Excelon

1969 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide, 9x9 & 12x12-inch

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Standard 12" x 12"
• Embossed (9 x 9 & 12" x 12") (See 1965-1966 styles of embossed floor tiles)
• Custom Shalestone (Bushkill white - left) 12" x 12" x 1/16" floor tile images from 1969
• Imperial Modern (9 x 9 & 12" x 12") (see 1968)
• Excelon Feature (9 x 9 & 12" x 12")
• Travertex (9 x 9 & 12" x 12" )
• Imperial (9 x 9 & 12" x 12")
  

1969 - Armstrong Self-Adhesive Floor Tiles

Armstrong Peel-and-Stick Floor vinyl floor tiles were introduced late in 1969. As we discuss at Peel and Stick / Self-Adhesive Floor Tiles

Some self-adhesive floor tiles made by Armstrong also contained asbestos. Armstrong introduced peel and stick tiles in late 1969. The company stopped manufacturing these tiles with asbestos in December of 1982. Not all adhesive floor tiles produced during this period contain asbestos. It is necessary to know the flooring product model number or collection name of a tile in question, or to submit a sample to an asbestos test laboratory to make a final determination. - information courtesy of Armstrong Corporation. If you can identify your floor tile collection name or model number, laboratory testing of the sample to screen for asbestos may be unnecessary. (See ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE PHOTO ID GUIDE)

1970 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide, 9x9 & 12x12-inch

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Custom San Miguel 12x12x1/16"vinyl asbestos floor tile images from 1970 (shown at left)
• Custom Tenolla 12x12x1/16" vinyl asbestos floor tiles produced in 1970
• Embossed (9 x 9 & 12" x 12" floor tiles) (See 1965-1966 styles of embossed floor tiles)
• Standard (9 x 9 & 12" x 12" floor tiles)
• Montreal ( 12" x 12" only)
• Presidential ( 12" x 12" only)
• Travertine ( 12" x 12" only)
• Feature Floor Tiles ( 12" x 12" only)
• Travertex ( 12" x 12" only)
• Imperial Texture ( 12" x 12" only)
• Imperial ( 12" x 12" only)
• Imperial Modern ( 12" x 12" only)

1971 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide, 9x9 & 12x12-inch

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Montrel 12" x 12"x 1/8" thick (Cafe white) floor tile images from 1971
• Presidential 12" x 12" x 1/8" (Montpelier beige)
• Feature strips (shown at left, assembled, these permitted modern Mondrian like designs by assembly) 24" x 1", 24" x 2", 24" x 3", accent strips
• Feature tiles (solid colors) 12" x 12" x 1/8"
• Travertex 12" x 12" (Tan)
• Travertine Swirl12" x 12" x 3/32" (Ivory)
• Imperial Texture 12" x 12" (Cottage tan)
• Imperial 12" x 12"
• Imperial Modern 12" x 12" x 1/8" or 3/32" (see 1972 photos)
• Standard (9" x 9")
• Craftlon Collection (9 x 9 & 12" x 12") Stockbridge (darkl brown) also in Devonshire inset and brick patterns (see 1974 photos)
• Custom 12" x 12" Decoresque 12" x 12" x 1/16"
• Embossed 12" x 12"
• Smooth Surface (9 x 9 & 12" x 12")
  
• Embossed Tavarra (White) (Also see 1965-1966 styles of embossed floor tiles)
• Embossed Topiary 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Orange)
• Embossed Tortise Shell 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Rattler gold)

1972 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide, 9x9 & 12x12-inch

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Imperial Modern 12" x 12" x 1/8" or 3/32" (Fleece white 51850 above left) See more colors at 1973.
• Imperial Modern 12" x 12" x 1/8" or 3/32" (additional colors, 2nd from left)
• Imperial Texture 12" x 12" x 1/8" (see 1971/ 1973 photos)
• Imperial 12" x 12" x 1/8"

• Excelon Embossed: Custom Bisque 12" x 12" x 1/16" - New (notice the larger scale in this 1972 pattern than the similar but smaller-scale pattern produced in 1973 and later.)

Here is a reader-contributed photo of flooring resembling the Custom Bisque Beige 57092 vinyl asbestos flooring as installed in a Massachusetts home. Above we include a closeup photo of an individual vinyl-asbestos floor tile of this design.

• Feature 12" x 12" (solid colors & feature strips - see prior years above)
• Presidential 12" x 12"
• Classic Travertine 12" x 12"
• Standard 12" x 12"
• Travertex 12" x 12"

• Craftlon Devonport (9 x 9 & 12" x 12x 3/32" - above left)
• Craftlon Verdanza (Green - above center)
• Custom Burnham 12" x 12" x 1/16" (composite design) floor tile images from 1972 - above right)
• Embossed 12" x 12"
• Smooth Surface 12" x 12"

1973 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, Complete Pattern & Color Guide, 9x9 & 12x12-inch

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Imperial Modern 12" x 12" x 1/8" & 3/32" gauge (produced in Fleece white 51850, Mellow sand 51851, above left, Smoke Beige 51852, Char Brown 51854, Medium Cork 51855, Bayberry white 51856, Olive 51857, Sandrift white 51858, Light Umber 51860, Powder gray 51861)
• Imperial Texture 12" x 12"x 1/8" (as Cottage Tan 51830, Tower Gold 51831, Temple Orange 51833, Cabana olive 51857, 2nd from left and Shelter White 51836, Palace Beige 51837, Mansion Gold 51838, Fortress White 51839, Tent Olive 51840, Castle Greige 51841)
• Travertex 12" x 12" x 1/8" (Briar tan 51130, 3rd from left, Frost White 51131, Cream White 51133, Mist White 51135, Harvest Ivory 51137, Nougat Beige 51138)
• Standard 12" x 12" x 1/8" (Bayberry beige 56721, 4th from left - see our complete color series for both vinyl-asbestos and asphalt Standard tile patterns for 1973 just below.)
• Presidential 12" x 12" x 1/8" (Montpelier Beige 51950, Wheatland White 51951, Monticello Gold 51952, Mt. Vernon Taupe 51953, (Sagamore green 51954, also see 1974, 5th from left)
• Craftlon Devonshire inset 12" x 12" x 3/32 (Brown 54451, Gold 54452 above right, , White 54453, Red 54454)

Floor tiles shown above correspond left to right to the patterns named below where we also include links to additional colors for each style or pattern.

• Classic Travertine 12" x 12" X 1/8" floor tiles in six colors shown immediately above: White 51880, Beige 51881, Tan 51882, Gray 51883, Mint Green 51884, and Olive 51885

Also see two embossed versions of the Travertine floor tile identification pattern

• Travertine Embossed 12" x 12" x 1/16" or 3/32" thick floor tiles from 1973, similar to above but embossed, (Vetralla 54221 3/32" only, and Ponzano 54222 )

• Feature solid color floor tiles & accent strips 12" x 12" x 1/8" solid color floor tiles and 1" x 24" solid color vinyl-asbestos flooring accent strips in the colors shown just below. These tiles were intended for accent spots, not for tiling an entire floor, because the solid color flooring would show scratches.

• Craftlon/Adelphi II 12" x 12" x 3/32" vinyl asbestos floor tile images - 1973 (Olive 54430, Aalst 54431, Beige 54432 shown at above left, Baal 54433, Gold 54434)
• Craftlon Rancho Grande 12" x 12" x 3/32" vinyl asbestos floor tile images - 1973 (White 54490, Gold 54491, Green 54492, Terra Cotta 54493, & Beige 54494 above 2nd from left)
• Embossed Craftlon Stonefield 12" x 12" x 3/32" (Slate 54770, Olive 54771, White 54472 above 3rd from left, Red 54773) [Compare with Shattered Stone pattern below & with Metric Chip 1968]
• Embossed Craftlon Bristol Slate 12" x 12" x 3/32" (Gold 54560 above 4th from left, Terra Cotta 54561, Olive 54562, Slate 45463) embossed floor tile surface, no pattern but surface texture looks like slate.
• Embossed Craftlon Devonport 12" x 12" x 3/32" (Brown 534461, Gold 54462 5th from left above, White 54463, Red 54464)
• Excelon Imperial floor tiles 12" x 12" x 1/8" in Terrace White 56880 (above right) were produced only in this shade in 1973.

Patterns below are shown, left to right, with links to additional colors for each style

• Custom Glenmore Brick 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Red 57130, White 57131 above left, Gold 57132)
• Custom Old Forge 12" x 12" x 1/16" (White 57061 above 2d from left, and Terra Cotta 57062)
• Custom Eden Wood 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Walnut 57140, Saddle 57141, White 57142, above 3rd from left)
• Custom San Pedro 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Blue white 57070 above 4th from left, Olive 57071, Gold 57072, Orange 57073, Gold White 57074, Red 57075)
• Custom Bisque 12" x 12" x 1/16" (White 57090 above 5th from left, Rust 57091, Beige 57092, Brown 57093, Bronze 57094, Olive 57095) Compare this new smaller scale pattern with the larger-scale version produced ony in 1972 (above).
• Custom Burnham 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Blue 57080 shown above right, Olive 57081, Gold 57082, Tan 57083 Brown 57084 - all of these color shades are quite similar)

• Custom Geodessy 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Terra cotta 57120, White 57121, Slate 57122, Olive 57123, Gold 57124, above left)
• Custom Dianna White Olympus 12" x 12" x 1/16" Smooth Surface 51200
• Custom Dianna White Caligula 12" x 12" x 1/16" Embossed 51202
• Custom Dianna White Trajan 12" x 12" x 1/16" 51203
• Craftlon Romford Brick 9" x 9" x 3/32" viny asbestos floor tiles (White 57020, Red 57021, above right)

• Excelon Polished Marble, embossed 12" x 12" x 1/16" floor tiles in three colors: (Statuary White 54190, Peruvian Beige 54192 2nd from left)
• Excelon Polished Marble, embossed 12" x 12" x 1/16" floor tiles same series above, but this tile pattern looks a bit different: 2nd from left, above, Meadow White 54193 at left, above.
• Excelon Chandelle embossed 12" x 12" x 1/16"in six colors: (Blue-Olive 54520 3rd from left above, Olive 54521 [compare with the lighter version from 1974, below], White 54522, Gold 54523, Pink Orange 54524, Multi White 54525)
• Excelon Shattered Stone embossed 12 x 12 x 1/16"(Beige 51170, Multi-White 51171, Gold 51172 above right, White 51173)

The vinyl asbestos floor tiles below are smooth-surfaced, not embossed:

• Smooth Surface Palatial 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Nice Gold 51601 above left, Alba beige 51602, Cannes Beige 51603, Corsica Olive 51607)
• Smooth Surface Excelon Driftstone 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Aztec White 51161 2nd from left above, only in this color)
• Smooth Surface Tidestone 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Green 51756 above 3rd from left, Daytona Taupe 51760, Acapulco White 51762, Malibu Beige 51764) also see 1974 photos of this flooring.

Complete Photo Guide to Standard Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tile Patterns & Colors in 12x12" and 9x9" - Armstrong - example year: 1973

The Armstrong standard floor tiles shown in the two photographs above are the Armstrong Standard 9"x9" vinyl asbestos tile popular over many years with versions sold as early as 1955. Above left are Osage Green and Seneca White tiles. Below are color guides to all of the colors of these floor tiles that were produced in 1973. Many of these colors and some others were also produced before and after that year.

Standard 12x12 Asbestos Vinyl Floor Tiles - 1973 - al colors

These standard tile patterns were sold in 12" x 12" x 1/8" gauge - contrast them with the standard 9"
x9" Asphalt floor tiles shown in the next group.

Standard Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles 12" x 12" x 1/8" were produced in 7 colors: Osage Green 56780 above left, Bayberry Beige 56721, White Bayberry 56710, Seneca White56760, Iroquois Tan 56783, Fawn white 56759 above right, Apache Red 58777 shown at right

Standard 9x9 Asphalt Tiles - not Vinyl Asbestos - from 1973 - all colors

• Smooth Surface Standard asphalt floor tiles (not vinyl-asbestos) intended for areas of alkaline moisture (basement concrete slab floors), 9" x 9" x 1/8" gauge were produced in colors and patterns similar to the vinyl asbestos tiles shown just above but in fewer colors: (Foam Green 5C902 above left, Pecan Beige 5C913, Cedar 5C918, Palimino Beige 5C926, Corkstyle (New Light) above 2nd from right.
• Embossed Parquet 9 x 9 x 3/32 (Autumn Gold) - Asphalt Tile, not vinyl asbestos but see our warnings at page top: some asphalt-based floor tiles that were not vinyl-asbestos also contained asbestos.

1974 - Complete Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide

Our photo guide to vinyl asbestos floor tiles for 1974 shows one photo of each style or pattern; the list below includes the names of and links to additional photos for other colors of these styles. If we do not include a photo of a particular floor tile style that's because it appeared unchanged from a prior year - just scroll up through this photo guide to find the first occurrence of each floor tile style, pattern, name, dimensions, and colors. Our photo left is probably Glenmore Brick (1973 photo) 12" x 12" x 1/16" (White, 57131) found in a home in Poughkeepsie, NY. In 1974 Armstrong Excelon asbestos vinyl floor tiles were produced in the styles shown in the photo guide just below. For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• Imperial 12" x 12" x 1/8" vinyl asbestos floor tiles Terrace white #56880 (first photo at above, left).
• Imperial Modern 12" x 12" x 3/32" (Fleece white 51850, Mellow sand 51851, Smoke beige 51852, Char brown 51854, Medium cork 51855, Bayberry white 51856, Olive 51857, Sandrift white 51858, Powder gray 51861) floor tile images from 1974
• Imperial Texture 12" x 12" (Manor green 51845) (fifteen colors produced)
• Travertex 12" x 12" x 1/8" thick (Nougat beige 51138)
• Presidential 12" x 12" x 1/8" (Montpelier beige 51950)
• Classic Travertine 12" x 12" x 1/8" (White 51880, & Beige 51881)

• Standard 12" x 12" (Seneca white 56770, above left)
• Feature tiles (Ten solid colors, 12" x 12" x 1/8" thick and in strips, 1" wide x 24" long) - produced beginning in 1956, above is a 1971 photo (unchanged)
• Craftlon Collection 12" x 12" Adelphi II Gold 54434, or Aalst (next photo), or Baal 54433
• Craftlon Collection 12" x 12" Adelphi II Aalst 54431 (showing a second color, Aalst)
• Craftlon Collection 12" x 12" Devonshire inset (Gold, 54452, Brown 54451, White 54453, or Red 54454)
• Craftlon Collection 9" x 9" x 3/32" Romford brick 9"x9" (White 57020 or Red Romford Brick 57021 - 1973 photo)

• Craftlon Collection Leathercraft 12"x12" x 3/32" thick (Yellow, above left)
• Craftlon Collection Devonport 12"x12" x 3/32" thick (White 54463)
• Craftlon Collection Stonefield 12"x12" x 3/32" (Slate 54470)
• Embossed Chancery 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Gold white 54542)
• Embossed Shattered Stone 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Gold)
• Embossed Chandelle 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Olive 54521 - darker than the 1973 version - see the 1973 color series above;, also see this Chandelle Multi-White for 1974)

• Embossed Dianna White Caligula (White with veining)
• Custom Bisque 12" x 12" x 1/16" (White 57090, Rust, Beige 57092, Brown, Bronze, Olive) vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  
• Custom Burnham 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Tan) (also see 1972)
• Custom Old Forge12" x 12" x 1/16" (White, 57081) Don't confuse this with Custom Glenmore Brick 12" x 12" x 1/16" or Romford Brick floor tiles from 1973. Also see our photos from 1978 where we show a continuous sheet resilient flooring product that also used the Romford Brick floor pattern.
• Embossed Woodstock 12" x 12" x 1/16" (Dark Cherry 54251 5th from left above, only in this shade)
  
• Smooth Surface Palatial 12" x 12"x 1/16" (Blue)

• Smooth Surface Tidestone 12" x 12"x 1/16" (Green, above left)
• Smooth Surface Driftstone 12" x 12"x 1/16" (Aztec white)

1975-1976, no data;

1977 - Armstrong Solarian Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, 12" x 12", Patterns & Color Guide

Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles (as above), for colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

Solarian vinyl asbestos floor tiles, and the following:

• Imperial Texture 12" x 12" (see photos above)
• Imperial Modern 12" x 12"
• Classic Travertine Embossed 12" x 12"
• Travertex 12" x 12"
• Straight Grain 12" x 12"
• Feature 12" x 12" solid color tiles and solid color strips 1" x 24" all 1/8" gauge

• Craftlon (9" x 9" 0.80" gauge) Romford Brick pattern vinyl asbestos floor tiles (Red 57021, also sold in white - photos from identical product, 1978)
• Excelon Shattered Stone
  Colors: (Beige 51170, Multi-White 51171, Gold 51172, White 51173 above 3rd from left)
• Regular 12" x 12" (see photos above)
• Promotional embossed vinyl asbestos flooring 12" x 12" (Shattered stone white 51173 & Woodstock Dark Cherry 54251 patterns)
• Promotional smooth surfaced vinyl asbestos floor tiles 12" x 12" (Driftstone White 51173 also sold in Beige, multi-white, and Gold, patterns)
• Promotional smooth floor asbestos flooring Tidestone Daytona taupe 51760 (above left) also sold in green, Acapulco white, Malibu beige.
• Armstrong Excelon Supreme Floor Tile produced in 1977 did not contain asbestos [photos wanted]

1978 - Armstrong Solarian Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, 12" x 12" & 9"x9", Patterns & Color Guide

Armstrong Solarian & Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles included the "Custom" patterns in 1978:

• Abbey wood 12" x 12" vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  Colors: (Light 57320, above left, Medium 57321, Dark 57322)
• Burnham 12" x 12" x 1/16" (service gauge) Custom embossed vinyl asbestos floor tiles for 1978
  Colors: (Blue 57080, Olive 57081 above 2nd from left, Tan 57083)
• Classic Travertine 12" x 12"
  Colors: (White 51880 abive 3rd from left, Beige 51881)
• Country brick 12" x 12" regular brick pattern vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  Colors: (Terra Cotta 57400, White 57401, Burnt toast, 57402, above 4th from left especially recommended for kitchens, Almond 57403)
• CraftlonRomford Brick (9" x 9" 0.80" gauge) pattern vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  Colors: (White 57020, and Red 57021, also see 1977)
• Eden wood 12" x 12" Custom vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  Colors: (Walnut 57140, Saddle 57141, White 57141)

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

Our photo (below-left) shows a late 1970's vintage Craftlon Romford Brick 9"x9" 0.80 gauge white vinyl asbestos floor, photos provided courtesy of reader Matt Abel, Design Services Department, Strongwood Log Home Company.

Our second flooring picture (below-right), provided courtesy of reader Diana Elliott, illustrates that resilient sheet flooring was produced in a pattern similar to Romford Brick floor tiles from 1973 and 1974, and closely resembling two other 12" x 12" tile patterns from the same era: Custom Glenmore Brick 12" x 12" and Custom Old Forge 12" x 12" x 1/16" thick floor tiles, but in our photograph (below right) the flooring is reported to be in continuous sheet form.

• Embossed, Dianna White 12" x 12" vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  Colors: (Caligula 51202, above left)
• Smooth-surfaced, Dianna White, 12" x 12" x 1/16" smooth
  Colors: (Olympus 51200, Palatial 51601, Alba Beige 51602, Cannes Beige 51603, Corsica Olive 51607)
• Glenmore Brick, 12" x 12" regular brick pattern vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  Colors: (Red 57130, 2nd from left, above, White 57131, Gold 57132))
• Imperial Texture 12" x 12" vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  Colors: (Palace beige 51837)
• Imperial Modern 12" x 12" vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  Colors: (Medium cork 51855)
• Imperial 12" x 12" vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  Colors: (Cottage tan 51830)
• Imperial terrazzo-like 12" x12"
  Colors: (Terrace white 56880)
• Not shown above: Feature Floor Tiles, 12" x 12" solid colors
  Colors: (Solid colors Black 56790, White 56791, Chocolate 56797, Red 56806, Neutral 56807, Celerty 56808, and more solid colors Yellow 56809, Gold 56810, Orange 56811, and Blue 56812)

• Los Alamos 12" x 12" Custom vinyl asbestos floor tiles (Green 57281)
• Travertex 12" x 12" (Harvest ivory 51137)
• Straight Grain 12" x 12" standard vinyl asbestos floor tiles (Fawn white 56759, also in Iriquois tan)
• Regular 12" x 12" vinyl asbestos floor tiles
• Salvador 12" x 12" vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  Colors: (White & Black 57170, Yellow 57171, Green 57173, Brown/Tan 57174, Gold/Green 57175)
• San Pedro 12" x 12" vinyl asbestos floor tiles (Gold 57072)
• Smooth surface 12" x 12" vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  (Cannes beige 51603)

• Promotional embossed 12" x 12" vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  • Woodstock 12" x 12" vinyl asbestos floor tiles
    Color: (Dark cherry 54251, above left) (Also see 1973)
  • Shattered stone
    Colors: ( Beige 51170, Multi-White 51171, Gold 51172, White 51173 (catalog error printed as 57173)) (Also see 1973)
• Promotional smooth 12" x 12" vinyl asbestos floor tiles
  • Driftstone
    Colors: (Aztec White 51161)
  • Tidestone
    Colors: (Green 51756, Daytona Taupe 51760 above right)

1979 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

Imperial Texture 12" x 12" Colors: (Cottage Tan 51830, Tower Gold 51831, Temple Orange 51833, Shelter White 51836, Palace Beige 51837, Mansion Gold 51838, Fortress White 51839, Tent Olive 51840, Castle Greige 51841, Pagoda Red 51842, Casa Orange 51843, Cathedral Gold 51844, Manor Green 51845, Teahouse Blue 51846) (Also see 1978 photos) Imperial Modern 12" x 12" (Flooring example at left) Colors: (Fleece White 51850, Mellow Sand 51851, Char Brown 51854, Medium Cork 51855, Bayberry White 51856, Olive 51857, Sandrift White 51858) Imperial 12" x 12" Colors: (See 1978 photos) Travertex 12" x 12" Colors:(See 1978 photos) (Briar Tan 51130, Frost White 51131, Cream White 51133, Harvest Ivory 51137, Nougat Beige 51138) Straight Grain 12" x 12" Colors: White Bayberry 56710, White 56742, Fawn White 56759, Iroquois Tan 56783 (See 1978 photos) Classic Travertine Embossed 12" x 12" Colors: White 51880, Beige 51881 Custom Burnham 12" x 12" Colors: (Blue 57080, Olive 57081, Tan 57083) Custom Los Alamos 12" x 12" x 1/16" Colors: Multi 57280, Yellow 57283, Red 57284 Salvador Colors: Yellow 57171, Brown/Tan 57174, Gold/Green 57175 San Pedro Colors: Gold 57072, Orange 57073, Gold/White 57074, Red 57075 Country Brick Colors: Terra cotta 57400, White 57401, Almond 57403 Villa Court Colors: White 57330, Almond 57331, Yellow 57332 Eden Wood Colors: Walnut 57140, Saddle 57141, White 57142 Glenmore Brick Colors: Red 57130, White 57131, Gold 57132 Feature Floor Tiles (12 x 12 tile) solid colors: Colors: Black 56790, White 56791, Chocolate 56797, Red 56806, Neutral 56807, Celery 56808, Yellow 56809, Gold 56810, Orange 56811, Blue 56812

1980 - Armstrong Excelon Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tiles, Patterns & Color Guide

For colors for which a link is not provided below, see the earlier occurrence of that tile color in a previous year.

• 9.23 Arm , above left
• Bradford Brick Floor Tiles, 12" x 12" x 1/8" thick
  Colors: Red, White, Almond
• Classic Travertine Embossed 12" x 12"
  Colors:
• Classic Travertine Floor Tiles, 12" x 12" x 1/8" thick asbestos vinyl 1980 patterns
  Colors:
• Country Brick
  Colors:
• Custom 12" x 12" "service gauge"
  Colors:

• Desert Sage Floor Tiles, 12" x 12" x 1/8" thick only in the color shown, above left
• Devonslate
  Colors:
• Diana White
  Colors:
• Eden Wood Floor Tiles, 12" x 12" x 1/8" thick
  Colors: Walnut, Saddle, White colors
  
• Feature Floor Tiles, 12" x 12" x 1/8" thick
  Colors: ( solid colors - red, green example)
• Imperial series 12" x 12" x 1/8" or 3/32" gauge vinyl asbestos flooring
  Colors:

• Imperial Texture 12" x 12" - this "tweedy" design was
  Colors: sold in 17 colors, shown Cottage Tan 51830 (above left)
• Imperial Modern 12" x 12"
  Colors: including Bayberry White 51866, 2nd from left, old in Fleece white, Mellow sand, Char brown (almost black), medium Cork, Bayberry white. also sold in
• Imperial Modern Medium Cork
  Colors: (Medium 51855, 3rd from left above)
• Los Alamos Floor Tiles, 12" x 12" x 1/8" thick
  Colors: Green, Yellow, Multi-colors
• Oak Knoll Floor Tiles, 12" x 12" x 1/8" thick
  Colors: Saddle, Walnut, Almond
• Palatial Floor Tiles, 12" x 12" x 1/8"
  Colors: Nice Gold (above right), Alba beige, Cannes beige, Corsica olive

• Regency Square Floor Tiles, 12" x 12" x 1/8" thick, above left
  Colors: Yellow & White
• Salvador
  Colors:
• San Roque Floor Tiles, 12" x 12" x 1/8" thick
  Colors: Olive, Gold, Red, White colors
• Slurry Square (above right)
  Colors:

Watch out: even if your flooring was installed some time after 1980, it is possible that an installer used 1980 or prior flooring materials that contained asbestos. Handle flooring demolition or grinding, sanding, polishing appropriately.

1982 - Armstrong Self-Adhesive Floor Tiles

Do Peel and Stick Floor Tiles Contain Asbestos?

• Vernay peel and stick floor tiles.

Armstrong Peel-and-Stick Floor vinyl floor tiles were introduced late in 1969, as we discussed at Peel and Stick / Self-Adhesive Floor Tiles

Some, but apparently not all self-adhesive floor tiles made by Armstrong during the period 1969 - 1982 contained asbestos. The company stopped manufacturing these tiles with asbestos in December of 1982.

Not all adhesive floor tiles produced during this period contain asbestos. It is necessary to know the flooring product model number or collection name of a tile in question, or to submit a sample to an asbestos test laboratory to make a final determination. The peel-and-stick Armstrong floor tile shown in our photograph (above left) was from Armstrong's Vernay series, introduced in 1980 and discontinued in 1982.  This product never contained asbestos. - information courtesy of Armstrong Corporation.

If you can identify your floor tile collection name or model number, laboratory testing of the sample to screen for asbestos may be unnecessary. (See ASBESTOS FLOOR TILE PHOTO ID GUIDE or send us a photograph of the flooring that you are trying to identify. Use the email address found at CONTACT.

Armstrong Accoflex, [Estimated 1950's] - Contain Asbestos?

1989 & Later Armstrong Accoflex Series Flooring Tiles

Key to Thicknesses or Gauges of Vinyl-Asbestos Floor Tiles & Floor Tile Application or Usage by Thickness

Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tile Thickness & Usage Guide Shown at left is a vinyl-asbestos floor specification summary and usage guide from 1959 - Armstrong.

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