Which antistatic mat materials don't melt at soldering temps? [SOLVED]

[tyblu]

I'm grabbing some antistatic matting for my workbench and soldering station. The options available to me from DigiKey are rubber, vinyl and laminate. Which of those best hold up to the heat? I'd like to not have to worry about solder balls, dropping a pen or putting down the heat gun.

The datasheet (http://documents.desco.com/PDF/10200.pdf) for one of the laminate contenders lists "160°F (71°C) continuous", which seems too low -- I sometimes crank the tip to over 380ºC -- but also says that it "resists hot solder". The vinyl one (http://documents.desco.com/PDF/PM-127.pdf) doesn't mention temperature. The 3M rubber datasheet one doesn't say much of anything (http://goo.gl/Lr7Tm).

[IanB]

In general, rubber resists heat well while vinyl melts.

All-Spec has a video on YouTube comparing the different kinds of mat complete with demonstrations:

[tyblu]

Neato -- thanks.

After reading this document [click] I realize the matting listed as "laminate" wasn't referring to it being a composite material that had been laminated together, but the installation process: it is laminated to the work surface. I'm not doing that. Rubber it is.