Non-Skid Flooring

Just about any floor surface that routinely gets doused with water, oil and other slippery substances should be treated with non-skid coatings to prevent falls and injuries. Applying non-skid flooring is very easy, and considering the increased safety factor, well worth the investment of your time and money.

Uses for Non-Skid Coatings/Flooring

The number of places to use concrete floor coating is almost endless; in fact just about any surface that is walked has a need for an anti-slip floor treatment. Here are just a few places where concrete floor coating would be useful:

1. Public building entrances and exits (inside and out)
2. Boats
3. Garages – homes and businesses
4. Pools
5. Ramps
6. Loading docks
7. Utility rooms
8. Laundromats
9. Daycare centers

The entire floor does not have to be made non-skid, just the areas most likely to have water or slippery substance spills occur.

Application of Anti-slip Floor Coatings

The secret to industrial floor coating for a non-skid floor is the use of media or particles in between the layers of coating. Generally there are three types or kinds of media used for the particle layer:

1. Walnut Shell Grit
2. Plastic Abrasives
3. Aluminum Oxide

Which media to choose when making your non-skid floor depends upon where the floor is located and what kind of liquid will be spilled, dripped or dropped on it. You will also need to consider the amount of traffic the floor will receive as well as aesthetic concerns.

You will need the following items in order to do your non-skid flooring project:

1. Floor coating base and top coat
2. Abrasive media
3. Paint brush and/or roller
4. Gloves, goggles, mask and protective clothing

Before you apply the base coat to the floor, you will want to thoroughly clean and completely dry the area you plan to apply the non-skid floor coating to. Then you will apply the base coat using either a brush or roller depending upon the size of the floor you are coating.

While the base coat is still wet, apply the media all over the coated floor; it doesn’t have to be pretty, evenly dispersed or heavily applied. Just make sure you get the some of the media over the entire wet base coat.

Let the media sprinkled base coat dry completely and then apply the top or sealer coat for a beautiful non-skid floor. Be sure to keep the freshly treated floor roped off until it is totally dry.

You don’t have to spend a lot of money on a non-skid flooring application system that uses little confetti circles in order to have a slip resistant floor. With a little planning you can have the peace of mind knowing you are protecting yourself, your family and/or your customers by using an effective and simple procedure to make your slippery floor safe and skid proof.