You want your clients to be pleased with the appearance of your work but you don t want them to slip on it and get hurt or even to.
Slip resistant concrete steps.
01 11 watch an overview of techniques used to make concrete slip resistant.
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Treat slippery steps walkways and wet pool decks to garage and workshop floors entrances shower floors and more.
Paint the steps with clear paving paint.
Using the seeded aggregate technique can be a very beautiful and efficient way of making your steps slip resistant.
Mix sand with paint for non slip surfaces prevent slips by finishing potentially dangerous outdoor living surfaces with a gritty traction lending mixture of paint and sand.
In the case of the walkway that is at a slight incline the surface is not doing much to create slip resistance and the sealer is making it worse.
Small stones are packed into finished concrete and once completely dried the top layer of concrete gives way to a beautifully decorated and functional concrete finish.
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Sprinkle fine sand over the wet paint.
Here is a very simple way to make non slip concrete steps in your home or garden.
You can make concrete non slip by applying a layer of non slip concrete sealer or adding non slip additives or silica sand to concrete sealer before sealing.
Along with its anti slip benefit tracsafe is also a superior high performance sealer.
Brush away any excess sand.
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If the concrete is already sealed you can add a layer of slip resistant paint or non slip strips can be used.
Any concrete surface can be slippery when it is wet or icy especially color hardened or sealed concrete.
The results should be reasonable clear steps with some invisible grip.