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AGSCO Corporation sells a variety of aggregates for many different anti-slip applications. Please allow one of AGSCO's experts to help you find an anti-slip industrial mineral to best match your needs.
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If the concrete is strong and durable, the job of the sealer becomes much easier. When applying the concrete, see if you can use a wooden float or broom to apply it instead of a hand trowel. A trowel will make the concrete overtly slick while a float will leave behind a sandier texture, which helps make the surface non-slippery. A wooden float and broom can also add a good finishing touch to the concrete that does not only make it less slippery but will also make it easy to clean.
Concrete surfaces can complete the look of a room or any surrounding it is laid out on. If done well, concrete surfaces can be considered as decorative and add to the aesthetic appeal of its surroundings. However, you may have heard of accidental slip and other mishaps taking place on concrete more often than it should.
Besides, there is a way to make it look aesthetically appealing, too. These tapes can come in a huge variety of colors, widths, lengths, and designs. You can buy them in rolls where you can cut them off in the length that you desire and you can buy them in pre-measured sections for a more uniformed look. The strips have to be pasted equally distant to create a neat pattern so that it can look like a style you chose (and not something you had to do out of need to avoid a slip). more
This may not be the most aesthetic way of making your concrete less slippery but it is definitely the easy way with a high effective rate. There are stick-on, non-slip strips available in hardware stores that you can paste to your concrete surfaces. Of course, this is not a method you can try with indoor concrete surfaces. But if it is your concrete patio, concrete steps, garage floor, driveway, or any outdoor surface you are looking to make more secure, this is also a good option. more
The following are some easy skid safe methods you can try to make your concrete surface non-slippery. Certainly, it is better to be safe than to be sorry.
The color hardener does not show as prominently on the surface as a polymer grit would. It is also far more durable than the sealer, which is important because as soon as the sealer breaks down, the additive has to be lifted off as well to make sure no slip can happen. With this color hardener technique, you will not have the same problem. [links]
Installation of these tapes onto concrete requires a clean, dry, smooth surface that is warmer than 65 F-you should shoot for 70 F ambient temperature. The surface should be cleaned with an industrial cleaner to make sure all soap and wax are removed then rinsed well to get rid of the soap. Wait long enough to let the concrete dry well. The final, critical, step for concrete is to apply a primer. 3M's installation instructions say to paint on the primer over a clean concrete surface. It can be used over sealed or painted surfaces. [links]
"Since concrete isn't smooth, the primer smoothes the surface and creates double the adhesion," said Dan with Martinson-Nicholls, a 3M distributor and installer of anti-slip products (www.floormat.com). "The primer is put down first and dries in 4 to 5 minutes, then the tape. This makes almost a fail-safe installation. Just about every failure we have is either a temperature problem---putting it down when it's too cold-or failure to use the primer." more
The advantages of the plastic grit are that it is nearly transparent and that it is so light it stays suspended throughout the sealer. This allows new grit to be exposed as the sealer wears. It also allows it to stay in suspension during application, although one decorative concrete veteran says that you should still stir the grit up occasionally to make sure it stays completely mixed.
Proper mixing is important for these products in order to avoid clumping. The typical dosage is 1 pound of grit to 5 gallons of sealer. Follow the manufacturer's instructions, which usually includes mixing it into a small portion of the sealer with a mechanical mixer then mixing that into the bulk of the sealer. It is possible to spray sealers with grit with the proper high pressure sprayer, but rolling it on is probably safer. [links]
Exterior decorative installations lend themselves to use of a grit additive to the sealer. QC Construction Products
In some cases, you may be faced with concrete that is slippery but only needs slip resistance in certain spots. Or your customer may want to draw attention to certain spots, like stair steps. Anti-slip tapes may be the solution.
Used for lapping, cutting or as an anti-slip flooring aggregate, AGSCO supplies a range of silicon carbide sizes that are extremely durable. Call us today! [links]
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For polishing and/or lapping operations, AGSCO carries a full line of slurries and can design custom slurries to meet your specific needs. Call today!
AGSCO has top quality silica flours in traditional sizes (70-325mesh) as well as ultra- fine and micron-sized polishing. Request a quote today! [links]
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