Non Slip surface treatment Timber Floors

[roo48]

I have installed a pre-polished bamboo floor...it is slippery when wet. Is there a product that can be applied to bring the rating to a R10 equivalent.

[Gaza]

option one
- resand floor then apply aquamax unti slip commreical polyurthane. 3 coat system.
option two
- resarch products make a mop on wax type coating that is anti slip

[globalsafe]

Hi roo48,

We are a floor and other surface specialist - non slip - provider of products and services.

For smooth surfaces when you apply a selaer, you must put some aggregate to it, otherwise it will remain slippery.

I would suggest to use Azcoseal and sprinkle fine sand into it. It has a BPN 62 - far in excess of R10, it is rather R12 - and will last for a coupel of years.

If you want to do it yourself, contact me and I will tell you where you can find the product or if you want us to do it, look up your closest Authorised Dealer on our website.

Cheers,

[Larry McCully]

Hi roo mate,

We just sanded and coated the coin production of the Royal Australian Mint and used the product that gazza (hammer head) mentioned, It is called Toby Aquamax Non-slip, It has a R10 rating, However, as much as i love tobys products , i would not use it in a domestic application, It easly traps dust it its micro granual. Most non-slip products are standard floor finish with a mix of micro-granual in it. it is the mirco granual that causes a grip, much like walking on sandpaper. It is strange that your floor is slippery when it is wet. I would say that there may be a fine film a cleaning product on it , and when you addd water it becomes slipery. In all my years of coating floors i have not come across any that become slippery when wet. I would comfortably walk on a wet floor without fear of slipping. I would say there is something on it to cause it to become slippery.
Try cleaning it with metholated spirits first, Get down on your hands and knees and wipe the floor down with clean rags and metho.
Then try it for slipperyness. But on the same token, you should not have water on the floor anyway. It will kill your floor.