Good suggestion. I did point out the slippery nature of the stuff to the
original requestor. When I was a starving student, I lived in a CO-OP
part of the year. They had something like this done to the floor in the
main kitchen (this was a 150 person CO-OP). The stuff was VERY hard to
keep clean. It seemed to collect grime. What my friend with the home
shop does is keep the walking areas of the floor covered with carpet
scraps. That way, the epoxy floor covering gives less chance to slip. I
did almost do a prat fall on his floor once, tho. The carpet scraps can
be replaced cheaply. Lying on carpet scraps is also preferable to bare
concrete, with or without epoxy.
CarterCM@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/4/2000 2:45:17 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> simon@mondes.com writes:
>
> << A 2-part epoxy shop floor paint is the only permanent solution. The only
> thing I don't like about
> it is that it does get slippery when oily.>>
>
> I have a fair amount of experience with coatings on industrial flooring for
> the chemical industry. Epoxy-coated work floors are the best BUT they are
> more than slippery, they're deadly! ...and not just with oil but water too.
>
> I suggest the following procedure using 2-part epoxy:
>
> 1. Use a roller to lay down a base coat of epoxy on a dry, squeeky-clean and
> acid-etched floor.
> 2. Evenly broadcast a small amount silica sand or med/fine carborundum over
> the floor right away, before the paint starts to cure...you want all the grit
> to stick to the paint.
> 3. After base coat is cured 24+ hrs @ 70+ degrees, add a top coat of epoxy,
> rolling-in well. Once the top coat is cured, check to see if the grit
> particles can be knocked loose easily. If so, apply a second top coat.
>
> Making your floor a non-skid surface will make it a little more difficult to
> clean but well worth it from a safety standpoint.
>
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