slippery concrete around drain-how to add grip quickly/easily?

[Prince33Sp4rkle]

so...the actual wash box is roughened concrete which grips well enough even when wet.

The water used to just run off on to the (gravel) yard but over the years this created the great bog of doom and crocodiles

in the summer we had it all dug out in front of the wash box and a pre shaped concrete lip added which is slightly dipped and slopes to a proper drain at one end-yay its only about a foot wide.

the pre formed bit is smooth and when wet absolutely lethal....we sweep up every scrap of muck/hay/grit that gets on it so that doesnt go down the drain and always sweep the water down the drain rather than let it sit to try and keep algae to a minimum.

without having to get the pre formed bit roughed up/re done is there anything at all i can put down that is ok to go down in to the drains, that will add grip?

salt? not very permanent and will get through a lot of it. Grit/sand no good as will mean i have to un block the drain weekly (which is easy enough as it all collects in a special pit but its a minging job!)

anything that can be painted on to give a gritty/grippy surface?

we avoid walking the horses over it AT ALL but it does still worry me and our friend has just gone A over T on it

come on HHO-clever ideas needed!!!!

 

[Exploding Chestnuts]

Yes you can use acid to pit the surface, I can't recall the details though, well I can but not 100% sure!
What about the paint they use on garage floors? Any of this type of paint could be given extra grip by a light sprinkle of dry sand [sold for paviours]when applied.
There is a machine which roughens conctrete but not sure if they are on hire as it is a bit specialist., depends on the area to be done really.

 

[ester]

something like so?

http://www.coo-var.co.uk/safety-and-security-paints/suregrip-antislip-floor-paint/
http://www.watco.co.uk/watco-safety-grip.html

only other thing would be to possibly use holey rubber grass mats over the top? though sweeping would then be difficult

 

[Tiddlypom]

In the short term, dilute bleach and a scrubbing brush to get rid of the algal film (if that is what is causing the slipperiness.) We have a similar smooth area of smooth concrete near the drain, and as long as we keep the algae off, it isn't slippery.

 

[Prince33Sp4rkle]

thank you guys, knew you lot would know!

will look at those paints as NMT and i probably safer with paint than acid lol....off to google, thank you!!!!!

Even without algae it is like ice, its just perfectly smooth, not a pit or blob to be seen

 

[FubsyMog]

Was also going to suggest paint-on stuff. Not sure how long-lasting it would be, but pain-on stuff should be easy to top up.

 

[LCH611]

you can definitely get grippy paint!

 

[Annagain]

you can definitely get grippy paint!

....and you can add extra sand to make it even grippier.

 

[Prince33Sp4rkle]

have found some marine paint which as far as i can see needs no priming or acid pitting prior to application and has tiny beads for uniform grip.

can be applied with a bog standard brush and takes only 6 hours to dry so think we are going to give that a whirl!

thank you all, this will save many a bruised backside!

 

[ester]

I'm expecting some cool matchy colour though!

 

[Liane]

Different surface but my mounting block had got slippy (made of wood), so I bought some special grippy tape strips and screwed it to it, I have seen these put on concrete stair steps/wooden bridges etc. Dont quite know how you would fix but its like very hardwearing sandpaper strips, I got it from ebay.

 

[trickivicki]

What about the sand paper type stuff they stick to stair wells?

 

[Liane]

Yes that is the stuff I used trickivicki

 

[Prince33Sp4rkle]

oooh something else to google, thanks

sadly as far as i can find, no pink grippy paint and pappy sparkle would have a nervous breakdown if he came home to find a pink drain!!!!!

 

[Exploding Chestnuts]

have found some marine paint which as far as i can see needs no priming or acid pitting prior to application and has tiny beads for uniform grip.

can be applied with a bog standard brush and takes only 6 hours to dry so think we are going to give that a whirl!

thank you all, this will save many a bruised backside!

No I think you will need to use concrete paint, the boat stuff is for decking which is fibreglass, I would not use that
[perhaps i should warn anyone off ....... 10% HCl ]

 

[Auslander]

pappy sparkle would have a nervous breakdown if he came home to find a pink drain!!!!!

That would make it even funnier!

 

[ester]

I reckon you could at least add some glitter to it. but yes you will need one designed to go straight onto concrete!

 

[Henbug]

Don't know if it would work on concrete BUT...

... it comes in PINK! :-D

http://www.contactacoat.co.uk/

 

[Prince33Sp4rkle]

lololol!

i have fired off a few emails to various companies, so lets see who comes back the quickest with the best and easiest deal

I will chase them all up tomorrow PM if no joy as need it doing asap.

The most expensive one looks the best TBH, cures at zero deg and is specifically designed for concrete outside in damp areas.

The marine one does say suitable for steps and the spec sheet does indicate it can be applied to concrete (as long as concrete is properly prepared with the pairing prep formula).

ETA-like the idea of adding glitter!!!! wonder if i could sneak it in the pot without Pappy Sparkle seeing!!!!!

 

[FfionWinnie]

Reckon you could add pink sand.