Sunday, January 25, 2009

Concrete Polish' Slip Resistance

By Mikkan Drane

Because of how shiny, glossy, and smooth concrete polish floors are, one asks whether it is safe to walk on. The slippery looking floor, no matter how beautiful it is can still give you the worry, especially when you are an owner of an establishment being visited by meticulous individuals. Slip resistant floors should be a guarantee.

Accidents, mostly on kids running on these floor finishes, womens slippery shoe soles, and many more are very hard to avoid. This is mostly the common cases that worried individuals mean when they say they want a safer non slippery polished concrete floor. The common protest youll see regarding this issue are signs saying slippery when wet.

Slip resistance is one feature that many require and look for when deciding on getting a concrete polishing job done on their floors. Thankfully, this is achievable. With the right make, and a bit of maintenance, concrete polished floor can be shiny and smooth, and slip resistant all at the same time.

There are three contributors that should be acknowledged in achieving a slip free concrete polished floor. There's the pavement's surface finish, the sealer used on the floor, and the type of texture the floor has. When all three of this are combined in the right manner and style, you are guaranteed to have the slip resistant floor that you wish to have.

Keeping polished concrete floor safe and non slippery is actually quite very easy. The key, after the good combination of the three aspects, is maintenance, and most of all, keeping the floor clean. This means, the floor must always be free from contaminants.

These contaminants are usually the often cause of floors becoming slippery, especially when wet. So all in all, as long as you follow the simple steps, and keeping the concrete polished floor clean, gives you the safety and non slippery feature you want to achieve. - 16738

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