Baird,
Just to follow up on this floor StoneCare Central has a product that can be added to the mopped on that will improve the slip resistance. As mentioned in my earlier email I would suggest take slip measurements.
The process you used in polishing , you should achieve a slip resistance of .55 or higher, making this floor exceeding the .50 standard. If you are dealing with wheel chair access ramps, you need to be at least at a .60
The most important thing for you client to remember is to make sure the floor is clean and dust free. A floor that is not properly dust mopped and cleaned using a good neutral cleaner will increase the slipperiness on the floor.
Hope this answers your questions..
PS . In the future if you are working on a cement based terrazzo you may want to consider using a concrete densflier to your process this will make the cement in the terrazzo polish much easier and give the floor a better look. I highly recommend the Concrete densiflier from Stone Care Central
John E. Freitag
President/Director
The Stone and Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
From: Baird Standish [mailto:bairdstandish@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:31 AM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Anti-Slip Treatments
John,
the surface is terrazzo. the floor was poured about 6 years ago. They then coated it with a thick layer of something that the contractor said would last 6 years. They didn't like the results and put 4 coats of acrylic on it which just made it worse. We are proposing a polished finish. In our test we we first stripped off the coating (fairly easily). What was left was a smooth finish of probably 100 grit. We honed at 200, 400 and 800 and then polished with 5x. At 800 we could get both the aggregate and cement to a suitable clarity and gloss. 400 only got the aggregate glossy. We touched it off with some chrystallizer. See picture below.
The owners are concerned about slipperiness. I don't believe that the tested floor is particularly slippery but they are looking for any recommendations just the same. They are also looking for fewer maintenance headaches than they had with the coating.
Thanks.
Baird
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:51 PM, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:
Baird,
What are you trying to apply the anti slip to? Marble, granite, ceramic tile there are different anti slip materials out there it depends upon the surface you are working on.
John E. Freitag
President/Director
The Stone and Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
From: Baird Standish [mailto:bairdstandish@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 2:39 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] Anti-Slip Treatments
Hi,
Was wondering if anyone out there has come across an effective anti-slip treatment for polished floors. A friend of mine told me about a treatment that employs some sort of micro-etching or something along these lines that does not require a coating. I often get asked about this sort of thing and I can typically only recommend a coating of polymer, which I don't particularly like.
Thanks,
Baird
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Fax: 215-546-9160