Baird,
There are other meters out there but I cannot guarantee them to
be accurate and with Insurance Companies this seem to be the meter they use. What
one need to keep in mind if you work on a commercial floor and there is a
slip and fall by taking slip test after you completed the job and sent the
result to your customer it takes away the responsibility that they may try to
put on you. If you are doing any maintenance accounts I highly recommend you
take slip test each time you service any maintenance account. So the initial
cost is a little high but 1 claim would cost you much more.
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: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 11:38 AM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Anti-Slip Treatments
Thanks John. Will definitely use the densifier if we
get the job. By the way, notice that the ASM model slip meter is
ubiquitous and not cheap. Is there anything else out there that you know
of that works but doesn't cost a paycheck?
Thanks,
Baird
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:40 AM, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com>
wrote:
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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