Anti slip paint granules

Simon B · 06 November 2007, 15:30

Has anyone used the paint systems that have a separate pack of anti slip granules?

Is there a difference between the size of these granules and say kiln dried silver sand - a tad cheaper!?

Tim M · 06 November 2007, 15:53

I used sand on the deck of your old Osprey and it worked fine. I'm doing a deck at the moment and am using International Interdeck which I think has a better finish though.

Simon B · 06 November 2007, 16:39

Hello Tim,

Well, the reason for asking is we've got this to do but last year the girlfriend thought she'd she'd mix some sand in for a textured finish in the bathroom - results; more like monochrome pebbledashing as all the grains of sand decided they liked being together more.

Didnt want to repeat the excercise!

chris123 · 06 November 2007, 16:48

In my experience the Interdeck paint works well for large areas.

For small areas I have found a good approach is to coat the required area with epoxy and then sprinkle sand onto the wet epoxy. Once cured, overcoat with epoxy / varnish / paint as required.

Chris

Rogue Wave · 06 November 2007, 18:18

we just did ours in Jotun 2 pack and we are astonished with the results It's the best surface I've ever come across and I firmly believe the Gell will come off before the paint.

I's a lot dearer than a bag of sand and it takes a while to put on but I'd never use anything else

Simon B · 06 November 2007, 18:38

Cheers Rogue,

We've got some polyurethane paint "free" so were hoping to use that plus "granules" of some sort, the Blakes/International seem cheap enough for an experiment at about a fiver which is about the same as expensive block paving sand for a 25kg bag.

is Jotun non slip?

Rogue Wave · 06 November 2007, 18:40

yep it has excellent traction

Biggles · 06 November 2007, 21:06

What price are the granules ? I don't remember them being that expensive when I did the Searider. Worked well as well.

mark-f · 07 November 2007, 14:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon B

Cheers Rogue,

We've got some polyurethane paint "free" so were hoping to use that plus "granules" of some sort, the Blakes/International seem cheap enough for an experiment at about a fiver which is about the same as expensive block paving sand for a 25kg bag.

is Jotun non slip?

I have used the international granules and they work far better than sand

mark