Standards for Specifying Anti Skid Coatings to Steel

Ask your anti-skid coatings supplier.

Otherwise look at surface preparation for steel, prior to coating with a search engine.

Lee represents the coating manufacturer.

It sort of appears that, once again, the cart is before the horse.

Or, stealth advertising.

OR, misleading posts?

I'm also curious about why a "rep" for Absolute Coatings, Inc. would not be going to his own company for the requested information.

Perhaps a bad experience there?

That's just my cynical nature, I guess.

You are all wrong. We have a product designed and marketed for use in the automotive market, but I believe it offers an equal opportunity for use in Industrial environments. I have little to no experience with working in the Industrial field, but feel we have an opportunity, and wanted to explore what is most often "specified" for Industrial projects. Thanks Lee Kipp

Okay, Lee... fair enough.

My observation still stands: Asking us to tell you all about requirements for dozens and dozens of industrial applications... no, more like hundreds of dozens... You are putting the cart in front of the horse.

Now that we know this isn't really a sales pitch in and of itself, tell us about the product you have and we can offer possible applications.

Well, first I'll assume that it is a polyurethane coating. Automotive substrates are all pretty much either plastic, steel or aluminum.

However I also assume that the surface to be painted will be primed first and this is the critical part of the process. So, you have bare substrate/primer/top coat.

Depending on the chemistry of the PRIMER the most critical part of the equation is primer adhesion. It will be assumed that the top coat will be compatible with the primer and properly applied.

Surface energy of the substrate is just as critical as cleanliness and "tooth" (mechanical roughness of the substrate).

This is a complex subject and cannot be properly taught on an internet forum, at least I'm not willing to take the time to do it.

Look at comparable products offered by your competition and see what the recommend for surface preparation of the various substrates.

Finally, you will be dealing mostly with steel which should be the easiest to prepare.

Search the web for painting surface preparation guides and then pick some and try them on real life samples.

Suppliers of these materials are without doubt the best source of information. Having used Google to find a few phone numbers, the next step is to make some calls and talk to them.

Well,,, way back in my Drilling Rig days we mixed a lot of sand with the paint.

Especially on the floor around the rotary table.

What can I say, it worked.

There is information available on the web. If your stuff works, sell it. If it is safe for the Auto Industry it is probably safe for Industrial Industry. I think the idea is to not skid not necessarily write a formula for a batch of sand in paint.

http://safety.lovetoknow.com/OSHA_Standards_for_Flooring_Roughness

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Slips, Trips & Falls - OSHA

https://www.osha.gov/.../s...

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I believe those standards are what Kipp is looking for. It would be nice if we knew what global standards he may be truly interested in.