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    Solutions for Slippery Epoxy Floor?

    Thanks, but it's hard to tell what I am looking at with the flakes. My topcoat is just uniform gray, would the poly spheres be visible in that?
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    Solutions for Slippery Epoxy Floor?

    My understanding is that the polymer grip or Shark Grip has a different look/feel from the aluminum oxide that is in the picture above. But I would really like to see a sample of a floor done with it before spending more money on applying the clear with the Shark Grip and not being happy with...
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    Solutions for Slippery Epoxy Floor?

    So I got a couple of samples of non-skid today from rugerlady (thanks Christine!). But I have to say, this is not what I had in mind, and I am not sure that I want the sandpaper look/feel on my garage floor :(. Is this how the Shark Grip would look too, or is this more typical of aluminum...
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    Solutions for Slippery Epoxy Floor?

    What brand/type urethane would you recommend, something that I could get as a DIYer? Thanks.
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    Solutions for Slippery Epoxy Floor?

    This seems to be in line with what my installer said, except he apparently only has experience with the resin sphere - he said his "grit" is like "reddish brownish pellets" - does that sound right? So obviously his would have to be used in a color coat, not clear. He said it results in a very...
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    Solutions for Slippery Epoxy Floor?

    And can that be used with either another color coat or a clear coat? Or does it have to be used with a color coat?
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    Solutions for Slippery Epoxy Floor?

    So here is what he wrote to me: is it true that I have to live with either a floor that is too slick or a coating with sand granules sticking through the paint?
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    Solutions for Slippery Epoxy Floor?

    It bothered me too a bit, but I think he did not want to tell me because he thought I'd go out and get the stuff and do it myself, which was not my intent. He did say he buys his supplies from http://www.garagecoatings.com/, which to me looks like a quality product source. The coating he...
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    Solutions for Slippery Epoxy Floor?

    Ah, thanks for explaining, Christine. What non-skid would you recommend, aluminum oxide or polymer grit? Would one clear coat be enough? Would your clear coat work with the color coat that I now have (he wouldn't tell me what brand it was, I just know that it's 100% solids epoxy)?
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    Solutions for Slippery Epoxy Floor?

    Can you explain why a clear with nonskid is better than a color with nonskid?
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