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How to make decking anti-slip

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Luckygirl Mon 01-Aug-16 21:02:17

OK - these are the ideas we have had so far........

1. Anti-slip paint - cheap, but I am told that it does not always work.
2. Decking paint with a bit of fine sand chucked in.
3. Non-slip strips - these cost and arm and a leg - and there is a lot of decking! But we could just use that on the route to the garage or the log store.
4. Chicken wire!

Any ideas/experiences out there?!

Luckygirl Mon 01-Aug-16 21:04:55

5. Interlocked rubber mats
6. Ordinary doormats on the routes to logs/garage etc.

We would not try and make the whole lot anti-slip as there really is lots of it, but just significant routes.

Badenkate Mon 01-Aug-16 23:18:17

We got rid of the whole lot and had a lovely stone patio put in. Just saying!

J52 Tue 02-Aug-16 07:33:27

When we had a deck we jet washed it every spring and applied a specialist anti slip coating that our local hardware shop had to order in. I'm sorry I can't remember what it was called, but it wasn't the usual DIY stuff. It was very good but di have to be reapplied every year.
I'll see if I can google it and get back to you.

J52 Tue 02-Aug-16 08:52:54

Back again! DH keeps details of all these thing! Yes, I know!

Anyway it was made by Blackfriars and now can be bought by Amazon. In the reviews, others describe how they prepared the deck for painting the stuff on.

We used an old roller and brush working our way towards the end nearest the side gate and bin. There's no point in cleaning anything, just pop it in a bag and bin it.

yogagran Tue 02-Aug-16 13:42:56

We did the same as badenkate, it was getting too dangerous

Luckygirl Tue 02-Aug-16 14:20:42

We can't get rid of it - it is the decking that forms the large flat area that I am able to walk on around the bungalow. I have looked at the Blackfriars paint online and it comes well reviewed and could be worth a try, so thanks for that idea. We might get one pot and do the critical area that we will need to be able to walk on in rain or shine.