Watco Safety Grip Flex
Watco Safety Grip Flex is a heavy duty, coarse textured, flexible slip resistant coating designed to provide a safe surface both inside and out. Just one high build coat of Safety Grip minimises the risk of accidents throughout the workplace, particularly for wet or oily areas.
Best Uses
Safety Grip Flex is ideal for use on steps, ramps, foot bridges, walk ways, loading bays, car parks, hazardous wet or oily areas, or areas that are subject to movement, such as areas that are close to vibrating machinery. It can be applied to concrete, wood or metal, and is suitable for both interior and exterior use.
Application
Bare Concrete: Remove surface laitance, dust and any light dirt or grease deposits, using Watco Etch & Clean. This also etches smooth, bare concrete surfaces to provide a key. Flush with clean water and allow the surface to dry. For the removal of heavier deposits of oil and grease we recommend Watco Concroff, again, flush with clean water and allow the surface to dry.
New Concrete: As a guide, new concrete should be left for 8 weeks to dry. The surface should then be prepared using Watco Etch & Clean. Once cleaned, thoroughly rinse and leave to dry.
Priming: This is not usually required, however, for very porous high suction surfaces (such as sand and cement screed), use Watco 4 Hour Epoxy Primer. Concrete should be sufficiently porous to allow the paint to penetrate, so very smooth or power floated concrete is unsuitable unless it is first primed with Watco Powerfloat Primer.
Painted Surfaces: Diamond grind the surface prior to application to achieve a consistently rough profile, and ensure all weakly bonded material is removed. Glossy or inadequately prepared surfaces may cause adhesion issues, so a thorough inspection is recommended to ensure no areas are missed, a bristle blaster can be used in any hard-to-reach areas. Thoroughly sweep the area following grinding, as any loose material or dust can compromise adhesion. Watco Bio-D Degreaser can be used to remove any grease and oil from the surface following the grinding process, however, surfaces that have been washed with Watco Bio D must be then thoroughly rinsed with water and allowed to dry fully, prior to applying the coating.
Asphalt: New asphalt must be sound and at least 3 months old. If any residual oils remain, the surface should be washed using Watco Concroff. Painted asphalt should be cleaned with Watco Bio D (Concroff can soften paint), and a trial area is advisable to test compatibility with previous coatings.
Metal: You should first remove any rust and flaking material by disc grinding or wire brushing. Apply the coating immediately after preparation to the clean metal surface. Grease or oil can be removed using Watco Bio D. Allow the metal to dry before coating.
Galvanised Metal: Watco Galvaprime must be used to prepare galvanised metal.
Non-ferrous Metals: Please contact our Technical Team for advice.
Please read and follow the full application instructions for mixing and application on the product data sheet.
Features & Benefits
- Tough, coarse, anti slip floor finish for areas that are wet and prone to oil spills
- Positive traction for pedestrians and heavy forklift traffic
- Two part coating with excellent abrasion resistance
- One coat high build application
- Can be used both indoors and outdoors
- Ideal for areas subject to movement
- Superior performance demonstrated by ISO testing
Technical Info
| Components: | 1 x curing agent, 1 x resin and 1 x anti slip particles |
| Type: | Polyaspartic coating |
| Finish: | Heavily textured, glossy |
| Stock Colours: | Mid Blue, Light Grey, Mid Grey, Tile Red, White, Yellow |
| Tintable: | No |
| VOC Content: | A+ VOC emissions rating with a low level of VOC |
| Volume Solids: | - |
| Suitable Substrates: | Concrete, well bonded paint, most flat rigid metals and stone. Use Safety Grip Flex on wood or flexible metal and asphalt (must be 3 months old). The moisture content of concrete should be less than 75% RH |
| Application Method: | Medium pile roller. Cut using a brush |
| Theoretical Coverage: | 5m² per unit |
| Wet Film Thickness (WFT): | 250µm |
| Dry Film Thickness (DFT): | 250µm |
| Induction Time: | - |
| Pot Life: | 15 minutes at 25°C |
| Touch Dry: | 6 hours at 20°C |
| Overcoatable: | 8 hours at 20°C |
| Light Traffic: | 12 hours at 20°C |
| Heavy Traffic: | 24 hours at 20°C |
| Fully Chemical Resistance: | 7 days at 20°C |
| Cleaner / Thinner: | It is not practical to clean applicators and they should be discarded after use |
| Shelf Life: | 12 months from date of production unopened |
| Packaging: | Available in 5m2 units |
