Watch Your Step: The Pros and Cons of Common Non-Slip Surfaces

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Keeping patrons safe on wet surfaces is among the slipperiest of challenges for both facility operators and facility designers. I explain why here

The Holy Grail of surfaces — a non-slip, easy-to-clean floor — has yet to be invented. All surfaces skew toward either one end of that spectrum or the other. Whatever makes a floor grippy also makes it hold dirt, and the same qualities that make surfaces easy to clean also make them slick. It seems like a can’t-win situation. 

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