Stone Grip

Works exactly as stated for Saltillo tiles. Our outdoor entry was very slippery, I was really worried a guest or delivery person would slip during rainy season. Followed directions, took an hour (total project) for about 400sf, worked like a charm. Footing is now sure, appearance did not change. Only caution is to remove items you don’t want impacted before applying product. I was a little fast and loose with our natural fibre rug, and it was stained by the acid, turning the light brown color darker. I used a bucket and broom to apply, controlled dousing in small areas, then pushing around product to ensure everything was wet. I did a test spot, as they recommend, to establish timing for application. Don’t leave, the process is relatively quick and you don’t want to over process. Do not do on a hot or sunny time of day, product will evaporate too quickly, pick a cool, shaded time. Have your hose ready for easy neutralizing process. If you have any sensitive plants in the vicinity, I would water them well the night before, and make sure your neutralizing rinse is thorough.

We have an outdoor driveway-tiled area near a water faucet that our grandkids use after the beach to rinse off. It is slippery and they fall often. I treated it with this product and all the slippery went away. I am so pleased! I applied it directly to the tile and used a brush to really get it on there evenly. I will say where I hosed it off from the tile onto the sidewalk area it discolored it ever so slightly and not evenly, but I am not concerned with that. It did well on the tile and it is a uniform difference. It does take the sheen out of your tile, and I think that’s the point. It is just not slippery anymore. It worked! I get the feeling it will last the rest of the summer easily. I might redo it at the beginning of summer next year, and may think twice about how I rinse it off onto the sidewalk area. But I am quite pleased with how it is now.

When we got the “Stone Grip” product and read the instructions, I thought "this is way too complicated, I'm going to send it back". But, something told me don't give up so easily. So I got on the Web and watched a few videos, coming to realize it wasn't that hard, I just needed to make good safety preparation since it is an acid-based product. For beginners, I thoroughly scrubbed the shower floor, rinsed, and dried it, avoiding cleaning products such as bleach (instructions say to use a neutral or weakly acid-based product for this step; bleach may react with the cleaner). The instructions could have been more specific here, as I wonder if most people really know whether bleach and similar products are "acid-based" or not. Then, once I donned a long sleeve shirt and work jeans, wrapped trash bags around my shoes, (couldn’t find my rubber boots!) put on my rubber gloves and a cheap Lowe's breathing mask, I was ready to go. The actual application took only 10 minutes; after which I repeatedly applied the easy-to-make neutralizer of water and baking soda (have it ready before beginning the treatment...very important; this is outlined in the instructions). RESULTS! It made our dangerously slippery shower floor MUCH safer and we're delighted. Note: the instructions on the bottle say to use the "Stone Grip applicator", but any long-handled nylon brush will do. DON’T get too close to the work surface while the product is in use, which is why a long-handled brush works well. So be safe, pay attention and this stuff works great...at least in our "slippery shower scenario". Overall, the instructions are the weak leak in the chain; otherwise the actual product is good choice, and the effect should last for several years.

We applied this product on our ceramic floor in order to prevent our 13 year old yellow/golden lab from slipping. The product worked BUT it left a residue in spots throughout the floor that was both unsightly and attracted dirt. To the best of our ability, we applied according to instructions. We did contact the manufacturer but their solution was not successful. Our problem cannot be isolated so I would hope they had a guaranteed solution in their FAQ section. We then contacted a floor cleaning company and they demonstrated how they could clean the floor (on one tile). That was successful BUT their estimate was $1,600 to clean the entire floor (approx. 1,400 sq. ft.).

As everyone says, "It works!" But it was a lot of work for me. My kitchen floor has large tiles that are shiny and I nearly broke my hip slipping on even a small drop of water. This product got great reviews so I thought I'd try it and share what I learned. It is expensive--know that one quart bottle covers only 50-75 square feet--barely enough to cover my kitchen. You will need a mop and bucket to wash your floor, two 1 gallon sprayers (one to apply the product and another to apply the neutralizer--water and baking soda), and a wet vac. It helps to have rubber boots, safety goggles, and hand gloves. I was very nervous about ruining my kitchen floor but it came out looking OK--the surface is no longer shiny--it is dull, which is why it has such a great grip. I tested a small area and got nervous when it still seemed slick at 14 1/2 minutes (they said it would take 5-15 minutes). I went with that length of time and it did the trick. You have to spray as evenly as possible quickly, and I can see some areas are duller than others from a bit of unevenness, but I saw no way to spread it out because a mop would have absorbed the product. I sprayed the neutralizer and then wet vacuumed it up, then sprayed another layer of neutralizer and vacuumed again, then I wet mopped with just water. Between the shopping for products and getting everything set up (I masked my stainless appliances at their base near the floor but probably didn't need to), I spent the entire afternoon on it. I probably sweated the details more than needed, but this is a very visible floor! I called Slip Doctor with some questions and they were very responsive, 888-436-5404. I would recommend this product but hope I never have to do this again.

I was skeptical, but this stuff really, honestly works. I'm seriously impressed by how well it works. My tub has been trying to kill me for weeks, but one careful application of this stuff and no more slipping! A couple disclaimers - you need to follow the instructions! You need to do a little test patch somewhere to determine how long to leave this on the surface - there's no one-size-fits-all application. It will VARY from surface to surface. Instructions are right on the bottle, and are easy to follow - but it's an extra step you need to be prepared to do, or you will NOT be satisfied with the results. If you have hard water, the mineral deposits will undo the effects this has on a surface, rendering it slippery again after a while. You can re-treat the surface to get the traction back, but don't think it's a failing of this product - it's the hard water. If your water is softened, one treatment of this will last basically forever. It doesn't stink, or fume - I sat right next to the tub covered in this stuff and was fine. I used a little foam paintbrush to spread it around and reapply to keep the surface wet, basic latex gloves to protect my hands, and a disposable plastic cup to dip the paintbrush in. That's it! Nothing complicated, and it really, honestly worked. Didn't change the way the tub looks, either!

Purchased to try to reduce the slippery floor in shower. It is stone tile and not super slick when dry or even wet, but pretty slippy (British term!) when you have soap on it or your feet. Trying to avoid a busted head or hip had been looking for options and didn't want something that would dramatically change the appearance of the tile. Finally came across this Stone Grip product, checked into it, filtered out the few negative comments that seemed sketchy and gave it a shot. Cleaned morning of and let it dry all day. Masked up tile walls at floor and removed chrome drain cover and sprayed on with a simple spray bottle. I split the difference in the recommended time to leave on, around 7 minutes. Rinsed with the pre-made neutralized and then rinsed down well, removed the tape. It accomplished EXACTLY what we wanted; floor is now just a little more "tacky" without making it coarse or actually sticky. The product did lighten the already light brown tiles just ever so slightly beyond what they were, but even up against walls of the same tile you'd never notice if you weren't really looking for the variance. It's been 3 months and there's no decrease in the effect over that time. Great product, kudos to the manufacturer for an excellent product. Not cheap, but well worth the price and I'd recommend it to anyone. Update 14 months later - held up great for a year, started to notice slight slickness again in shower. Reapplied and now great again. I'll put it on calendar for every 12 months and be happy to reapply!

We live in the Phoenix area and bought a house with a pool. Unfortunately, the previous owners tiled the back patio - only feet from the pool, with ceramic tile; a bad combo with young children. I applied this and so far so good. This is how I applied it: First, I scrubbed the tile with water and a scrub brush (no soap/detergent), dried it with towels and then sealed all the cracks with outdoor silicon. Then, I put some solution (undiluted) in a $1 spray bottle. After the tile and silicon were completely dry, I generously sprayed each tile and then worked the solution into all the crevices with a scrub brush (I did about eight 12-inch tiles at a time) I sprayed and brushed a total of 30-34 tiles before letting the "batch" sit for 15 minutes and then sprayed the solution off with the hose. By the time I hosed it off, some of the solution had completely dried and some hadn't. Either way, it seems to work. Doing more than 30 or so tiles makes the drying time longer than recommended. Once the tile is dry after being rinsed off, its ready to go. We've all "tried" to slip on it and it does grip. 1/3 of the bottle covered about 180 SF. You really can't tell by looking at the tile that it has a coating on it but to a more skeptical eye, it probably isn't as shiny. I will be watching it closely this season to see how it does in the AZ heat/sun (though this patio is mostly shaded), and how well it works after a dust storm (I suspect I will need to hose the dust off to keep it from getting slippery). Of note, I emailed the company before ordering to ask about how it worked in the heat and never got a reply. I did, however, call the company after receiving the bottle - which looked old, was a different looking bottle/label and was badly scratched up, and asked to verify how to apply it and they were very courteous. So far, I will give this a 5. It comes with a 5 year guarantee. So, if you are like me...either coat your existing tile or pull up and lay new tile, I'd say give this a try. UPDATE, June 1, 2015: I purchased this 2 years ago and have since decided to forgo the labor of cleaning the tile and doing the hands and knees work of spraying spreading this on the tile section by section, which took me about 3 hours for an 8x22 ft. patio. The effects only lasted for a year and the container at the time I purchased this was, I think, about half the price that it is now. Even though we all "tried" to slip on it, I found that, if you are drenched and walk on it, you can still slip so I was always tentative about friends coming over to play in the pool. For the same price ($75), I ran to Home Depot and purchased some outdoor carpeting. No slipping at all now and I am greatly relieved.

Easy to use. As per instructions, I pre-tested on an extra tile to determine the optimum time to leave the product in contact with the shower floor. This is highly recommended in order to balance the amount of colour fading vs. increase in friction. I wound up settling on 3:40 and have an extremely slip resistant floor with slight lightening of the tile. Colour difference is not overly noticeable after treatment. Shower floor was deadly slippery before using, now I can soap my feet and dance on the wet floor without worrying about slipping.

Had used the product on my washroom and the result is excellent. It is not slippery anymore and also the result is fast. As the color of the solution is light yellow in colour , so it will be advisable to try out on non prominent area first to see if it does create any stain , especially if the tiles or flooring is white in colour.

Es muy bueno. Cuando la terraza esta mojada ya no esta resbaladiza. Es una bendicion.

Ich habe das Mittel auf glatten Fliesen vor meinem Haus verwendet. Bei Nässe war das eine reine Rutschpartie! Etwas in Sorge war ich, weil doch einige Rezensionen berichten, dass die Fliesen Schaden genommen hätten. Nichts davon kann ich bestätigen! Die Fliesen gereinigt, eingelassen und nach 20 Minuten erst mit Natronlauge " übergossen" und dann noch mit viel Wasser gewaschen. Und ich bin begeistert! Die Fliesen sehen aus wie vorher, aber haben definitiv deutlich mehr Gripp als vorher! Die Investition hat sich auf jeden Fall gelohnt! .. würde ich jederzeit wieder kaufen!

Worked perfectly the whole operation took 30 minutes from start to finish. Tiles now okay to walk on when wet. Clean, apply for result, neutralise and wash off & dry tiles. Ready to be walked on