Exceptionally durable, slip-resistant, high-build epoxy floor coating for demanding industrial environments.
Flortex® Professional Slip-Resistant is a high-performance, 100% solids, solvent-free epoxy floor coating designed to deliver outstanding durability with a textured anti-slip finish. Incorporating high-build fillers and broadcast aggregate, it provides a tough, long-lasting surface that resists heavy wear, impact, and chemical attack – even in the most punishing environments.
This version combines all the strength and performance of Flortex Professional with added slip resistance, making it ideal for areas requiring enhanced safety underfoot, such as wet process zones, loading bays, workshops, and ramps.
Specialist versions are also available, including Extra Fast Hardener (XFH), Extra Chemical Resistance, and Low Temperature Formulations. For advice on the best system for your application, contact the Polycote technical team on 01234 846 780.
Flortex® Professional Slip Resistant is a non-toxic two part 100% solids virtually solvent-free epoxy floor coating incorporating quality high build fillers, providing a totally impervious coloured gloss finish. Its pure epoxy high build formulation makes Flortex Professional Slip Resistant one of the most durable coatings available, with excellent abrasion and chemical resistance.Special Formulations available include Extra Fast Hardeners (XFH), extra chemical resistance, low temperature formulations. Please contact Polycote technical helpline.
Typical Uses
Being solvent-free and non-toxic, Flortex® Professional Slip Resistant is ideal for use in medical, animal or food environments. Uses also include warehouses, factories, showrooms, workshops, storage and packing areas.
Suitable Substrates
Following application of an appropriate primer, Flortex® Professional Slip Resistant may be applied to old and new concrete, and polymer modified cementitous screeds.
Colour
Flortex® Professional Slip Resistant is available in a selection of 14 stock colours, or in a large range of BS4800 and RAL specifications.
Packaging
Flortex® Professional Slip Resistant is supplied in pre-measured quantities as a two part 7.5kg or 15kg unit, comprising a coloured epoxy resin blend Part ‘A’ and hardener Part ‘B’.
Pot life (once mixed) @ 20°C:
20 mins. High ambient temperatures will reduce pot life.
Application temperature:
10°C – 25°C. To minimise the risk of ‘blooming’ caused by condensation, maintain the temperature above the uncured floor to at least 3°C above the dew point for at least 48 hours after application.
Coverage:
Per 7.5kg unit: 15 - 20m² or Per 15kg drum: 30 - 50m²
Cure time @ 20°C:
Approx. 24 hours (light wheeled traffic)
Heavy Traffic @ 20°C:
48 hours
Re-coat (if required):
12 - 48 hours
Full chemical resistance:
7 days
Number of parts supplied:
3 (Part A / Part B & Kiln Dried Aggregate)
Shell Life:
12 months
Storage:
Store in a cool, dry, frost-free environment not below 15°C on pallets and away from walls.
To ensure a good intercoat chemical bond, Flortex Professional Slip-resistant should be applied within 36 hours of priming and/or initial coating. If this interval is exceeded, abrade the first coat to ensure intercoat adhesion.
The floor should be protected from contact with water for at least 7 days.
Please consult the Flortex Professional Slip-resistant technical data sheet for full technical product data.
Primer required:
(Please note, this is not definitive but simply mentioned as a guide)
WD Primer: The most popular primer for almost all substrates including concrete, stone, ceramic and quarry tiles, brick, stone, wood, terrazzo, etc.
DPM Primer: For areas suffering with rising damp
OT Primer: For oil and chemical contaminated substrates
EP Primer: Suitable for almost all substrates but specifically for porous and unstable surfaces where excellent penetration is needed to stabilise and strengthen the substrate.
Preparation
Substrates must be clean, dry and free of surface laitance and contaminants such as oil, grease, dirt and surface treatments. A loss of adhesion and failure in the coating can occur due to poor preparation. Vacuum-assisted shotblasting or grinding are the recommended methods for preparing the substrate. Prior to application of Flortex® Professional Slip Resistant a suitable Polycote primer should be applied, depending on the type and condition of the surface.
For substrates in contact with the ground or for basement floors, a damp proof membrane must be incorporated. The base should have a relative humidity at the surface of no more than 75% when measured.
Mixing
All materials should be stored between 15°C and 25°C for a minimum of 8 hours before use. Having fully prepared the substrate, stir the individual components before mixing together. As pigment may ‘sink’, ensure that the mixing is very thorough and from the bottom of the container.
Add the Hardener (Part B) to the coloured resin (Part A) and thoroughly mix on a slow speed setting for 3-4 minutes.
Ensure thorough mixing as an unmixed product will result in a poor or non-cure situation. For best results use a heavy-duty slow speed drill with a mixing paddle.
Scrape the sides and bottom of the mixing vessel with a spatula several times as any unmixed material will result in uncured patches in the final finish
Application
Apply with a medium pile sheepskin roller, working well into the surface, but do not exceed the coverage rate. Edges and difficult to reach areas can be applied by brush.
Flortex® Professional Slip Resistant is normally applied between 0.3kg to 0.5kg per 1m2. When the quantity of resin used exceeds 0.5kg/m2, air bubbles may become trapped within the coating. These can be removed by using a Polycote Spiked Roller. This must be carried out immediately after application of the resin BEFORE CURING TAKES PLACE. Spiked shoes should be worn to avoid disturbing the wet coating.
For Flortex Professional Slip Resistant – gradually sprinkle Kiln Dried Aggregate onto the WET resin at a rate of 2-3kg/m2, this will need to be rolled immediately once scattered onto the coating. The quantity of aggregate required will depend on the thickness of the initial coating.
If 2 coats have been specified, please note spiked rolling is unnecessary for the first coat when using aggregate. Allow first coat to fully cure (preferably 24 hours) before removing all excess aggregate.
Please note: White, Yellow and Safety Red will usually require 2 coats. The thickness of this coat may be varied depending on the finish required but should be significantly less than the first coat
