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Welcome!
Slips and falls on wet surfaces are a major problem for all commercial establishments and residences. Revolutionary SureFoot Systems non-slip treatment helps solve those costly problems.
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- Over 25,000 Slip and Fall injuries requiring hospitalization occur daily in North America
- Slip and Fall accidents account for workers' compensation claims totalling over $200 Million per year
- Total cost related to Slip and Fall injuries are a $100 Billion per year problem
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- Reduces lawsuits
- Save money on insurance
- Eliminates unreliable rubber mats and messy stick-on tapes
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Why are Wet Floors Slippery?
Most ceramic tiles are not manufactured to be slip resistant in wet conditions. In order to obtain a high shine on the floor, the tiles are double or even triple fired during the manufacturing process. The result of this glazing is that there are no pores in the tile so that any water on the surface has nowhere to go, resulting in hydroplaning.
New quarry tile has very good traction in wet conditions since there are millions of natural channels through which surface water can flush. The problem with this type of surface as well as with "anti-slip" ceramic tiles is that they become contaminated. They lose their natural traction over time, a phenomenon known as polymerization.
Polymerization is a build up that occurs when microscopic particles of alkaline residue, together with microscopic particles of grease and soil, lodge themselves into the pores of mineral surfaces. Over time they harden and form a crust which fills up the pores, blocking up the exit routes for water to flush out from underfoot. If a ceramic or quarry tile is cleaned with an alkaline or neutral cleaner for a period of time (research has shown that a vast majority of the "neutral cleaners" which are available are slightly alkaline), the microscopic particles of soda ash residue will lodge themselves into the natural crevices in the tile, attracting and binding microscopic particles of grease and soil. Over time, this process will effectively smooth out the surface of the tile, resulting in a loss of traction when the tile is wet.
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