Kenny Hayes
Member
You know the diamond plate can be slick, especially wet. The ramp on my trailer is diamond and I’ve fallen out of it rolling rugs up it, with customers help of course!!
I’m gonna bust my ass
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Old Coastie
Supportive Member
Matt. Do nonskid like we do on ships.
Paint it with enamel and sprinkle coarse sand on the wet paint. When it is dry, blow the excess sand off and paint a second coat over it to lock in the sand.
Done.
Mask off areas you don’t want non skid, or to make an attractive pattern. Let it cure completely before using. I’d recommend using a hardner to speed it up. Any paint store.
It will last a few years and can always be renewed for next to nothing.
Sticky tread tape is also cheap. Welded treads are not. Both can develop unseen corrosion underneath which is difficult to access. Just do it my way and name your next legitimate child “Stephen.”
Paint it with enamel and sprinkle coarse sand on the wet paint. When it is dry, blow the excess sand off and paint a second coat over it to lock in the sand.
Done.
Mask off areas you don’t want non skid, or to make an attractive pattern. Let it cure completely before using. I’d recommend using a hardner to speed it up. Any paint store.
It will last a few years and can always be renewed for next to nothing.
Sticky tread tape is also cheap. Welded treads are not. Both can develop unseen corrosion underneath which is difficult to access. Just do it my way and name your next legitimate child “Stephen.”
Sierra Clean Care
Member
I’d listen to Stephen.... those dudes work around wet and slippery for a living......
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
To be fair, technology has moved on. You can buy nonskid paint and apply it directly to a taped and masked surface. I’m just cheap, being a BDPH.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Pot Head?
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
Porty Hack.
Jughead.
Jughead.
Living The Dream
Member
I want so hard to learn something here but all of you guys are such jokesters!
Mikey P
Administrator
This...
Desk Jockey
Member
That's expanded metal.
Kenny Hayes
Member
There’s all kind of material here!!
That looks just as slippery
Mikey P
Administrator
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Old Coastie
Supportive Member
Paint.
Sand.
Paint.
Do it.
Sand.
Paint.
Do it.
Ok ok. I’ll do it.
But if I still bust my ass...I’m gonna bypass posting about it, and call each of you who suggested this and cuss you out
Don't call me unless you try the fly paper.
Kenny Hayes
Member
I’m doomed
Magnetic metal roofing boots. Smart Herman Munster look.
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hogjowl
Idiot™
Don’t make this about Mikey
Ok, what would you do? My marine carpet idea, or Mikey's metal idea and cuss him out if you bust your ass
Sierra Clean Care
Member
Just get a handicap lift, and be done with it. Just make sure people don’t park within 15’......
Mikey P
Administrator
We've been running with a box truck since 04, yet to bust an ass..
steve_64
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How are your shoes still wet from prespray when you get the van?
And I thought I used a lot of prespray.
steve_64
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Cut out the old diamond plate and weld in the grated stuff so you don't raise the step any higher and it will be a cleaner look.
The morning grass is wet from dew, and the shoes get wet again, which makes them slippery, because there's some pre spray on the bottom
dealtimeman
Everyday is Saturday.
Oh boy.
I know, this thread is really making me look like a wimp.
