What can I use on my mother's wheelchair ramp so it's not slippery when we go down it when it rains or snow.
Question:what would be best to use on a wheelchair ramp to stop it from being so slippery when it rains or snow.
Answers:
Try adhesive backed anti-slip tape.
I'm not sure what they're called, but how about getting some of those things that are rough, like sandpaper and have adhesive backing? They're usually black and are very good at helping to stop slipping.
We used to sprinlkle cat litter on my Dad's. It worked great in Illinois.
You could use asphalt shingles, It should help in the rain but the only thing that will help the snow is removing it.
There are products made for this purpose. Some are stick on pads. Some are non-skip paints. Go to a home center and see what they've got.
You need 'sand' ... but not 'loose sand' ... if you go to a good hardware or 'home improvement' store and tell them that you need a good 'non-slick' covering for your mother's wheelchair ramp, they should have what you need for both rain and snow ... and you are a good child, to be so concerned about your now wheelchair bound mother.
Rolled asphalt roofing..ask at your local hardware store
Clean, prime,and Paint. Use two or three coats and put ground walnut shells in the paint. Some people will use sand but I like the walnut shells. Mix right in the paint on the first coat after the primer. There are stick on strips but after a while the strips fail and you need new ones. Find the ground walnuts at a paint store.
Plywood ramps should be coated with a mixture of outdoor paint and sand for traction. (Sandpaper adhesive strips won't hold up under the weight of a power wheelchair.) There is also paint with sand already in it.
You can get 6" grip tape from skateboard shops. Hardware stores don't carry it that wide. It stands up to alot of abuse and it's adhesion is exellent.
go to a skateboard shop... get u some grip... ( it goes ontop of skateboards... its very sticky on 1 side and like sandpaper on the other... u might be able to get it at any sporting store tha sales skateboards and its very cheap.
Get normal river sand. Mask off a few recangles evenly spaced along the length of the ramp. Take normal adhesive and using a paint brush, apply glue to the masked off areas, sprinkle river sand over the area while the glue is wet. Do this for all areas, and then take a broom and sweep off excess sand. You will never ever slip again!
Its called 'ice and water shield' its sold at roofing supply companies and maybe home depot or menards. Its rough like sand paper on one side and the other side is extremly sticky. Peel and stick to surface. Easy to cut with knife. It comes in 1, 2 ,or 3 foot rolls
Prime it, paint it, sprinkle sand on it while paint is wet, paint it a couple more times.
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