Bona Traffic Anti Slip Satin

I re-did my stairs in my house, removing the carpet and installing stained red oak. The finish I used was a matte polyurethane finish. I thought the matte finish would provide enough traction to keep from slipping and falling. I fell twice. This worked for when you have shoes on but, when you go down the stairs with socks believe me it doesn't. So I sanded with a 320 grit to see if that would work, it seem to but, very little. I then saw the bona no slip and ordered it. This is a two part product and 12 oz will do about 17 treads 36 inch by 11. The finish is satin and looks good but, the best part is the traction that it adds. To apply I bought a measuring cup from Lowes and figured out a 1 to 11 ratio. I marked the cup at 11 oz and added the hardener to make 12 oz. I sanded the treads with 220 grit. (take care doing the sanding, I had 3 coats of poly and on one tread the sanded to much.) I used a palm sander, it just needs enough to rough it up and take off any sheen so it could be done by hand. I then took a damp cloth and wiped off the treads and followed up with a tack cloth. In applying the product I used a brush, recommended for stain application. To apply I started against the wall and cut in and brushed back to the center, then went to the other side and did the same. You can tell by the drag of the brush, like applying polyurethane it is very similar. This product is thin so I will run, also it will flip so you want to drag the brush taking care not to flip at the end of a stroke. I started at the top of the staircase and worked down. When I finished a tread I wiped the bull nose with a non-lint painter cloth. I found this would eliminate the runs on the corners and the front, also I found if I have a dust or speck, I could use the cloth to dab it, this would it pick up and then I would touch up with the brush. Look at the tread at different angles asafter applying, to correct any missed spots or over application. If you miss a spot or have a mistake you can fix it during the second coat, or if needed sand it down. After applying it let set for 3 hours as recommended, applying a second coat. So you have to do a little planning on time to use the stairs. After 3 hours of letting the first coat dry, I stepped on it with a shoe it didn't seem to be different then before so I took my shoe off and tried with a sock on my foot. WOW it makes a big difference. It was solid did not feel overly rough. I wished now I would have known to apply this when I was doing the stairs it makes a big difference and definitely makes the stairs safer. I would recommend that if you are not going to use a full gallon at once that you purchase a measuring cup that is marked in ounces if you can find it. This might be something the manufacturer or Amazon might what to add to your purchase list, because the manufacturer mix rate is 1 to 11. This stuff is expensive especially if you are not going to use the full gallon. But with that being said if I would have added this to my stairs I would not have fallen down and hurt myself, so the cost is justified as far as I am concerned.

Perfect and Best for slippery wooded stairs.I did not do my floors. I re-covered my already vanished wooden steps. Do as you will, I am not saying do as I did, but here is what I did on my steps and turned out perfect, easy. I have three short sets of stairs 6-7 steps each. I already oil varnished them two years earlier. Used 220 grit and very lightly sanded, vacuumed the corners/edges and tack cloth wiped the stairs. Be sure to get stairs clean. I did my stairs in separate rounds, and mixed/shook the HD mix approx. 11:1 each time. For me was just under an ounce used a step - be sure to mix we extra and not be short. I just poured that small amount on a step and used a 4" "pickle" poly smooth roller to role out on the step (buy a pack of rollers so enough for each time you apple and just toss them after). Is the consistency of milk. When you pour that approx. .7 - 1 ounce on your step should have no white after rolling. No rush, just took maybe a minute a stair but do not rush thinking it will dry too fast, take the time to cover it all smoothly. I did each stair case twice. Looks amazing - no change to clear it was and same as before but not slippery. my stairs went from walking on gloss to flat paint feeling. I had satin varnish before and bought satin HD - seems just slightly less satin sheen, feels great and not slippery. I let the steps dry overnight before second coat, walked on in socks after 6 hours - seems to get a bit harder every hour to 12 or so. Awesome stuff. the odor was very slight - more like someone cooked something could not quite identify a few hours earlier - you could sleep a foot away with out issue. I do wish I could have bought a half - gallon as have 3/4 left over after 19 steps, 2 coats each. But could not be happier with the project results or of doing it. May have been able to re-coat in 4-5 hours or so but was in no rush and took a few days to get it all done. This is a "10", pay-up for this and you will be so happy you did. Steps are beautiful, and easy to clean/wipe as before but non-slip!!

I was intimidated as I expected this product to be tough to use but, instead, was very, very pleasantly surprised. Most importantly, there is no odor whatsoever, which was great. And the surface has been holding up incredibly well for the last 5 months on stairs, which get a lot of use. No scratches and no wear at all that I can see. Also, the instructions give a long dry time, and we didn't use the stairs for the full time, but it really seemed to dry much more quickly. A lot more quickly.The only tricky thing is the proportions. I had to look up the ratio on the internet, and I bought a special (but very cheap) quart-sized plastic measuring container in Home Depot's paint department. Then I used a Sharpie to mark the product amount (I think it was around 12 oz) and used a 1 oz shot glass to measure the additive. As I recall, around 12 oz plus 1 oz was ample for one coat on a set of 13 hardwood stairs. And btw, the container and shot glass washed up beautifully, no worse for the wear. All plusses and not a single minus, in my experience. An excellent product.