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  • Sanding, painting and oiling stairs...

    Because they're stairs, I probably don't want them to be as nice and smooth as my floorboards. My cat nearly stacks it every time she races into the dining room to get her breakfast.

    How do I achieve this? Presumably there's a more scientific way than just finishing with lower grit paper?

  • You can get paints and fishes that contain fine sand like particles that turn surfaces into grippier surfaces. However I'm not sure how appropriate it would be for interior domestic use because:

    1. It tends to be epoxy paint
    2. It stinks when first applied; like really stinks, once when I was applying it airside at Heathrow someone reported it and I had to deal with a large contingent of armed police incase it was a chemical attack and the fire brigade incase it was a gas leak. The area of the airport I was working in was closed off and my employers had a fight on their hands to avoid getting the bill for loss of revenue.
    3. The grit tends to wear off pretty quickly.

    There may be a domestic version of this but I've never seen it and would be wary because of 3.

  • It does stink, and needs to be ventilated as the stink does stay there. Used it on garage floors and took a few months for the smell to completely go if the unit was left over night with all the windows shut.

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