How to Fix RaceDeck Free Flow Slippery Tiles

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FinishingTouchA

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So after slipping on my new shop floor for nearly a week, nearly hurting myself several times, and getting the runaround from SnapLock I decided to take the slick plastic floor issue into my own hands. I tried APC at full strength and even steaming the tiles to remove the mold release film. I finally decided the only way to fix the issue would be to remove the smoothness and add some texture. Using 100 grit sandpaper I scuffed the tiles. After doing this I was able to walk around without slipping, even while wet. Not sure if this is worth a sticky somewhere on the forum here, that's up to the moderators. (I would be willing to do a more detailed write up if needed)

And here's the video (entertainment included)

[video=youtube_share;Sb4nHQKwsZE"]Race Deck Free Flow Slippery!!! Review & Fix - YouTube[/video]
 
Shop looks good. Crazy how slippery it got from just being wet. Nice that you were able to rectify it by just sanding it.
 
•To me...it seems like now,
since they've been sanded, it's:

-Going to make it easier for the tiles to get dirty.
-Going to make it harder to get the tiles cleaned.

Regardless:
Nice looking tiling job! :props:
Makes the garage POP!!


Bob
 
FUNX650 said:
•To me...it seems like now,
since they've been sanded, it's:

-Going to make it easier for the tiles to get dirty.
-Going to make it harder to get the tiles cleaned.

Regardless:
Nice looking tiling job! :props:
Makes the garage POP!!


Bob
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:iagree:
Like I said, the white tiles will probably show more dirt and be harder to clean. But that's the difference between looking 100x better than the old floor or 99x better.
I'll take the trade off of safety over looks, the floor is going to be dirty 99% of the time anyways.
Thanks, I'm really happy with how it came out as well.
 
Are you planning on washing on the floor a lot? Do you think the tiles will clog up easily underneath?
 
I see a lawsuit coming from someone who falls and breaks there arm.
 
Awesome shop!
Very smart idea to sand the RaceDeck flooring.
Like the video.

Tip:
Black&Decker Palm Sander.
The best Palm Sander in the tool world.
Always great to have in your toolbox of power tools.
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GSKR said:
I see a lawsuit coming from someone who falls and breaks there arm.
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Yeah, that's what I thought. But when I called Snaplock they told me they had never heard of anyone slipping on their tiles.
 
7.3powerstroke said:
Are you planning on washing on the floor a lot? Do you think the tiles will clog up easily underneath?
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My wash bay is outside so no, I wont be washing on these tiles. But I do pull wet vehicles inside nearly every day and also walk inside with wet shoes and it obviously was an issue before. From what I've been told it's very easy to vacuum through the ribs in the tiles.
 
Thanks for sharing and nice dance :laughing:. Planning on buying a set hopefully soon.
 
Holy ice field Batman!

When you first posted about slippery, I surly didn't realize you meant THAT slippery.

It is probably too late to suggest, but renting a 'floor polisher' with an abrasive pad might have worked also.

Glad you were able to correct THAT problem.

Bill
 
Sometime things are to be left alone or not improved.The poor kid had to get on his knees and sand all that,that wouldn't be me the company that make them would be doing that.luckily he did anyone other than himself may have slipped and gotten a real nice case.hopefully they will rectify the promblem.
 
People usually do a floor like this for its anti slip properties....

Something wasn't right here and without having first hand knowledge of the conversation am a little disappointed in thief response. I'm guessing g you were too given you took a sander to your new 2k+ floor.
 
GSKR said:
Sometime things are to be left alone or not improved.The poor kid had to get on his knees and sand all that,that wouldn't be me the company that make them would be doing that.luckily he did anyone other than himself may have slipped and gotten a real nice case.hopefully they will rectify the promblem.
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+1. He spent thousands of dollars on the product only to have to put in a bunch of extra work just to get it to perform as intended. But I commend him for his efforts and the floor looks great. I may have done the same after getting the floor down. No way would I want to take that all back up, repackage it and return to the company.

FinishingTouchA - You should tweet (or post on FB)a link to that video to the company so they can see how bad it was and what you had to do to rectify the problem.
 
He did a utube video on it that's all they need to see,it was worse then walking on wet ice ,and he wore a helmet knowing that he was gonna slip and fall numerous times.I wondering if the tiles weren't on the right side up.He seems intelligent so I doubt it,but maybe.
 
boomdone said:
+1. He spent thousands of dollars on the product only to have to put in a bunch of extra work just to get it to perform as intended. But I commend him for his efforts and the floor looks great. I may have done the same after getting the floor down. No way would I want to take that all back up, repackage it and return to the company.

FinishingTouchA - You should tweet (or post on FB)a link to that video to the company so they can see how bad it was and what you had to do to rectify the problem.
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Taking it up is easy but time consuming to package it all up.I think he really liked the floor and was willing to somehow make it work which is great and no one got hurt.at the end of the day it's a hazard of a product that falls under defective product.They better do something about it ,or pull it off for sale as they can be sued big time if someone were to get hurt,not ag but the people who made it and designed it.Im getting a killer of a shop and was gonna do the floors,but not anymore.or until they fix the promlem.
 
Dang!!! I know you had said it was slick, but I never thought to even imagine that it could be that bad. That's awesome that you got them fixed, but very surprising that's how they were to start. I've heard nothing but great reviews before this on those exact tiles from many guys who use them for indoor wash bays, so this is weird. I wonder if your batch was defective, had something on it, or what happened, cause there's no way that can be normal. Glad you rectified the problem though! Hopefully they're taken care of for good now and you can just enjoy the new shop, which looks awesome BTW!
 
My goodness I can't believe how slippery that floor looked when wet.. Me personally, I would've emailed them that vid. and been persistent with their cs until something was done to satisfy me, a paying customer. That floor wasn't cheap..

You should still do it. Was it made in the USA? If so, you deserve what you expected for your hard earned dollars.

People always talk about stuff made in China being shoddy compared to the so called much better quality and care of the US.. Well if this is USA product then how bout they stand up and deliver.

Just my 2 cents.
 
AG should take note on a product they are selling. I have often thought about these tiles as well, just to poor to buy them. Now I'm glad, I'd then be paying my insurance deductible after I bought them!!
 
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