Slippery Sliders

[Bergger]

I've got some Stubbs SKO sliders on my truck and think they're great but they do get slippery when wet. My daughter almost took a digger the other day getting in. I tried using some grip tape from Home Depot but it's already starting to peel off, after only a couple of weeks. Any ideas on other products that will not come off so easy and give good traction?

[05 taco access cab]

try some of the 3m non slip tape. it has some good adheasive on it.

[rojodiablo]

Make a tape outline for a traction area on the top of the slider. Then, sand the area with some 80 grit, just to roughen it up. Use some black rustoleum paint, the brush on type, not the spray paint. Brush it on, and sprinkle some clean sand( silica sand) on it. let it dry, and lightly recoat it again, and then a top coat of paint. It will give good traction, and will last a while. Plus, touch up is easy.

[jc3835]

get a spray can of undercoating from your hardware store... about $8/can.
It's basically black spraypaint with a nice coarse texture to it for grip.

[mgyver1]

Go to a skateboard shop and get the grip tape from there. It worked pretty good on my nerf bars.

[mikerox]

Make a tape outline for a traction area on the top of the slider. Then, sand the area with some 80 grit, just to roughen it up. Use some black rustoleum paint, the brush on type, not the spray paint. Brush it on, and sprinkle some clean sand( silica sand) on it. let it dry, and lightly recoat it again, and then a top coat of paint. It will give good traction, and will last a while. Plus, touch up is easy.and you say the navy taught you nothing. oh wait. you must have got that idea from working on boats all the time.

this is probably the way to go. it's basicaly how the flight deck on an aircraft carrier is surfaced and that is a place you dont want to fall down in the rain.

[WallyP226]

get a spray can of undercoating from your hardware store... about $8/can.
It's basically black spraypaint with a nice coarse texture to it for grip.

I second this, I got a can of nonskid paint at Wal-Mart, sprayed it on the top, blends in completly unoticibly with flat black paint.

Wally

[Sisyphus]

We sell loose grain abrasives for the sand blasting industry, but our business also gets a lot of guys looking for traction additives for the flooring industry.

Some of the Prisons out here in California use a 24 grit White Aluminum Oxide embeded into an epoxy coating for traction additives.

I know that there's a link floating around in my hard drive here, but you can find this SUPER thick epoxy that's used on oil rigs. It applies at up to 80 mils thick, and is more durable than powder coat. You generally have to have at least a 3-4 mil profile on your metal for it to stick (visit your local sandblaster), but on sliders it would be nice to have something thicker than spray paint. Also, make sure you use a material like Aluminum Oxide or Zirconium Oxide for the traction additive. If you use Silica Sand, the sand itself is very suceptable to fracturing due to its high friability. The aluminum oxide is not only less prone to fracturing, its also more angular, giving you better traction.

Not really sure of anyone who does that type of work in Colorado off the top of my head, but I'll check when I get into work tomorrow. Shouldn't be too hard to find.

[GOT COPE?]

I've got some Stubbs SKO sliders on my truck and think they're great but they do get slippery when wet. My daughter almost took a digger the other day getting in. I tried using some grip tape from Home Depot but it's already starting to peel off, after only a couple of weeks. Any ideas on other products that will not come off so easy and give good traction?

I got no slip tape from an RV place. They had 1", 3", and 6" widths on a roll and you choose your width you want and roll off as long as you need. Pay by the foot.

[05 taco access cab]

and you say the navy taught you nothing. oh wait. you must have got that idea from working on boats all the time.

this is probably the way to go. it's basicaly how the flight deck on an aircraft carrier is surfaced and that is a place you dont want to fall down in the rain.
that stuff is called nonskid that they use on the flight deck of carriers, it is also used on all the weather decks of any navy ship for a non slip surface. we apply it all the time in the yard here. it is some tuff shit.

[rojodiablo]

that stuff is called nonskid that they use on the flight deck of carriers, it is also used on all the weather decks of any navy ship for a non slip surface. we apply it all the time in the yard here. it is some tuff shit.
The Navy uses ground up aluminum oxide for non-skid. It is pretty common in the marine industry. It replaces crushed walnut shell. But both are too big of particles for the top of a slider. Appearance grade al. oxide would work bitchin. Sold by Z-spar at boat shops. It is fine grade, in a small can. The NAVY teach me something??!!?? HAHAHA!!!! :rofl: I already knew how to run and do push-ups!!