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TracSafe Anti-Slip Sealer
Enhances Safety in Hospitals and Healthcare Settings
TracSafe is a high-performance clear coat that also provides traction and anti-slip properties to most surfaces
parking areas and commercial/ industrial floors. Pool decks, ter- races, basement and garage areas, plus much-traveled hallways and corridors also benefit from the an- ti-slip sealer.
“A product like TracSafe helps people avoid life-altering falls,” says Daich. “This is an important safety element and one that any health care facility can use to help prevent slip and fall risks.”
Easy Installation
To install TracSafe, simply roll down two coats of the product a few hours apart using a 3/8” paint roller. Light foot traffic can be resumed in four to six hours (or when fully dry), with normal foot traffic allowed the following day after a 24-hour cure period.
TracSafe’s anti-slip coating technology lays down a uniform foot traction surface that exhibits effective slip resistance proper- ties in both wet and dry condi- tions, with bare feet and various common pedestrian and work footwear.
The aggressive bond strength of TracSafe does the rest, lock- ing its slip-resistant performance into place to battle the most com- mon and challenging conditions. “TracSafe has excellent adhesion and is designed to last with out- standing resistance to sun, snow, water, salt, chemicals, snow shov- eling, foot and vehicle traffic,” says Daich.
“There’s no horizontal concrete surface that won’t benefit by add- ing TracSafe. Once applied, the
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exceptional slip-resistant features of the sealer helps people avoid dangerous slips and falls. This has the potential to reduce prolonged pain for individuals, plus costly litigation and skyrocketing insur- ance costs for hospital and health care management groups.”
Durability, Beauty and Dependability
But sheer utility wasn’t the only goal of the Daich Coatings prod- uct development team. TracSafe was purposely designed to invisi- bly blend in and enhance the look of surfaces.
“TracSafe doesn’t try to steal the show and drastically change the look of existing sur- faces,” says Daich. “If you like the look of your surface as it is, whether it’s concrete, tile, lino- leum or a pre-painted surface, it can essentially stay just the way it is because TracSafe is a clear coating that preserves the look of an existing surface. If any- thing, TracSafe simply makes it look better, freshening it up with an attractive satin sheen.” TracSafe contains a low VOC pre- mixed formula that features fast dry-time and easy water clean-up. Once applied, TracSafe provides all-season exterior durability and reliable long-term slip-resistance indoors and out.
TracSafe, along with other Daich Coatings primers and decorative concrete products, is available at select big box outlets or online at www.daichcoatings. com.
TracSafe has an odorless, water-based formula that bonds firmly with all types of institutional floor surfacing, from concrete, to stone and tile, to linoleum and vinyl products.
Contractors can reduce the chances of slips and falls on surfaces throughout
hospitals and health care settings with the new TracSafe® Anti-Slip Sealer from Daich Coatings. With anti-slip ratings up to twice the OSHA standard, TracSafe pro- vides aggressive anti-slip perfor- mance with all-weather durability for both interior and exterior areas around any hospital, doctor or dental office.
TracSafe® Anti-Slip Sealer performs double-duty, as both a high performance clear coat that strengthens and protects surfaces, while also helping to protect the patients and employees who walk on it from slip and fall mishaps. Its high-performance, odorless water-based technology bonds firmly to all types of flooring materials, from concrete, ma- sonry, stone and pavers, to tile, vinyl, linoleum and pre-painted surfaces — indoors and out.
Serious Response to Serious Injuries
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 26 percent of the 8,982,730 nonfatal work injuries resulting in days away from work in 2017 were related to slips, trips, and falls. That translates into more than two million situations in the workplace every year resulting in unnecessary pain and suffering.
That number doesn’t include all the other slip and fall incidents that happen outside the workplace every year with customers, and the public at large.
But it wasn’t until a fall of his own, on a slippery tile pool deck, that got Peter Daich, President of Daich Coatings Corporation, serious about developing an ef- fective answer to the problem.
“When I slipped on those tiles, I hit the deck hard and it hurt,” says Daich. “I was annoyed at myself for losing my footing, but was thankful I wasn’t injured. Then I thought about others, like children or someone elderly falling like I did, potentially at a doctor’s of- fice or in a hospital, and not being so lucky.”
To Daich, the solution to the problem seemed obvious: give any property owner the ability to immediately improve foot trac- tion problems on their own, with no complicated steps or prohibi- tive costs. A coating that could be applied almost anywhere by any- one, making the task of adding slip-resistance to walkways, steps, shower areas, pool decks and more, a no-brainer. “That’s how TracSafe was born,” says Daich.
Fast, Safe and Effective
In hospital and health care fa- cility settings, TracSafe can be applied to entrances and steps, walkways and access ramps, valet