outdoor stairs slippery when wet

No idea if would be acceptable from an aesthetic perspective - but what about yacht anti-slip paint?

HTH Richard (also Savage!)

G'day mate!

MM. water does that..

You have GLAZED tiles? With respect, chip em up and start over.

The ideal is NOT to use *glazed* ceramic tiles. Its bad enough in the bathroom...

================================== I would suggest that you 'flat' the glaze with a coarse sanding disk or belt sander. The effect will be that the steps will look as if they're naturally worn by use.

Cic.

We had a similar problem here at work. I got a company to surface treat the terracotta like tiles and the problem went away. I can't remember their name but since they're UK that won't help anyway. Google for Non-slip floor treatments and you should find a local equivalent. It's like a mild acid that microscopically etches the surface.

John

Yes, we use deck paint for slippery-when-wet garden steps.

Mary

You could varnish a strip and sprinkle a little carborundum grit on it. Carborundum is used on boat surfaces where a non slip surface is required and much better than sand as a friction material. You should be able to buy it from any boatyard or supplier of fibreglass materials. (You could also sprinkle it on a strip of GRP Resin painted on the step rather than varnish).

It would probably need touching up every year - the grit provides a secure surface so any twisting movement of the foot is passed to the varnish which won't adhere brilliantly to the tiles and will wear with time. It isn't a big job to touch up though.

There ought to be something in the 55 different products on the pages you can reach from here:

"nightjar .uk.com>"

Thanks to all for the helpful replies. Deck paint looks like the best solution. A strip of light grey will highlight the edge of each stair for night safety, too.