Best solution for slippery shower wet tile floor?

[Duder1no]

So my wife just had the entire shower tile changed and along with it came a new problem we did not have with the old tile: the new tile is slippery as hell once wet.

What's the current best solution for slippery shower wet tile floor?

Last time I dealt with this it was sticking them little sand-paper-like fishes on the slippery floor, is still the best solution or is there something else I can try?

 

[Live2Eat]

I would suggest going to HD or Lowes and asking one of the folks there for alternatives for the stickers. Perhaps there is just a film on the tile that will wear off with time? Maybe try washing it with a tile cleaner if you haven't already?

 

[destrekor]

rugs?

or, the actual shower, as in, the floor of the shower?
Try one of those shower mats?

 

[Jesusthewererabbit]

Become a hippy. It would only be a concern maybe twice a month then.

 

[boomerang]

I hate to tell you, but the wrong tile was used for the floor. I'm not sure there's a fix short of tearing it out and replacing it.

 

[Duder1no]

I hate to tell you, but the wrong tile was used for the floor. I'm not sure there's a fix short of tearing it out and replacing it.

this is what I am afraid of, I'll try and see if there's some sort of shower mat like destrekor suggests

 

[spaceman]

just put daon a bath mat
vent when u shower and dry

 

[zerocool84]

this is what I am afraid of, I'll try and see if there's some sort of shower mat like destrekor suggests

You've never heard of shower mats?

 

[HAL9000]

Flip Flops?

 

[Redfraggle]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure glossy finish tiles shouldn't have been used, and it sounds like they are. Best solution, imo? Call up the installer and make them fix it. A real professional would not have installed improper materials. Otherwise, the stick on things.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Bead blast it. Or put down some adhesive and toss some sand on it.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Bead blast it. Or put down some adhesive and toss some sand on it.

Perhaps that textured coating that they sell for garage floors...

 

[Rumpltzer]

Perhaps that textured coating that they sell for garage floors...

That's genius! Or the stuff they put in as spray-on bedliner for trucks might come in a more suitable quantity.

 

[Mo0o]

How about just a mat with the rubber grip bottoms

 

[PottedMeat]

Best solution for slippery shower wet tile floor?

slip and break your tailbone -> hello lawsuit!

 

[Imp]

Flip Flops?

That'll probably make it worse when you try to reach for the flip flops while balanced on one foot.

I was going to say sand the tiles, but I know nothing of tiles and that could just screw it up.

 

[HAL9000]

That'll probably make it worse when you try to reach for the flip flops while balanced on one foot.

I was going to say sand the tiles, but I know nothing of tiles and that could just screw it up.

Maybe, apparently a lot of people wear them in the shower...

 

[richardycc]

what's the COF of the tile? you shouldn't install anything less than 0.6 for floor.

 

[0roo0roo]

http://www.amazon.com/Non-Slip-Bath-...ref=pd_sbs_k_5

 

[Pardus]

put down a rug/mat/etc over the tile, problem solved.

 

[0roo0roo]

http://www.slipperytile.com/
http://www.grip-antirutsch.com/int/en/index.html
http://www.nationalsealing.com/sealing/anti-slip-coating
seem to be some kind of invisible coating several companies are selling.
not sure what it is

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Drying the floor works wonders.

 

[l0cke]

I thought everyone used bath mats anyways? The only time I don't is at hotels.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I thought everyone used bath mats anyways? The only time I don't is at hotels.

I use them even at Hotels.

 

[Modelworks]

Sandpaper. Wet sanding actually and it does work. Best used with a block of wood and use the finest grain paper you can find. It doesn't take long at all to do.