Slippery Concrete
Dear Aunt Daisy, I have a problem which [, have not been able to solve, and I wondered if you or one of the members of your Daisy Chain would have a solution. Perhaps it is out of your province, but I have tried everything without success. We have concrete all over the paths in our back yard, which has apparently been down for many years, and it is the kind which has been finished very smooth and shiny, In the wet weather it becomes terribly slippery, and more than one person has come to grief on it. Can anything be done to treat it and render it safe? As we have many kiddies visiting us from time to time, as well as elderly folk, it is a great worry. I would be very grateful if you know of anything I could use.
Happy
Anne
Wanéganui.
Here is one suggestion, from Stokes Valley. "The writer should get her husband to apply a splash-coat of plaster. That is exactly the same as a plasterer puts on the basement of a building; or the plaster could be swept on with a hard broom to give a complete cover of plaster over the path. This wouldn’t be very expensive, and would not cause anyone to slip on. the paths."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 790, 10 September 1954, Page 33
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217Slippery Concrete New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 790, 10 September 1954, Page 33
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