Socks..... bare feet..open stairs, and gloss are not a great idea in combination. I'd lower the l

I have a polished concrete floor. Lowering the luster is perhaps part of a solution; however, I'm sure anything over bare wood is going to be slick. I'd like it to feel gritty or something on the tops of the treads for added comfort when walking up and down. What should I mix with the top coat to achieve this?

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Thank you Fred! Thus is what I was looking for. I think I was looking at more industrial materials that would add color with the grit, like brown sand or similar.

I, for one, would never put a gritty finish on any surface that might be walked on in bare feet. Would feel like dirt (sand, sugar, etc) to me. And how are you going to be able to tell if there really IS dirt on the surface? Really hard to sweep. Or mop.

So if you would not put a grit on highly polished steps how would you prevent broken bones and bruising a couple times a year? (Maybe I fall up and down stairs more often than the average person... It might be 1 step or the whole flight... You never know until you stop moving!)

Also the grit isn't going to stick to your feet nor will it be walked on with bare feet. Dedicated house shoes or socks only. As for cleaning, a regular old broom will do nicely to make the dirt fall to the floor where it can be swept up.

Unfortunately, cami, I am very experienced at falling down steps. I have broken one limb twice (once the ankle, once the lower tibia). Just call me Grace. That’s why I would never have highly polished steps.

And the “grit” thing may be a personal idiosyncrasy I have; for sure I wouldn’t be able to walk on it barefoot. Kind of like a fingernails on the blackboard thing.

If the stairs were mine, I’d install a permanent runner down the center.

I too have fallen up and down stairs more times than I can count. I just got out of a cast the Wednesday before Thanksgiving from a fall. I can't do a carpet runner on the steps because it would hide the wood nor would it be modern with clean enough lines for me. I'll take the grit for safety to achieve the end look I want.

My master suite is the only thing on the second floor and it is completely open to the rest of the house. In in fact the only closed off rooms are 2 bathrooms, my main floor office, the laundry/mechanical room, and the master closet. This means so much of my home has to tie together since it is essentially 1 big room. My friends call it "The penthouse in the woods". You can't see into my bedroom without going up the stairs but you can see the living room, dining room, and stairs from the master suite.