Grades of SAFEGUARD® Covers

Surface Grit At the heart of every SAFEGUARD® Cover is the unique grit surface that delivers the ultra-safe Hi-Traction characteristic.

Every SAFEGUARD® Cover offers high antislip properties, but depending on the application, smaller or larger grit particles can be specified. Safeguard offers a range of grit sizes which are categorized as the following six grades, together with typical applications:

MOHS Hardness Scale
Grit or Aggregate		For Comparison
Silicon Carbide	9.7	Diamond	10
Fused Alumina (white)	9.4	Quartz	7
		Steel	5-8.5

Six Standard Grades

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Super Fine (Barefoot) - For boats, pools, showers
Extra Fine (Residential) – For residential applications such as deck steps, porches, bus steps
Fine (Commercial/Pedestrian) - For bus steps, commercial buildings
Coarse (Industrial) - For most industrial applications
Extra Coarse (Offshore/Heavy Duty) - Oil platforms, heavily soiled and oily areas
Super Coarse (Xtreme) – For the most severe conditions

Average Size of Grit (Aggregate)
Grades	Mesh	Inches	Microns
Super Coarse (Xtreme)	3/6	0.27	6860
Extra Coarse (Offshore/Heavy Duty)	10	0.085	2125
Coarse (Industrial)	20	0.033	850
Fine (Commercial/Pedestrian)	24	0.027	700
Extra Fine (Residential)	36	0.019	485
Super Fine (Barefoot)	54	0.012	305

Average Thickness of Finished Product
	Super Coarse	Extra Coarse	Coarse	Fine	Extra Fine	Super Fine
Stainless or Galvanized Steel 18 Gauge - 0.048”/1.2mm	0.40” 10.2mm	0.18” 4.6mm	0.11” 2.8mm	0.10” 2.5mm	0.09”/2.2mm	0.08” 2.0mm
Pultruded FRP Composite 0.1”/2.5mm † 0.125”/3.2mm ††	0.45” 11.4mm 0.48” 12.2mm	0.23” 5.8mm 0.26” 6.6mm	0.16” 4.1mm 0.19” 4.8mm	0.15” 3.9mm 0.18” 4.6mm	0.14” 3.6mm 0.17” 4.3mm	0.13” 3.3 mm 0.16” 4.1 mm
Vinyl (Flexible PVC) 0.024”/.60mm	NA	0.15” 3.8mm	0.08” 2.1mm	0.07” 1.9mm	0.06” 1.6mm	0.05” 1.3 mm