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Get a broom finish next time.
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Rent or hire a concrete grinder to rough it up a bit.
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A good way to uniformly increase the friction of a large area is to add abrasive particles to floor paint. Skid-Tex is a fine-grained silica sand that you can add to floor paint at the ratio of 1 pound per gallon. You simply stir it in and then paint as normal.
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Is there any finish on the concrete now?
In my machine shop we used a two part epoxy finish with a non-skid additive. We then rolled the finish on.
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I agree you can get good mileage out of an epoxy floor paint with texture added. Like most paint jobs its all about the prep. Many recommend a muratic acid wash to clean and etch the surface. There are also a number of choices for matting that can be used.