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As a professional woodworker, I’ve made fairly a number of platform beds. The largest downside has all the time been the mattress sliding round on the flat floor. Someday after I was engaged on the deck of a ship that had anti-skid compound added to the painted end, I spotted that I had discovered my platform-bed answer.
There are a number of forms of nonskid components, however for beds I like the kind made with silica sand. Masks off the world of the platform that falls underneath the mattress, combine the additive into a number of the end you used on the mattress, stir the container nicely, and apply a closing coat, utilizing a foam curler. If the sand finally ends up feeling a bit too sharp, it’d make it powerful for the shopper to tuck in sheets comfortably. Hit it calmly with sandpaper and the floor will likely be extra user-friendly however nonetheless a lot grabby.
—ROB HARE, Ulster Park, N.Y.
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