What Stellmann coatings are
Stellmann sells film-forming non-slip coatings for existing floors. The clear PRO range is the product most people mean: a transparent coating intended to keep the look of tile, stone, vinyl or concrete while lifting wet grip. The company also sells coloured systems, including concrete coatings, for areas where a visible finish is acceptable. Manufacturer literature describes the clear systems as independently tested to AS 4586:2013, with products aimed at P3, P4 and P5 slip ratings.
If you have been told to "use Stellman" or "get the Stellmann P4 on it", that is this family of products. The spelling with two n's is the brand. The single-n search is common enough that it is worth saying out loud.
Stellmann is the rebranded Swiss Grip
People still search Swiss Grip because that is the name the coating launched under in Australia. The company rebranded to Stellmann. The current Stellmann range is that same line with an improved product range and performance: more systems for different substrates and target classifications, and a better-performing film than the original Swiss Grip products many specifications still name.
They are not two competing coatings. If a report, insurer or previous contractor says Swiss Grip, the current specification is Stellmann. Premrest still chooses the exact system after the slip test, and may specify a Dr Schutz PU system instead where the floor is vinyl or another resilient surface that needs a wear-layer treatment rather than a clear film.
When a Stellmann coating is a sensible specification
- A tile, stone or vinyl floor that fails a wet pendulum slip test and still has to look like itself
- Aged care, healthcare and NDIS sites that have already been pointed at a named CSIRO-classified coating
- External concrete or painted floors that need a coloured anti-slip coating rather than a clear film
- Locations where an etching treatment would be the wrong chemistry for the stone or glaze
It is not a substitute for finding out the current slip rating. If polish, detergent residue or the wrong sealer is the problem, a coating on top of that contamination will not give you a defensible result. The first job is still a slip test.
P3, P4 and P5 tins vs the floor you walk on
Stellmann, like other coating brands, labels products by the slip rating the system is designed to achieve on a prepared sample. HB 198:2014 then tells you which of those ratings the location actually needs. A bathroom that should be P3 and an external walkway that should be P4 are different jobs, even if both are "Stellmann".
Application quality is the other variable. A published P4 means nothing if the surface was not prepared, the film is uneven, or the coating is already wearing in the traffic lane. The classification that belongs in your file is the one from an on-site slip test to AS 4663:2013 after the work. That is the same method we use for the baseline. Together they are the before-and-after record.
How we handle a Stellmann request
Bring the name. We will still measure the floor. If a Stellmann coating is the right match for the substrate and the target classification, Premrest applies it as the non-slip coating. If a different system, or a simpler clean and strip, will hit the rating more reliably, that is what we specify. Either way we retest.
That sequence is available for slip testing and coating work in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.