Wear resistance is when heavily trafficked area must provide traction or stand up to heavy wear, environmental stresses, weathering and slip resistance. Anti-skid grain is used in the preparation of non-slip surfaces. The most widely used methods of applications are troweling it into fresh concrete, rolling it into resilient materials such as asphalt, bonding to any type of surface with various adhesives, resins cements and paints, and casting into iron and aluminum.