of between 3 and 5 parts by weight using kraton g 1652 thermoplastic rubber as a starting point approximately 12 to 24 parts by weight can be employed in a variety of formulations along with approximately 30 parts by weight each of petrolatum protopet white 1s and polybutene h 300 to yield anti slip coatings having useful properties conventional solvents and additives including toluene n propyl acetate lactol spirits heptane etc can be formulated with the thermoplastic rubber petrolatum and polybutene the solvents are present in quantities which are essentially each equal the parts by weight of the three active constituents or even twice the parts by weight thereof a particularly useful formulation includes the compounding of 24 parts by weight of kraton g 1652 thermoplastic rubber with petrolatum protopet 1s 30 parts by weight and polybutene h 300 30 parts by weight the formulation can further include 84 parts by weight of toluene 84 parts by weight of n propyl acetate 168 parts by weight of lactol spirits and 20 parts by weight each of regalrez hydrocarbon resins regalrez being a registered trademark of hercules incorporated wilmington del and preferably being the product commercially available as regalrez 1126 the regalrez 1126 improves the formulation by increasing substrate adhesion still further the composition can include 20 parts by weight of vistanex lm ms a polyisobutylene which increases substrate adhesion and provides additional flexibility and toughness to a coating formed from the formulation additional formulations according to the invention vary.