SafeTex Sep 22, 2018:

@Michael Hello Michael
It's not actually a breach of etiquette as it's allowed but maybe cos it is hard to program otherwise and I'm actually not against it where the contested answer is clearly and wholly wrong.
But at times it can be disputed as when you have an answer up and you disagree with an alternative answer, it can start to get a bit 'tricky'. I tend to go for "neutral" in such cases if I want to comment an "alternative" answer to mine.
Anyway, "key" may not be the best which is why I had a second bash in discussions with "roughen". Jane is right too, you can't go wrong with "sprinkle" but it doesn't give any idea as to why you finish off the pool with quartz sand.
I like to think of Proz where we all work together to find the best solution but sometimes, people get "touchy" and that includes me of course :)
Regards
SafeTex

Michael Ellis Sep 22, 2018:

Deane, Put us out of our misery! The asker wants a translation for 'avströas'. I feel that this should be something like 'is sprinkled' or 'is dressed'.
--'Is keyed', 'is plastered', 'is roughened to make it anti-slip' are all descriptions of what the deposition of the quartz sand achieves.
--Deane, please decide!

==Safetex, I take your point about misusing a Disagree and apologise for this breach of etiquette.

SafeTex Sep 22, 2018:

@all Looking at this again, we might agree on something like "roughen the surface to render it anti-slip"?

Michael Ellis Sep 20, 2018:

Sprinkle Jane nearly got it. See my answer for purpose of procedure.
'Dress' would do but I feel is more often applied to horti- and agri-culture

Christopher Schröder Sep 19, 2018:

Apply sticky stuff, dust with sand, end up with nice rough surface for membrane to adhere to. No?

JaneD Sep 19, 2018:

Use a general term? Looks like you could probably use "sprinkled with" to describe what they're doing. I'm not entirely sure of the purpose either, though I suspect it's the last one (acting as a bonding agent) in this article: http://learncoatings.com/wordpress/how-is-quartz-sand-used-i...