Abstract: An apparatus for coating a fabric substrate comprising a housing frame, a continuous moving conveyor moving along a generally circular path and mounted to the housing frame; a plurality of vertically oriented mandrels removably mounted on the conveyor for receiving an article to be coated; a fixed coating station adjacent the path for applying a quantity of a coating to at least a portion of the article to be coated, the coating station including a solenoid for controlling the amount and pattern of the coating substance onto the article to be coated; a pivotable arm for gripping and removing the article to be coated after the coating station, the pivotable arm including a pair of cooperating gripping members for gripping the article to be coated. The coating is a non-sticky, high coefficient of friction polymer with additional components.