Danielle,
We don't have a grey but all our guys have the manznita playstands that are sandblasted and yes they do look like artwork. I see no problems for a grey as our hahns and ysa have no trouble with them and love them

The unblasted ones I could see being slippery though.You just need to get the correct sized one for you grey.Not to big and not to small if that helps ya
