How To Choose The Best Ice Melt In The Market?

Winter is the season of beauty and joy. However, it comes with its cons. From slip and fall accidents to property damages, winter woes make us feel less joyous about it. However, choosing the best ice melt will make your winters a fun-filled time while ensuring the safety of your kids and pets.

In this article, we will discuss various factors you must consider before buying an ice melt. Choosing the right ice melt alone cuts down your worries by half and makes the season joyful. So, let’s get started.

Check Ingredients

Most of the ice melts available in the market consist of chlorides in one form or the other.

• Rock salt is sodium chloride. It can cause trouble in multiple ways. It may damage almost any surface, it can be fatal if ingested by pets, and it doesn’t work in cold temperatures. 

• Potassium chloride is safer for pets, but it is harmful to plants and grass. Temperatures of 20 degrees Fahrenheit and above are required for calcium magnesium acetate to work.

• Calcium chloride: If you apply too much calcium chloride, it can harm your plants and grass. Magnesium chloride can also damage your plants, concrete, and asphalt.

Choosing The Best Ice Melt:

Finding the best ice melt for your yard, driveway, or walks around your house appears to be not only prudent but also necessary.

Your ice melt must be free from any kind of chloride components mentioned above. It should be salt-free and natural ice melt. One such ice melt is Safe Paw. It is a proprietary compound with two effects. The liquid part attacks and decreases the surface tension of ice. It fastens the melting process. Then the crystal core starts penetrating the ice. It further weakens the ice, thus speeding up the melting process. By using urea as ice melt, you are free from toxic salt worries.

• Chemical-free

Safe Paw’s chemical-free formula includes a specific traction component. This agent works in tandem with the melting components to ensure that you’re left with only dry ground and no leftover snow. As a result, the risk of slips and falls is decreased.

• Safe For Pets And Children

People, pets, and the environment are safe with this modified crystalline amide core interleaved with glycol admixture. It leaves an invisible layer of protection for three days that helps prevent ice from sticking to surfaces. It is easier to shovel because of the “Teflon” effect. The toxin-free urea as ice melt is a good choice for pets.

• Safe For Concrete And Carpets:

This ice melt won’t affect your carpets, concrete, pavement, railings, or other constructions. It is non-corrosive and will neither damage your concrete nor metal. This concrete-safe ice melt is fit for even new concrete.

Conclusion

If you’re planning to replenish your ice melt stock or thinking of a DIY snow melter, you must have got a fair idea of what to look for in your ice melt. Choose your ice melt carefully because it’s more than an ice melt. It’s your solution for winter woes.

Gaia Enterprises Inc. delivers 100% pet-safe and environmentally friendly winter products. Safe Paw, our flagship product, is the #1 selling pet-safe ice melt that does not harm pets, safe if ingested, and safe on all types of concrete.

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