Tag: Ice Melt Calcium Chloride
Is Calcium Chloride Safe For Deck And Driveway?
Calcium chloride is a salt that is commonly used in ice melt and de-icing compounds. It is often added to a mixture of sand and salt to provide better traction...
Don’t Salt Your Concrete Driveway- Use This Instead
Avoid rock salt and other chloride-based deicers on concrete driveways when possible, especially on concrete that is less than 12 months old, damaged, poorly drained or not designed for freeze-thaw...
Is There An Ice Melt That Won’t Damage Concrete?
Yes — ice melts that won’t damage concrete do exist. The key is avoiding all chloride-based products (rock salt, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride) which cause freeze-thaw pore damage, spalling, and...
Why You Should NOT Use Chloride Based Ice Melts
This chloride-based magnesium ice melt works well in cold weather. But when the temperature falls drastically, the melting process slows and may even come to a halt. To put it...
Ice Melt Myths That Need To Be Busted – Part I
Some people are against the idea of using ice melt as they wonder if ice melt is safe for concrete and others around them. The problem is that there are...
Go Green – What You Can Do To Stop The Rapid Ice Melt of The Glaciers
At Safe Paw we love helping the environment and reducing our carbon footprint. We talk about ice melter a lot and felt it was only right to address the ice...
Best Homemade Ice Melt
Snow is accumulating on your driveway, sidewalk, and the steps to the front door, and you are out of rock salt or ice melter. You need something down to stop...