Tag: Ice Melts
Unraveling The Science Behind Ice Melts.
Winter’s beauty often comes with the slick challenge of frozen pathways. We’ve all witnessed the magic of sprinkling a substance on ice and watching it quickly dissolve into a puddle....
Potassium Chloride (KCl) In Ice Melts: Is It Safe?
Potassium chloride (KCl) ice melt is effective but not fully “safe” — it can irritate pets’ paws, harm plants and soil, and in large amounts cause poisoning if ingested. It’s...
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...
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...