How Do You De-Ice Roads With Calcium Chloride & Water?
Clearing roadways of snow and ice is big business in northern climates. You can accomplish this task with traditional rock salt as well as calcium chloride, another common de-icing agent. Normally calcium chloride is spread in its dry form. In order to be capable of melting ice, however, you must dissolve it in water. One positive quality of calcium chloride is its capability of pulling water out of air or soil. Calcium chloride will continue to melt ice long after the weather has become too cold for sodium chloride to work. Apply your calcium chloride pellets liberally to your driveway or road when it begins snowing. Apply again as the snow continues. Snow will accumulate as slush if calcium chloride is present. If snowfall continues, apply the pellets twice daily. Ice will not form because of the calcium chloride. Remove the slush once it stops snowing.
