Ice Melt Concrete Safe - Calcium Chloride
In November, I posted about how I had applied a second coat of concrete sealer to our driveway in an attempt to preserve it as best I can . Part of that preservation is also trying to NOT use rock salt on it to melt ice and snow. That's a best practice - not using salt - that was shared by our builder, but you can also find it online all over the place. Some folks call salt the "#1 enemy of concrete" . So, I try to take care of my driveway without salt or any other melting products. The issue is that our driveway is on an incline. You might not be able to tell from this photo , but we're uphill from the street to our driveway. Have you ever come across a concrete driveway that looks like this ? Pitted and full of pockmarks? That's very often because of salt damage. From this story : The pock marks are likely from rock salt deterioration on your concrete drive. It can be caused by using rock salt (sodium chloride) to m...