Comments on: Washington & Third

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:34:10 +0000

Oh, that’s much bigger than I thought. The salt-free stuff I’m thinking of is small, like fertilizer pellets, maybe or the size of lentils.

By: Matt Hampel

Matt Hampel — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:48:43 +0000

That's a really weird format, then. I've used small gravel-like, deicer, but I'm pretty sure these were from a softener. About the size of two marbles together [link to sample photo]

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:18:04 +0000

It was probably that salt-free ice melt stuff. I’ve tried it, but it doesn’t work well for me.

By: Matt Hampel

Matt Hampel — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:04:20 +0000

This was the white pebble kind, which doesn’t spread to cover the sidewalk very well, either.

By: Tom Brandt

Tom Brandt — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:37:11 +0000

it can be more expensive than de-icing salt, depending on various additives for rust removal, etc

By: John Hritz

John Hritz — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:09:48 +0000

Does it do something interesting? Or is it just ineffective? Is there a cost difference (since one has to be food-safe)? Looks like most softeners use rock salt.