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You know, shoveling should know can be hard work
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And I'll tell you why, because sometimes it can be really, really heavy, a wet snow
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And you have to really be careful about that. There are some products, though, out there that can make the job a little easier
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And what I'm talking about are de-icing salts. A lot of you think that de-icing salts can harm concrete
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Well, that's not really true. The icing salts can hurt concrete that hasn't been put down properly
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Now, what you want to know is that there are three types of rock salt or deicing salts
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We've got regular rock salt, which is sodium chloride. We have those really neat round pellets that are like BBs called calcium chloride
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And the exciting thing is that there's a new one called magnesium chloride
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That particular deicing salt is called mag. And one of the things that I like about the magnesium chloride is that it works best at low
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temperatures that's got a much wider spectrum and working range than the other two salts
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and it's less corrosive to any type of metal work that you might have around. Let's say
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rod iron railings or aluminum porch railings or walkways, it is much, much less harmful to this
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product. And it's also easier on the trees and vegetation. And Ron Wilson's going to love that
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Now, where do you find these type of salts? You can find some of them at regular hardware stores
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and home centers, but if you want the magnesium chloride product, you've got to go to the specialty
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salt stores, look in the yellow pages for under salt and you'll find the different companies
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that sell magnesium chloride or mag. Now remember, if you want help on shoveling snow, why not
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work a little earlier and faster? What I mean by that? Just go ahead and put the salts
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down before the snowfall. I think you're going to find it's going to be a lot easier to take
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care of that heavy snow. If you want to discover more home improvement tips, go to ask
