De-icing Service

Providing safe, secure walkways is more than just a common courtesy for your family, friends, pets and neighbors, it's also the wise thing to do. While it is generally accepted that ongoing use of any de-icer will eventually contribute to some degradation of the concrete surface to which it is applied, some ice melter are gentler on concrete than others. Conflicting information in regards to magnesium chloride- and calcium chloride-based liquid de-icers have left many unsure which choice is best-suited for their needs.

Past studies have often utilized high temperatures to accelerate the impact to concrete. By setting parameters that more closely represent real-world de-icing conditions, Purdue University researchers measured the impact of magnesium chloride and calcium chloride to concrete. Their study concluded that calcium chloride damages concrete twice as fast as magnesium chloride.

Magnesium chloride is used for low-temperature de-icing of highways, sidewalks, and parking lots. When highways are treacherous due to icy conditions, magnesium chloride helps to prevent the ice bond, allowing snow plows to clear the roads more efficiently. Magnesium chloride is used in three ways for pavement ice control: Anti-icing, when maintenance professionals spread it onto roads before a snow storm to prevent snow from sticking and ice from forming; pre-wetting, which means a liquid formulation of magnesium chloride is sprayed directly onto salt as it is being spread onto roadway pavement, wetting the salt so that it sticks to the road; and pre-treating, when magnesium chloride and salt are mixed together before they are loaded onto trucks and spread onto paved roads.

Based on the information that we gather through years of experience de-icing paved areas, we offer two options to our clients:

Robo Melt Premium blend of deicing chemicals. Sodium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride, Potassium and Calcium Chloride. Ground product helps with traction in addition to melting ice. Leaves no powdery residue unless overused. When used as directed, will not harm vegetation.

Magna Melt Tough on ice, gentle on concrete and nature. Magnesium Chloride Ice Melting Crystals, melt ice on contact. Easy on people, pets, environment and vegetation. Safer and easy to use and apply.

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