If you need to go out, however, and you don’t have any rock salt for melting the ice that’s sure to form on your driveway and walkway, then your strategy might be to try to clear the snow at ...

You’re likely tired of digging out and hoping to dump some road salt to melt away the remaining ice and snow. But what if your local hardware store is sold out? If you can’t find rock salt at ...

However, road salt (sodium chloride) is not the kindest of chemicals. Although it's undoubtedly effective at melting ice, it can also corrode concrete and vehicles, cause harm to plants and pets ...

Salt (a chemical combination of calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, and potassium chloride) is a common chemical de-icer because it lowers the freezing point of water, quickly melting ice in ...

If you find yourself in desperate need of road salt or other ice melt products to clear your driveway, good luck. You might not find any. A national shortage on ice melt and other de-icing ...

Blue Heat, Safe-T-Salt, Snow Joe, Ice Slicer, Ice Eater. Evocative names, but unfortunately these snappy brand names are pretty much all you have to go on when choosing an ice melt. Which is best?

With heavy snow, rain and then ice earlier this week, around western Massachusetts and throughout New England, many store shelves are empty of rock salt or de-icer. Even municipalities are running ...

"It melts the salt, really, or the the snow, you know, the ice really, really well," Lukehart said. "So it's probably the top of the line." The rock salt is the most damaging, but it really does ...

LI Salt may be great for melting snow and ice, but it poses a danger to pets.Ice melting salt is harmful if your furry friends ingest it."Salivation, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, things like that.

THE SALT THAT’S USED TO MELT SNOW AND ICE CAN ALSO CAUSE IRRITATION, BUT THAT’S EASY TO TAKE CARE OF WHEN YOU COME IN FROM OUTSIDE. I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO HURT TO WALK THROUGH A ...

However, with the prediction of snow in the forecast, many took to the stores Wednesday to stock up on rock salt and ice melt. But, many shops were short on supplies. Diane Spadafora, who works at ...