n y snow pros
Senior Member
Iowastorm,I saw that you mentioned Cmak in the other thread.Have you ever used this product before?I am not putting it down as it is an execellent product and you mentioned that Magic cant hold a candle to it.Beleive me i am not taking this personally but if you have never used Magic and If you have never used Cmak how can you make such a statement? Again maybe you have used Cmak i dont know but you definitly got my curiosity though when you said you were going to use this product before during and after the storm and try to keep up with the storm by applying it to sidewalks and roadways as pretreated.Unless i am reading this wrong i think someone has sold you a miracle and i can tell you from experience Cmak is no miracle and neither is Magic.If you have never used chemicals in there liquid form on sidewalks and your going to try to keep up with a storm and melt the snow,i can tell you what will happen and i know this from my trip to the PNS conference this past spring in British Columbia Canada.Now this is based on the feeling i have that you have not had experience with chemicals and applying straight to asphalt or concrete and i hope i am wrong.If this is true then i will tell you that you are going to have several problems which you need to be aware of.The 1st problem will be you will over apply causing additional exspense.The reason you over apply is because you are not familiar with the product and therefore you may feel you need to use additional product(as you said earlier the only downside is price well that is 1 problem)2nd the unacustom user will apply product during all storms.Bad move.Why, all chemicals work or fail to work due to 3 conditions humidity,ground temperature and or air temperature.If 2 of these 3 condtions are not met you will have serious conseqences.Now if you are familar with this product then i wish you the best of luck and i will stop talking to you as if you never used liquids in this manner and i do not mean any disrespect in anyway except one.Magic blew away all chemicals in all catagories including Cmak in the PNS test results.Please ask your supplier about the PNS test results as all chemical companies were there holding there breath to see how they faired.Your supplier would know Magic by the name of M50. If new to chemicals USE CAUTION!