Use a liquid deicer - Magic -0, Caliber, Ice Ban. It'll cost, though.

 

Calcium Mixed with Sand. Scrape off the precip before it freezes. pumpkin:

 

rock salt will over time crack concrete..All products will. What people don't realize is that appliying these is the first step. You need to remove the melted ice afterwards. What happens is the ice melts, water runs in cracks, then it refreezes causing cracking. Dow has great info on their website regarding this.I have been selling Peladow for years and even that will cause cracks.

 

rock salt will over time crack concrete..All products will.

That is why in most areas the building code require that all flat concrete be sealed prior to it curing. Concrete is naturally pores. I use rock salt on most of my jobs and have no problems with Spalding. Just make sure it has been sealed...

 

So if a customer wants his or her walkway salted and it isn't sealed, then what?

 

Potash works too

 

So if a customer wants his or her walkway salted and it isn't sealed, then what?

Then advise them that anything used on the concrete to melt ice/snow may cause damage to it.....Then give them a quote on having their concrete sealed!!!!