Probably the moisture as well as that when you approach 0 f that's the point at which salt water freezes. So, salt won't do much good. Did you know you can use anything that lowers the freezing point of water? You could just as easily use sugar, but that's more expensive and what a sticky mess! David ----- Original Message ----- From: Cy Selfridge To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 8:21 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] using rock salt
Could it be that when temps drop much below 10F the moisture tends to be non existant and the salt has nothing to work with? In Colorado when the temp drops below 10F the ice becomes crunchy and *very* dry. Cy, the ancient Okie... _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee A. Stone Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] using rock salt that was what I think I was looking for Bob" when I lived in Western NY it did not work well near 10 degrees. thanks.Lee On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 07:47:09PM -0500, Bob Kennedy wrote: > I never heard of a high temp that it wouldn't work at. Once you get above 35 it's a bit of a waste because nature is melting the ice for you. > > I do remember from living in Western New York for many years that rock salt doesn't work when the temperature is much below 10 or 15 degrees. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lee A. Stone > To: Blind Handyman > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 2:19 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] using rock salt > > > > > Am I correct that the standard store brands of rock salt or something > like Hailite is a product that works at only below freezing temps? > thanks.Lee > > -- > Let's remind ourselves that last year's fresh idea is today's cliche. > -- Austen Briggs > Do you Jabber? I do. My JID is: HYPERLINK "mailto:stonedge%40jabber.org"[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- No wonder Clairol makes so much money selling shampoo. Lather, Rinse, Repeat is an infinite loop! Do you Jabber? I do. My JID is: HYPERLINK "mailto:stonedge%40jabber.org"[EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.3/1306 - Release Date: 3/1/2008 5:41 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.3/1306 - Release Date: 3/1/2008 5:41 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
