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Posted: 3/4/2015 11:58:51 AM EDT

With today's sleet/ice then snow I was treating my driveway with salt when I realized that I only had enough for one coat. I started looking into other methods of ice prevention and removal. I found out that pickle brine will melt ice down to minus 6 degrees F. If your pavement is pretreated it will make the ice and snow removal a lot easier.
It's too late now but I plan try this before the next big winter event.
Post up if you have any good ways to treat your driveway.

Posted: 3/4/2015 1:23:58 PM EDT

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How does one make this pickle brine?

Posted: 3/4/2015 1:26:16 PM EDT

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Find a restaurant and ask to get their pickle juice out of the 5 gallon pickle bucket. Put it in a sprayer and go to town. After some thought I think I'd rather just move to Florida.

Posted: 3/4/2015 1:56:09 PM EDT

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I don't use pickle brine, but I do something similar with pool salt and a pump sprayer to pre-treat.

Once its already glazed, I will mix in 90% rubbing alcohol in a 50:50 mixture with hot pool salt water in the pump sprayer.

Posted: 3/4/2015 4:55:10 PM EDT

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I don't use pickle brine, but I do something similar with pool salt and a pump sprayer to pre-treat.

Once its already glazed, I will mix in 90% rubbing alcohol in a 50:50 mixture with hot pool salt water in the pump sprayer.

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That's a good idea. Everywhere here is out of the traditional de-ice'ing salt, pool salt and water softener salt will work just as good.

Posted: 3/4/2015 5:02:01 PM EDT

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vinegar as a pretreat will stop ice from sticking
vinegar and water 50/50 mix and spray it on

Posted: 3/5/2015 10:27:17 AM EDT

[#6]

This seems about right to me.

Posted: 3/5/2015 11:35:11 AM EDT

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I tried a youtube found solution of 2 qts warm water, 6 drops of dawn detergent and 2 oz of rubbing alcohol.

It melted the already slushier ice, but didn't get the harder froze ice. Then it froze on top and made it even more slick.

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