Stop wasting salt! Learn how brine additives can significantly improve your de-icing operation, reduce costs, and protect the environment.
By Joe Gibbons
According to industry research, the majority of snow and ice professionals utilize some type of brine additive on commercial properties. However, around 40% say they only use brine alone.
There are several reasons why a brine additive should be part of a snow pro’s ice mitigation strategy.
- Enhanced Performance. Additives can significantly improve the performance of your brine by lowering the freezing point, making it effective at lower temperatures. It also increases the brine’s ability to stick to surfaces, preventing it from being washed away, and it improves the brine’s penetration, accelerating the melting process.
- Reduced Material Usage. Additives help to use less de-icing material. By improving brine’s effectiveness, you can apply less frequently or in smaller quantities.
- Corrosion Protection. Some additives have corrosion-inhibiting properties, which protect surfaces and equipment from salt damage.
- Environmental Benefits. Less de-icing material means a reduced impact on the surrounding environment.
- Cost Savings. The potential savings from reduced material usage, improved efficiency, and reduced damage outweigh the initial cost investment.
Whether it’s used as a blended brine additive, a stockpile treatment, prewet, or direct application, ECO-SHIELD’s innovative formula reduces rock salt consumption, safeguards your clients’ properties, and helps alleviate slip-and-fall risk. Join the growing list of snow and ice management pros who offer their clients a more sustainable and effective ice mitigation solution.
Schedule your consultation TODAY by emailing [email protected] to discuss how ECO-SHIELD factors into your winter ice-mitigation strategy.
A snow and ice management industry veteran, Joe Gibbons is the President of Global Commodity Distribution Inc. (GCD), a vertically integrated company that manufactures and distributes liquid deicing materials and products for anti-icing, deicing, and product treatment.
