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Old 02/05/2006, 02:13 PM
Steven Pro Steven Pro is offline
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Originally posted by hopper
In the winter you might pour it over the walkways to help with any icing that might occur.
I tried this. I thought 80*F saltwater would melt ice well, but it doesn't. I ran a hose out the bottom of the garage door when I was doing a water change. It melted the first foot or so, but then got cooled and dilluted enough that it froze as well.
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