Prestone Driveway Heat = Peladow at HD

[bond007069]

Hey Randy i found the Prestone Driveway Heat in ohio. I called the company and arron at Scotwood Industries Inc. the manufacture of Prestone Drive Way Heat said it was 100 % Anhydrous CaCL. Cost = 16.00 at HD, kinda expensive. Now i know your two part additive used Dowflake. How would i go about using this 100% CaCl. I have used Kandyman's calcium additive calculator. I would need 6 tsps. What would be the correct mixing method?

[bond007069]

here is the link to Scotwood industries the maker of Prestone Driveway heat

http://www.scotwoodindustries.com/aaron_2_swi.html

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

If, in fact, Prestone Driveway heat is actually repackaged peladow (as indicated to one RC member in an email from the manufacturer), which in turn is a dehydrated version of Dowflake (the only bulk brand that I tested for impurities), then it is probably OK to use from an impurity prespective.

For calculations, assume it is the same as Kent's Turbo Calcium.

[DrBDC]

Randy, Scotwood also sells another product Roadrunner. Any info on that?

Here's a link to it's MSDS:

http://www.scotwoodindustries.com/Ro...20-%20MSDS.doc

[Hobster]

Roadrunner has other "stuff" mixed in. It is not just the Pleadow which the company said was all that is in Prestone Driveway Heat.

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Right. The linked MSDS says:

"Roadrunner Ice Melting Compound Contains a proprietary combination of Potassium Chloride, Sodium Chloride, Calcium Chloride and Magnesium Chloride."

So I wouldn't use it.