Dealing with hardened salt for driveways and pathways
#1
03-12-22, 02:58 PM
Dealing with hardened salt for driveways and pathways
OK now I know, from now on when I open a 50lb package of salt, pour it into a 5 gallon bucket and seal the bucket up with the lid between using it.
But what do I do with the salt from last year that hardened into big white chunks so that I can use it? Smash it up with a sledge hammer? It would be time consuming...
Thank you!
But what do I do with the salt from last year that hardened into big white chunks so that I can use it? Smash it up with a sledge hammer? It would be time consuming...
Thank you!
#2
03-12-22, 03:03 PM
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#3
03-12-22, 05:18 PM
You might close it up in a pastic bag and drop it on a hard surface a few times. The bag will contain it as it breaks apart, and will make it easier to pour back into the orginal container.
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#4
03-12-22, 05:54 PM
Well, for our walkway, I've been using brine instead of salt, because the salt hardened into a block.
Just add water, and you get a brine and slush.
IIWY, I'd place the chunks into a 5 gallon bucket and add water. Dispense the brine by dunking an old plastic coffee container into the brine to fill it, then disburse by snapping on a coffee lid with perforations.
Just add water, and you get a brine and slush.
IIWY, I'd place the chunks into a 5 gallon bucket and add water. Dispense the brine by dunking an old plastic coffee container into the brine to fill it, then disburse by snapping on a coffee lid with perforations.
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#6
03-21-22, 08:12 AM
One follow up-
About a year ago I got a 50 lbs bag of food-grade Morton sea-salt from a local food-wholesaler/restaurant supply business, it was on their 'dented & expired rack" for about $5, e.g. less than rock salt from a big box store.
Use it for refilling the salt shaker, for baking meat in "salt crust", and for the house walkway.
Well, went out to use it today and it's hardened, turns out that, while still in the bag, a good whack with a long socket driver is just right for breaking up the salt, without tearing the 2-layer bag.
So, you can just crack off the amount of salt you need into a bucket, then use an axe or sledge hammer to 'churn' it back to salt grains.
About a year ago I got a 50 lbs bag of food-grade Morton sea-salt from a local food-wholesaler/restaurant supply business, it was on their 'dented & expired rack" for about $5, e.g. less than rock salt from a big box store.
Use it for refilling the salt shaker, for baking meat in "salt crust", and for the house walkway.
Well, went out to use it today and it's hardened, turns out that, while still in the bag, a good whack with a long socket driver is just right for breaking up the salt, without tearing the 2-layer bag.
So, you can just crack off the amount of salt you need into a bucket, then use an axe or sledge hammer to 'churn' it back to salt grains.
