20 Best Ice Melt For Composite Decking (2022 Updated)

Bought three jugs a couple weeks ago, and so far it hasn’t done a whole lot of anything. And this included using when the temps were in the mid-20s for a few consecutive days. I’m finding I have to use a LOT for a minimal effect.

Probably will return the two remaining jugs and try something else. Would not buy again.

I plan on using this when we have icy conditions later on in the winter. I have two dogs, so this is why I chose this product. One downside was that when it was delivered, the cap was completely off and all the ice melt was in the shipping box.

I was able to pour it back into the container, not happily.

I have been using calcium chloride for many years, last year I was given a sample of Safe Paw and it to be very effective on my driveway, it did not leave stains, and it allowed my dog to run around without any danger.

Prior to any snow this season, I have already purchased Safe Paw, and feel confident that my driveway will be clean and safe after any snow.

I was having a problem of my side windows freezing closed. The use of this product helped me get my side windows operating much quicker than other things I tried. The reason that this is important is that I close my side windows on tabs that hold insulation sheets in place when parking at a ski area.

The sheets must be removed before I can see to drive my truck. Product works as expected. But I have an unusual need. I have only used it on my side windows and side mirrors. I simply use a scraper on my windshield.

Due to my unusual needs the product has greater value to me. But the value rating I gave is for a typical driver.

I love this stuff! It’s one of the best finds I ever found! I’ve been using it for years. My car sits out so it’s usually frosty in the winter mornings. Spray, let it sit a minute and the wipers take it away.

I do have to use it a second time some really frosty mornings, but rarely. It was also a godsend when I worked at a college out in the middle of nowhere. Cold cold parking lots made the windshield a target and I could treat it and go!.

I buy this every winter! It clears up the frost on windshield so quick! I’m a short person and I can spray where I can’t actually reach 😂 just spray, and in no time put windshield wipers on and all ice is gone!!!!No scrapping in the cold!!!! Love it ❤️.

This product works great. My deck was dirty from two years of various projects. Dirt and dust were caked in the crevices of the composite deck. I tried to clear a number of time with soap, water, and a brush with no success.

This product with a brush worked like a champ. Love it.

Item was about $30 less expensive than other Internet prices. Shipping was way faster than had expected and item was well packaged. The cleaner did a beautiful job on my composite deck with minimal scrubbing.

This positive experience has led me to explore purchasing other products from DIY Home Center.

The TimberTech cleaned very well and delivery was excellent. The one gallon container was sealed in a heavy duty plastic ziplock bag and special adhesive tape was used to secure the container cap to eliminate product leakage.

Delivery was also quick.

It works. It melted the ice. It did it’s job as expected. Tastes terrible. Not good for cooking baked goods.

Decent product. Does what it is intended for. Economical as well.

I frequently encounter ice and densely packed snow when shoveling and snow blowing around my home. Especially where temperatures fluctuate over and below zero, the thawing and re-freezing is both hazardous and makes it difficult to clear.

This works better than salt, and is safe if it ends up on my lawn, and within an hour or less of spreading it, the ice and snow is reduced to slush that is easy to clear (even if heavy). If the ice is really thick it may take a second application, but after tow large storms over the past two weeks, it’s been easy to keep my walk completely clear, down to the pavement.

Works as advertised and you only need a small amount. Works better than very harmful products containing magnesium chloride or calcium chloride and at lower temps than advertised by other products. Doesn’t leave those nasty white stains which indicates corrosion.

Better for lawns, driveways, sidewalks, pets and our freshwater lakes. Highly recommended.

I was surprised how quickly it worked – I could hear the ice ‘crackling’ as the ice melt worked. I will be purchasing more for the next thaw/freeze winter in Edmonton. Seems to not bother dog paws like so many of the traditional salt based one’s do.

Highly recommend you try it.

Works great on aluminum and concrete – perfect all purpose ice melt. Our latest snow was wet and walking on it compressed it to slush which froze overnight, and we put this on everything and it really liquified the icy mess down to the bare surface.

We will be buying more for sure.

Living in DFW we really don’t get much snow but like clockwork when February comes we get black ice that puts DFW on lockdown! This is great for driveway, porch, and sidewalk. Really does help with the black ice not sure about snow.

Buy and keep on hand.

I used this product for the first time today after an ice storm. It melted the ice off my front steps efficiently and kept the ice from reforming as the temp. was still below freezing. Great stuff.!

Works very well! Budget friendly. I live in Northeastern PA and we get a lot of cold and snowy days/nights. I have been using and applying right after clearing sidewalks after a winter storm, it works great! Melt and drys fairly quick.

Can be slightly clumpy at times but that’s my only gripe.

While we no longer live in the north, we still experience ice and some snow during winter months. This melt really worked well up north and performs fantastically here. But it’s virtually impossible to find in local stores.

Also hard to find online if you wait till cold weather to purchase it. So get it while you can! It does the job, but like anything on the ground it can get stuck on hairy paws and in lug sole shoes. We wash our dogs paws when they come in icy, dirty or wet anyway.

But in all the years we’ve used this product have never had any bad reactions with it. Definitely a plus.

Having tried tons of “pet and family friendly” ice melts over the years I was not sure if this one would stand up to all the rave reviews. It not only did it surpassed them in our experience. Perfect for our animals and us.

It not only melted the ice, it did NOT make a slushy mess that stains the deck or inside house rugs. While more expensive we will be using this brand and from Chewy of course for all our household ice melt needs.

The safe paw product does melt ice BUT if you put it on flat stone like slate, it will stain the stone. I contacted Gaiausa, the manufacturer, and asked what to do to clean the stone and they apologized and suggested i use an oxidizing agent or that over time it will go away.

?? but the packaging says ” safe for stonework. ” i felt the answer was disingenuous. You decide if you want your walkways stained. i do not and would rather not have to powerwash or oxy clean after using safepaw.

I like this ice melt very much. It is my favorite brand. One problem. when it arrived, it had opened up in transit and half the container was in the cardboard box. I am not angry, though, as accidents happen.

I have ordered 2 containers of ice melt since and they arrived taped shut.

This stuff melts ice with no problems, but my dogs start picking up their paws within seconds of stepping on it. It was so bad my dog was yelling like she was being attacked and I had to carry her in to wash her feet off.

I wouldn’t recommend if you have smaller/midsize dogs.

Echo friendly and safe for pavers and lawns. I have use this for several years now with no damage at all to the concrete porch or the surrounding lawn or driveway. It’s quite expensive in the 25lb containers but handy for carrying and distributing.

This is the 3rd Winter we have used this ice melt at our house and we have been super happy with how well it works! We have a dog so we wanted something more safe for her in case she walks all over some, but still strong enough to melt through the thick ice we can get.

Within 30 seconds of spreading this over already-existent ice on the ground you can hear it start to work and within just a few minutes the ice has all turned into slush.

I have used this product before, so I bought some more. You can save $10 by getting the resealable bag, but I like the tub with the snap close lid. I especially like that it is safe for cement, as we have a newly poured sidewalk and is safe for kids, plants and pets.

(we have 6 cats and the occasional pet visitors). The best part is that it quickly melts ice and snow, making foot travel much more safe with much better traction due to the granules providing additional grip to your boots.

I received this in a timely manner. I haven’t had to use it yet. I’m sure I will. Living in the Northeast of the US can be frigid. My entire street has at least one dog if not more. I have three indoor cats.

Many outdoor/feral cats as well. Not to mentions the wildlife. It makes me feel better that I can put a product out that will not harm the animals.

This product does great on concrete. Old salt would tear it up in winter. I also dont worry about it harming my dog (he is like family). It didnt destroy my plants like other salts have. I liked the old packaging better.

I wish it came in larger sizes. Everytime they have messaged me asking for a review. I have always been honest. It will work below 15° F but not was well as warmer than 15. Took longer for ice to melt when it was very cold.

We recently purchased Pet Safe Ice Melt from Natural Rapport. The price for the unit was very good and the item was shipped quickly. This is the best ice melt to use when conscious of the environment and more importantly your animals.

It works great and is not harmful. What more can you ask for!.

Anti-icing liquid pretreatments are considered best-practice by safety professionals all over the world. PlaySAFE is licensed from the aviation industry and proven to be reliable when used before snowfall.

A few minutes of preparation BEFORE snowfall will save you hours of work when the snow stops. Keep in mind that liquid precipitation can be dilutive to the solution and should be factored into your winter cleanup plan.

Our city sprays a liquid before winter storms, so I was interested when Healthypet offered me the option to try it around the house. The instructions are clear and the ingredients are plainly listed.

It works as promised. It (one jug) lasts use through 4 storms while one of those shaker jugs of ice has to be used each storm.

The PlaySafe product works okay, not as fast as some deicer products I have used to Deice my Freezer floors and blades. The only thing I do not like is it smells like a tube of Silicone on my clothing.

We rarely buy anything from a picture of it. Too often, the item received is not as good as the description and picture. The Ice Melt Swizzlestick by Helen Rudy is a wonderful exception to that idea.

It came beautifully and protectively packaged. As soon as we unpacked it, we loved it! As we walk past it, it reflects the light just a little differently, giving the illusion of subtle movement within the piece.

We are very happy with this wall art.

I purchased this piece to highlight an otherwise boring, narrow strip of neutral wall between some glass bricks and the shower door in my guest bathroom. The individual pieces of dichroic glass beautifully catch the light and make for surprise pops of color.

The photo does not do it justice; the piece is much prettier in person.

Love the colors and the way they reflect lights. It was beautiful with only one. Now I’ve added two more and they really sparkle together. No matter how you display, one or more, they are spectacular.

The Powerhouse P1000 Ice Eater is well built, solid, and sturdy. I bought the Ice Eater, the dock mount and the screen kit. It was delivered with the screen kit already installed, which was really nice.

I have a trout pond that I dredged mechanically, but it still has a fair amount of organic muck that mechanical dredging just couldn’t remove. I have spent $1000s on muck pellets and stuff like that, but this device has almost instantly improved the stream inlet and the dock areas.

Literally overnight. Now I am sure that some of the muck is just redistributed in the pond, but the thing is, when you stir up that muck layer, lots of bubbles are released, which is carbon dioxide and some hydrogen sulfide.

This agitation gets oxygen into the muck which gets the microbes working again to break down the muck. Long story short, a fantastic and natural way to reduce muck in your pond. And I have no doubt that it will reduce the filamentous algae too, since the algae just overwinters near the bottom of the pond.

With this agitation, the algae is gone too! And by the way, I am using it in the winter in Wisconsin. It is an awesome ice eater too.

We purchased this item for our mucky lake bottom. (It was over 2 ft thick) It was stinky And full of muck from years of decay before we purchased our property. We have not even had this item in the water for 24 hours and we can see such improvement.

It is awesome! We live in Minnesota where these are allowed in lakes as long as they don’t tilt down and erode. The dock bracket which you purchase separate is made not to tilt to erode the lake bottom.

Which we were uneasy about, thinking it wouldn’t work good. But the power this thing has is amazing! So it is in perfect guidelines with our state, when our nosey neighbors start talking. I am so excited to see what one week does for our shoreline, since it’s already making a difference in only 14 hours! So glad we invested the money in this product versus the more expensive “other” brands on other sites.

It arrived quickly.

I bought the product a month ago. I must admit, that initially I was skeptical because of the price. However, once it arrived I could see that it was a high-quality piece of equipment. The motor is solid, well mounted, with a simple propeller.

It is housed in a very heavy duty plastic shell with stainless steel connectors to attach to a dock or other stationary object. I did a MacGyver project and mounted the unit on a rolling cart. I have been cleaning up my pond of muck around the beach and this device is powerful and amazing.

With the hundred foot long cord, I can wheel the unit pretty far out until the depth drops off and disperse decades of built-up muck.

This product really works great. It melts the ice fast and comes in a Easy to handle bucket. Only downfall for me is it comes in flake form and not pellet form. The pellets work better fo me, because I can throw a cup of them and they roll all the way to the street.

Make my Job a lot quicker. All in all a great product, but the pellet form is much easier to apply!.