Fighting smoothness: How to use road salt correctly

A significant contribution to traffic safety

Due to smoothness, accidents, personal injury and road closures can quickly occur in road traffic. Because of these risks, the use of road salt in the cold months makes sense. Current numbers speak for themselves: The use of road salt can reduce over ninety percent of accidents. Not only in road traffic, but also on the pedestrian paths and in entrances, it can quickly become slippery and can be uncovered by large snow masses. With the sprinkling of salt, you have no inconvenience if you are on your way to work in the morning or want to leave your driveway by car. In addition, road salt is an inexpensive opening. It not only protects against accidents, but also protects your wallet.

What are the advantages of road salt compared to other stray materials?

Strousalz offers significant advantages compared to other strayaterials such as sand or grit:

• Effectiveness: Strousalz immediately begins to develop its effect as soon as it has been distributed. It quickly and efficiently removes snow and ice on the streets.

• Simple application: The use of the road salt is simple and quick. It is easy to spread over the desired surfaces and does not have to be cleaned from the streets after winter.

• Inexpensive: Restrus salt is cheaper in purchase than scattering. You can order road salt in large quantities. The Stone From K+S you get in a 25kg sack. With this amount, they are well equipped in winter even when the snow has repeatedly.

• Reliable: Due to the amount of product and simple storage, road salt is always ready for use in weather envelopes.

• Long -term effect: The effect of the road salt remains active even if it snows again after the first application. So they ensure continuing security all winter.

Compared to many other stray materials, road salt offers many advantages, as it is quickly and effectively fought snow and smoothness and is cheap to buy.

The conscious application

Despite the many advantages of the road salt, a conscious application in the sense of sustainability has come. Make sure to dose the road salt properly. Make sure you only distribute the correct amount of road salt on the streets so as not to strain the environment unnecessarily. A conscious and sustainable application is crucial to ensure the balance between environmental protection and security on the streets. Overdose of the product does not lead to faster effect. A stray film of approx. 20 grams per square meter is more than sufficient to achieve the desired effect. Likewise, you should make sure that the road salt only distributed to places that must be cleared. Avoid spreading over green areas or near trees. A more conscious application of road salt protects the environment and saves them.

Tips for spreading

1. Provision: EThere are two options for you to spread. You have the opportunity to spread preventively. That means they start sprinkling salt before it comes to a snowfall. In this way, you ensure security on the street. If the temperatures are limited and there are no significantly larger snowfalls, a preventive measure can be sufficient. The other option you have is curative to spread. This means sprinkling when it has already started snowing or there is already black ice. In order to achieve an effect in this case, you have to dose a little more than with the preventive method. By spreading preventively, they ensure safety on the street continuously. It is advisable to sprinkle the road salt in advance in order to keep your entrance and footpaths snow -free.
2. Choosing the right road salt: 

   The various road salts differ in their grain size. This determines how quickly it is freed the desired area of ​​snow and ice. Smaller grains do their job faster, but the effect also subsides faster. Choose coarse grains like that of the Stone stone From SWS to save ice scratches and snow shovels in the long term. With a larger grain size, it takes a little longer for the effect to become apparent. The best solution is to select the road salt according to your needs or to use a mixture of coarse and fine road salt. In addition to the grain size, it is also important to pay attention to the moisture content of the salt. Choose a salt with a low moisture. So make sure that the salt lasts longer and does not clump. Finally, you should make sure to buy a high -quality product with the highest purity. The pure a product, the better the effectiveness. Therefore, be sure to pay attention to the composition. The larger the content of sodium chloride, the pure the salt and the better the effect of this.

3. Application: 

   If you have selected the right road salt for your needs, you can start distributing. In order to sprinkle as effectively as possible and at the same time protect the environment, the correct dosage is crucial. A handful of road salt or the equivalent of 20 to 30 grams are sufficient per square meter. Make sure that you distribute the salt evenly on the surface to achieve the optimal effect. The use of a stray car is suitable for larger areas. The efficient spreading saves resources and is most advantageous for the environment.

4. Storage: 

   After use, the road salt must be properly stowed away. It has to be stored in a dry place, otherwise it will be clumpy and will not last that long. First and foremost, you should have chosen a high -quality road salt. A less qualitative road salt quickly tends to the lump and has a lower durability. A special salt container is worth it if you want to be on the safe side and you want to keep a smaller amount of salt.

    

   With a conscious and efficient use of the road salt, keep the balance between securing the streets in the event of snowfall and the protection of the environment. By dosing the salt, you can keep your street and entrances safely without unnecessarily strain on the environment.

Conclusion on the road salt

The joy of the first snow awaits us every year. With the cold weather there are also challenges. Ice and snow are nice to look at until they make our way to work difficult and the streets become so smooth that injuries occur. Every year, winter service has to deal with the task of clearing the streets. However, each of ourselves is responsible for certain areas. With this article you have the right guide for effective and environmentally friendly scattering. The conscious and responsible handling of resources is of particular importance in winter. Promotional planning in the form of preventive measures makes work easier and saves you many nerves. By mastering the winter challenges with care and taking responsibility for ourselves and our fellow human beings, we can master the cold season and really enjoy the special atmosphere of the winter. You can find more exciting blog posts and a variety of products with which you get through the winter Altruan.