Purchasing calcium chloride

[pgershon]

The SnowJoe I used last year is not available anymore (94% pure). Does this seem OK? It says 100% calcium chloride on home depot website. I am open to ideas if someone had a better source. This is from Home Depot and about $25 for 50lb which is cheap.

50 lb. Calcium Chloride Ice Melting Pellets 7892 - The Home Depot

Visit the Home Depot to buy Calcium Chloride Ice Melter 7892

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[ajw22]

Do you find it In Stock?

 

[pgershon]

Yes - just checked again. They say over 500 in stock. I am getting two. $35 delivery fee sticks but the stuff is dirt cheap, even with the fee.

 

[ajw22]

Interesting. When I reset the HD store to one local to me or yours in Riverhead it came up as available. Learned something about the quirks of the HD site.

 

[sande005]

Good find - I usually have to search a lot. My store might have 52 bags of this as of now. I say "might" because of the note: "Note: Product, brand and packaging may vary by store"
Some of the comments indicate sometimes it is a completely different brand/concentration/product formulation that is really in stock.

 

[Newdude]

$35 delivery fee sticks

Tell them all about the 3 or 4 hour round trip to the Home Depot that's only 31 miles away.

 

[pgershon]

So what arrived was vaporizer brand calcium chloride. Labels says 90-92% calcium chloride, water 4-6%, potassium chloride 2-3% and sodium chloride 1-2%. I think its ok

 

[geepmaley]

Not seeing OP stuff but see this: Snow Joe 20 lb. 94% Pure Calcium Chloride Ice Melt Pellets MELT20CPP - The Home Depot I have a salt pool so not worried about the extra sodium chloride but not sure about the rest:

• Active Ingredients: Calcium Chloride, 94.8%, CAS. No 10043-52-4; Sodium Chloride, 2.5%, CAS. No 7647-14-5; Magnesium Chloride, 0.1%, CAS. No 7786-30-3; Calcium Hydroxide, 0.08%, CAS. No 1305-62-0; Calcium Sulfate, 0.01%, CAS. No 10101-41-4

 

[pgershon]

I used this last year. It came up as unavailable when I searched last week. This is what I wanted initially.

 

[jmmanteo]

The SnowJoe I used last year is not available anymore (94% pure). Does this seem OK? It says 100% calcium chloride on home depot website. I am open to ideas if someone had a better source. This is from Home Depot and about $25 for 50lb which is cheap.

50 lb. Calcium Chloride Ice Melting Pellets 7892 - The Home Depot

Visit the Home Depot to buy Calcium Chloride Ice Melter 7892

www.homedepot.com

FWIW... I just got delivery of the Snow Joe Calcium Chloride Pellets (94%) from Home Depot. 12.99/20lb bag (-10% military discount!). Purchased 3. Free delivery via fedex....came in 2 days.

Snow Joe 20 lb. 94% Pure Calcium Chloride Ice Melt Pellets MELT20CPP - The Home Depot

Impart a cozy and vibrant appeal to your dwelling with the choice of this Snow Joe Calcium Chloride Ice Melt Pellets.

www.homedepot.com

 

[sande005]

FWIW... I just got delivery of the Snow Joe Calcium Chloride Pellets (94%) from Home Depot. 12.99/20lb bag (-10% military discount!). Purchased 3. Free delivery via fedex....came in 2 days.

Snow Joe 20 lb. 94% Pure Calcium Chloride Ice Melt Pellets MELT20CPP - The Home Depot

Impart a cozy and vibrant appeal to your dwelling with the choice of this Snow Joe Calcium Chloride Ice Melt Pellets.

www.homedepot.com

My 2 bags arrive tomorrow! Sure hope it is the real thing. Been burned when places sub in something "just like it".
BTW - the local Lowes said they had 94% in stock, in either 50 lb bags, or 10 lb jugs. Of course, none found in the location it was supposed to be at in the store. Even the store staff were directed to the same spot. A manager said - "It's been put away for the season. Somewhere here up high. The guy that drives the forklift went home, so we don't know where. Sorry."
Sigh, so Home Depot ordering it was....

 

[sande005]

Interesting that I always have pretty low Calcium. I stopped by our local water plant (it is only 1/2 mile from me). Apparently we are unique in this area. CA ranges up to 300 ppm here. But due to protection for our nearby lake (it is a "catchment lake (no inlet stream))", the city long ago started softening the water for all its residents. So out of the tap, the CA is 30-50. No more unmanaged brine going into the sewers....snow and rain fill dilute whatever is left from last year...
The manager did note that salt pool water is not supposed to go in the sewers when we lower our pools....but one snow storm puts way, way more salt on the roads than the lake gets from pools, so impact is pretty minor.