Put Your Floors on a Salt-free Diet This Winter.

Put Your Floors on a Salt-free Diet This Winter.

Posted by Lisa on 6th Nov 2014

I was dismayed when I saw snow pelting the ground on Halloween morning. It didn't matter that it was only a dab of snow that was gone by the time I had my second cup of coffee – it's a sign of what we're in for this winter (in the Midwest anyway). Nothing can make a snow-hater enjoy winter, but we can help you prepare for it.

For a large chunk of winter, our roads and walkways are coated with more salt than a fast-food French fry. This is great for safety, but if it melts snow and turns it into grey brine-laden slush, you can imagine what the chemicals are doing to your floors. Salt and ice melters can do a number on wood, carpet, or a tile floor.

That's why we now carry a new product to help clean up after you clean up. It's called Salt Eater.

Watching the ice and snow melt away is a thing of joy; the prospect of it continuing on your floors is just more work. Salt Eater Salt Remover stops the chemical reaction that makes short work of ice and snow from continuing on your floors. I'd rather mop a floor with a good rinse than repair damaged finish.

It's important to protect pets too. My dog, mental giant that he is, thinks salt is seasoning for his treats. (He also thinks he is a mighty sled dog. He is not. He’s a North American Sofa Hound.) By getting rid of ice melter residue, Salt Eater helps keep salt and other chemicals from winding up in their delicate stomachs, as well as helps prevent chemical burns on their feet.

Speaking of feet . . . it's nice to have an entry way that's shoe-safe as well as pet-safe. When I walked everywhere on my college campus (uphill both ways) my shoes took a beating, not from the snow, but from the residue that clogged the sidewalks all winter. There's more than enough of that outside. It's good to have a plan to keep it from coming inside to do more damage. Salt Eater and a good floor mat can help protect the life of your shoes as well as your floors.

We Fight Dirty! . . . dirtier even than Mother Nature!