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Old 04-23-2010, 08:56 PM
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Littlesilvermax and a few other sellers carry pharmaceutical grade magnesium chloride hexahydrate which generally comes to $4 or $5 a pound after shipping so its not too bad cost wise. However Lonnie discovered that at Atco Wholesale in town we can buy regular non-pharmaceutical grade for less than $1 a pound. The product is call Absolute Zero Melt Down and sells for under $30 for a 50 pound bag. He has been using it for about 2 years I guess and I've now been using it for a year as well without any apparent side effects. So weigh the options, the slight risk might not be worth the cost savings but that is for you to decide.

I had a thread about it last year http://canreef.com/vbulletin/showthr...=absolute+melt

I believe the rate you mix it with Magnesium Sulfate is either 10:1 by volume or 7.1:1 by weight.

The other ice melting product available which Randy talks about in that article is quite difficult to get in Canada.
Thanks! So you still have to mix it with epsom salts? Stupid questions I know, but when it comes to "chemistry" I'm a little on the retarded side. So that would be 7lbs of melt down/1lb of epsom?
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