How to Deice a Sloped Driveway

Ammonium Sulphate-Asphalt

• 1

  Wear a pair of rubber gloves and goggles to prepare and distribute the fertilizer ice-melt mixture.

• 2

  Mix one part sand with two parts of ammonium sulphate granules in a bucket with your hand. The sand provides traction, and the ammonium sulphate melts the ice.

• 3

  Sprinkle the mixture over the ice on the sloped asphalt driveway when temperatures are minus-25 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.

• 4

  Wait 24 hours for the ice to melt completely before adding more mixture to melt the ice on spots that you missed.

Urea-Concrete

• 5

  Use goggles and rubber gloves to protect your skin and eyes when making the urea fertilizer mixture for sloped concrete driveways.

• 6

  Mix one part sand with two parts of urea in a bucket. The sand provides traction, and the urea fertilizer will melt the ice.

• 7

  Sprinkle a thin layer of mixture over the ice on the sloped concrete driveway when temperatures are 11 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.

• 8

  Wait 24 hours for the ice to melt completely. If you missed any ice spots, apply the mixture to the spots to melt the ice.