Originally Posted by
Oldsledz
Put some vinegar in the water it will neutralize the salt. We use it in the floor scrubbers at the school I work at. You don't need vary much maybe 2 oz for each gallon of water.
Vinegar won’t “neutralize” salt because there is nothing to neutralize. All salts used for road salt are neutral. Vinegar is a weak acid and all of the chloride salts used for road salts won’t react with it under any conditions. They will dissolve in the water but that’s not a reaction.
Additionally, the amount if vinegar you are using is incredibly small. “Vinegar” is a 5% solution of acetic acid in water. Adding 2 oz of a 5% solution to a gallon of water makes for a 0.03% solution. That’s a very tiny amount if acetic acid even if the acetic acid was doing anything.