Comments on: Non-stick spray useless on snow shovels

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:32:24 +0000

90% of WD-40 is a petroleum based product. Not that great to just willy nilly spray it around outdoors excessively and introduce it directly into the environment. Remember, after a major storm, all that snow goes into the storm drain, and when Blue Plains waste water treatment facility can’t handle the load of all that water (which it can’t after 2 feet of snow) all that storm drain water goes directly into the Potomac River. And we wonder why the Potomac River has pollution problems. So please, don’t spray that stuff on your shovel. Just hit the shovel on the ground and the majority of the snow will fall off. Is it that hard?

By: BuBBy Oxide

BuBBy Oxide — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:53:43 +0000

What Tom said. WD-40 is the stuff. Soak the shovel blade down and it’s good to go for an hour or so. When it starts wearing off, soak the shovel down again.

By: Tom M

Tom M — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:40:38 +0000

Try WD-40 sprayed on a dry shovel. Worked for me.

By: Isaac

Isaac — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:08:12 +0000

I considered using some extra virgin olive oil or bacon grease on my shovel, but then remembered how we made skis slippery in Alaska – wax. Rubbing my (dry) shovel down with an old candle made the wet snow release nicely.