WITH the current cold snap sweeping the UK, many Brits are waking up to frozen driveways.
While defrosting your car can already be enough work, don’t add any more stress to your morning routine with this quick tip.
In fact, you can repurpose another aspect of your morning routine to help deice your driveway.
Many people opt for the classic salting or gritting methods when tackling an icy driveway.
However, the experts at Heat Trak swear by a lesser-known trick, which they say proves just as successful, and in a shorter amount of time.
They recommend combating slippery driveways using coffee grounds, which work to provide traction and melt ice at the same time.
And you don’t even need to sacrifice your cup of joe as used coffee grounds work even better.
So after your morning cup, try tossing the gritty grounds on your driveway.
This hack provides traction, preventing slips and falls, while the acidity can help to melt the ice at a quicker rate.
In minutes the ice rink on your driveway will be converted into a pile of slush with this environmentally-friendly trick.
And with ground coffee available from stores like Aldi for low prices, this method will cost you approximately 70p per 100g of coffee.
Coffee grounds are also less hamrful for your car than traditional grit or even salt.
Road salt can be a major accelerator of corrosion and rust on metal components, while ground coffee is only a minor acidic substance.
At the most, it will cause superficial paint issues if left for an extended period.
