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Tony[_19_]

RobertPatrick wrote:
(David Combs) wrote in
:

Here I am 10 miles north of NYC, and we're in the middle
of (so they say) one heck of a snowstorm.

I've been out shoveling.

Problem: Snow sticks to the shovel, maybe 2 (3?) inches of it.

Sticks so securely that you can't "jerk" it off
by thrusting the shovel out horizontally and jerking
it back, with (hopefully) the snow left hanging
in the air before THUMP hitting the ground.

Rather, have to turn it sideways, and then (not too
hard; don't want to break it!) hitting its left or
right edge against something hard (eg sidewalk, street).

QUESTION: what can I do to make it slippery enough that
the snow doesn't stick?

I've thought of ski-wax, but neither I nor my neighbors
have any.

Good ole wd-40? (Works for EVERYTHING ELSE (except maybe
for drinking))

Ideas?

(Nope, can't drive to home depot til maybe Monday (too much snow))

Thanks!

David

Try some things from the kitchen: Cooking spray (Pam), cooking oil from a
bottle rubbed on with a paper towel. Try some candle wax. I don't mean to
burn it and drip it on, but use as you would ski wax. How about small
machine oil, like you might use for a sewing machine. Perhaps auto/engine
oil and rub it on the shovel with a rag. Do all this prep in a protected
area so the stuff doesn't freeze before it hits the shovels. Then set the
shovel outside to cool before you begin to use it. The snow will stick
less than when it's warm.

I was going to say it but it's been said. After waxing/oiling/... let
it sit outside until it gets below freezing. Snow will melt and stick
to a warm shovel.