Water softener salt

[sloughfoot]

Just now, I threw into my water softener a 50 pound bag of solar salt. I looked at that waist high stack of solar salt and thought, that could preserve a lot of meat if the electricity went away and the water softener was irrelevant. Historically, salt is worth more in trade than gold.

Are there any faults in this thinking? Salt is cheap and easy to acquire. At the present time......

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

You are correct.

 

[guns and groceries]

I thought the same thing and based on my research Solar Salt is the "purest" water softener salt to store. I bought 80#'s and put it in food grade buckets for the same reasons you thought. I will get some "pink" salt for adding to the cure but my 80#'s is a good start. Even just for nutrition I can crush it and use it. Cheap prep for a vital mineral.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Lots of uses for it.

Using salt in prepping and survival

 

[rosefarm10]

A suggestion for what it is worth. Go to your local farm and feed store and pick up the square salt lick blocks for cattle. Easy to store, stack, break apart when space is a limitation.

 

[Thor]

A suggestion for what it is worth. Go to your local farm and feed store and pick up the square salt lick blocks for cattle. Easy to store, stack, break apart when space is a limitation.

Had not thought of that...Good suggestion.

 

[Thor]

Neat link, thanks.

 

[Icarry2]

Meat Curing Methods - Morton Salt

 

[SSGSAD]

Lots of uses for it.

Using salt in prepping and survival

Thank You .....

 

[Leadeye]

Good info.

 

[whitemamba91]

on salt bags some are for rusty water or water with smells. does that have any added chemicals to make that happen or are all bags the same consumption wise??

 

[Big Rigger]

Unrelated note to OP, but still on water softeners. What is the more economical way to run your softener; put in one bag and let the system run for a shorter time, or fill up the tank full and run for a longer time?

 

[Lumpy76]

I am pretty sure when your softener cycles it will run the same flush with hopper full or almost empty.

I know the solar salt is the purest. I had clumping problems in a house with low water usage. Talked to softener guy and he told me the pellets and blocks have glue to keep shape. Not sure if this is true, just relaying what a "pro" told me. Switched to solar style and never another problem the next five years.