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Defrosting Car Windscreen/Windows - What do you do?Views : 3640 Replies : 57Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Jan 12th, 2021, 17:10 | #11 | |
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I'd love to use ours again but (as with most) the garage is full of house stuff awaiting final sign-off for disposal
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Jan 12th, 2021, 17:13 | #12 | |
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No. Ones chauffeur parks ones car for one, surely ?
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Jan 12th, 2021, 18:22 | #13 |
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The Butler parks my car. The Chauffeur only comes to in when he needs to drive me around
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Jan 12th, 2021, 18:39 | #14 |
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I use an insulated wind screen cover and plastic carrier bags on the mirrors remove cover and bags and drive off. no water no scraper no chemicals simples.
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Jan 12th, 2021, 19:04 | #15 |
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Car Windscreen cover (fastest, easiest, warmest option) https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Failing that a metal blade scraper.
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Jan 12th, 2021, 19:32 | #16 |
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I turn on my heated screen and get my ice scraper on the side Windows... Job done
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Jan 12th, 2021, 20:43 | #17 |
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+1 for insulated windscreen covers. One on each car, quick shake and pop it in the boot. No hassle and works perfectly every time, drive straight off with no waiting.
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Jan 12th, 2021, 20:55 | #18 |
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I usually use a basic scraper
That pic is from a website where they are expensive but they often end up cheap in places like Tesco at the end of winter, I think I paid 50p each last time I bought several. I take the stupid bit of foam out but that leaves the hard edge for heavy ice and the squeegee for light frosting. Sometimes the screen ices up due to being wet before it freezes which leaves a very hard coat of solid ice rather than crystalline frost, that seems impervious to anything but heat so I do use warm water to get that moving. I never use the various spray deicers as I find if it's hard enough to need it then it's cold enough to freeze the deicer into a nasty chemical slush which is twice as difficult to remove.
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Jan 13th, 2021, 01:42 | #19 |
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With engine running, heaters on full, i use a large 2l bottle of hot tap water, i dont use it from the kettle, thats a tad too hot for ice cold glass but never had a problem with it from the tap. I pour it over the top of the screen with the wipers on (once freed if needed), standing at arms length, theres a knack to not getting soaked by the wipers but pouring over the top section, the water flows down screen, covers more for less
I also do all the windows and as soon as thery are clear/free, i wind them down to clean off excess water to prevent refreezing, also do the lights too, used to do the locks also but dont need to that that nowadays Some will say that hot water will crack the screen, suffice to say, ive been doing it this way for the last 25 years and either been very lucky, or tap heat is fine. I dont recommend if you already have a crack, bullseye or other large chip, tiny chips have been ok though.... Disclaimer; This is my method, YMMV......
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Jan 13th, 2021, 09:29 | #20 |
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I switch on the heated front and rear screen, heated seats, wait around 40 seconds and off I go lol
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