scraping the windscreen (ice)

neilmcl

red_devil wrote: »

big deal 99p for can of de icer makes no sense to stand there for ages scraping sorry!

Who stands for ages. It takes a minute, tops to scrape off your windscreen.

Plus I don't want any of that de-icer crap over my paintwork.

ERICS_MUM

I cover my car with an old duvet,it likes to be warm at night! Beats scraping or spraying.

Ivrytwr3

Inactive wrote: »

Your side windows obviously never freeze, or you don't see the need to be able to see out of them?

of course they freeze. by the time the front and back unfreeze the sides have too. quite simple really.

harveybobbles

vikingaero wrote: »

I scrape to make that lovely noise and annoy people on internet forums.

I hate heated front and rear screen on my current car, which is great! However, while the car is melting the front and rear windows im busy scraping the sides.

It's also a lovely noisey diesel, which annoys tghe neighbours...

mandragora_2

pitkin2020 wrote: »

de icer contains alcohol which with prolonged use/exposure to the rubber seal around your windscreen will perish it. Its also more efficent to use luke warm water

I was just going to say that! The alcohol does the blade - which you want as smooth and neat as possible - no good at all. I wouldn't use lukewarm water though - I'd be frightened of cracking due to temp difference. Last year I picked up a fab windscreen protector sheet in Tesco's for 99p (cleareance which had been reduced, reduced and then reduced some more). Works a treat! If the oh is the last one in he often doesn't think about putting it on, so I do then resort to a fab scraper we got free from the RAC years ago - efficient, fast and clean. A whole ice-solving system in place for a total of 99p! (We have the garage too, in which we keep 2 of the 3 cars in, and that's always the best option for anti ice measures!)

olly300

mandragora wrote: »

I was just going to say that! The alcohol does the blade - which you want as smooth and neat as possible - no good at all.

That's one of the reasons I use a scraper.

I have old cans of deicer around my house.

Plus the minute or two when I'm scrapping means I don't have to fiddle with the heating to ensure I don't get blasts of cold air on me when I sit down.

LilyAllen_2

red_devil wrote: »

big deal 99p for can of de icer makes no sense to stand there for ages scraping sorry!

Do you know which forum you're on?

My car has been iced up ever morning for 6 weeks. I'm not spending £5-£6 when I can use luke warm water and a scraper.

whatmichaelsays

I've found de-icer to be crap. Just leaves a smudgy, smeary mess on the windscreen. Much better results with scraping.

Wig

When I had to scrape the other week, I used a bit of 2x4 (wood) about 14 inches long, I had that ice gone in next to no time, no piddley credit card or hand scraper for me!

But I use water usually from home and I use a spray when I leave work to come home.

However, I have noticed with the increasing no. of people using water, there is then a lot of water turned to ice on the pavements, which if someone slipped on, it would be the householders liability for their injuries.

olly300

Wig wrote: »

However, I have noticed with the increasing no. of people using water, there is then a lot of water turned to ice on the pavements, which if someone slipped on, it would be the householders liability for their injuries.

They have to prove you did it.

And if your car is parked on the public highway it would be hard to prove.