Blanket on windscreen to reduce frost/de-icing

SkintMonkey

I've noticed that a couple of my neighbours have put a blanket or towel on their windscreens to help reduce the need for them to de-ice their car in the morning. It is too late for me to do this now as I already have frost on my car, but in future is this a good thing to do - does it actually work?

My worry has always been that it would actually freeze the towel to the car and I then have a whole new problem trying to get the ruddy thing off!!

Thanks in advance.

DitaBombita

Ive got a frost cover. Its just some shiny nylon stuff - think it was a pound or two from Tesco,makes it easier on a morning.

Contessa

I haven't tried a blanket or towel but have heard of this. I bought a very cheap (about £1.50) nylon windscreen cover from Tesco last year. When I remember to use it the windscreen is frost-free. This morning all I had to do was shake the snow off it and the windscreen was clear. Unfortunately, I didn't use it when I parked at work as it was still snowing. I wish I had. This was my worst experience of an icy windscreen-normally the snow is easy to clear off, but today it had turned to ice. It took me twenty-five minutes of scraping/spraying to clear it.
The cover is on tonight.

hethmar

My OH puts a blanket over the screen every night, no problem removing it.

Wig

Yes it works, no problem removing it in the morning. A bit of a risk using newspaper as it could stick to the glass.

ses6jwg

I use also use a silver nylony thing from the pound shop, which has suckers that come around and attach on the inside of the windscreen.

elektra-2007

i use a silver tarp trapped in the doors from wilkos, but i wont use it again as my car doors had water inside, ive used a blanket, but you will have to think where your going to put it, i hung mine over a fence, it was till wet each evening when i put it back on and then turned mouldy, hence why i brought the tarp! If you do use somthing try take a plastic bag with you to put it in, as you dont want it dripping all over your boot when you take it off in the morning.!

lovethymini

my husband just started putting an old bedsheet on his windscreen this week, says it's very effective - the ice has defied his ice scraper as it's been so thick!

moonrakerz

Buy a Ford with a Quick clear windscreen !

[Deleted User]

a blanket on the windscreen works great, but if i used a blanket round here the local thugs would set fire to it

DaveMacD

ses6jwg wrote: »

I use also use a silver nylony thing from the pound shop, which has suckers that come around and attach on the inside of the windscreen.

+1. My OH uses it every night, and it seems to work fine.