De-Icing Car

MORPH3US

Fluffysheep38 wrote: »

Thought about a sheet, but wouldn't it just ice up and stick to the window? Would you use just a normal sheet or something specificly brought for a car?

No need to buy a specific one, newspaper / cardboard will do the job nicely, its free and if it gets nicked, no worries.

custardy

MORPH3US wrote: »

No need to buy a specific one, newspaper / cardboard will do the job nicely, its free and if it gets nicked, no worries.

i used to use an RM mail sack on the windscreen

hubert_cumberdale

dont buy the halfords hand pump deicer i currently have a bottle by the back door and its frozen solid im gonna take it back tonight its says it takes -25c but its only about -2c

a sheet will be fine sometime i take a rubber car matt out of my car and stick it on the windscreen (unless it snows and gets wet)

i have seen hair dryer type things you plug in your cigerette lighter socket and you can blow warm air on the screen

i left my driver window right down the other night and it didnt ice up ooooooooops

triticale

Fluffysheep38 wrote: »

Can't afford to buy a new Ford though!

Doesn't need to be a new Ford - my £295 '98 Mondeo has the 'quickclear' windscreen and it's a godsend.

I do also have a cheap tarpaulin which I put under the wipers and close into the driver and passenger doors overnight.

I just start car, press quickclear buttons, whip off the cover and ready to go (nearly - once the rear has melted and I've whisked over the side windows/mirrors/lights with a scraper )

LilacPixie

I'm afraid i'm in the camp of sweep off the snow using a small hand brush, scrap using a decent scraper and then go.

kippers

Pls don't leave your car engine running to warm up the car up, while you go back indoors as it was on our local news a couple of days ago that 12 cars have been stolen in this area while people have left the engine running unattended....i'd hate it to happen to anyone on here.:eek::eek:

triticale

LilacPixie wrote: »

I'm afraid i'm in the camp of sweep off the snow using a small hand brush, scrap using a decent scraper and then go.

Don't forget the wipers though, yanking them free from the screen is a good way to need new ones very soon.

marmalize

i sweep off snow then scrape using an old AA card.....takes seconds and so much better than the de-icer that instantly re-froze into a solid layer of ice???

a friend of my dad left his car running to de-ice it and went back into his shop....came out and the car was gone (brand new car, he had only had it a week)...insurance wouldn't pay out due to stupidity(or something like that!!!) a £12,000 lesson learned the hard way..

Biggles

marmalize wrote: »

a friend of my dad left his car running to de-ice it and went back into his shop....came out and the car was gone (brand new car, he had only had it a week)...insurance wouldn't pay out due to stupidity

Most (all?) insurance policies have this clause in them now, ie that if you leave the car with the ignition key in anywhere (public land or private, engine running or not) they won't cover you for the theft of the car.

Paulie'sGirl

OH and I use our yard broom to sweep off the worst of the snow, and then use cold water and a scraper on the ice. He uses water, I use either dependant on mood. I've never had the screen re-freeze on me. Always lift off the wiper blades to ensure they're not frozen on though!

PGxx