Tips for Defrosting Windscreens

humfer

Now that the season for having to spend minutes out in the freezing weather scraping ice of your windscreens has arrived, just wondering if anyone has any really good tips for easier defrosting. I also seem to find that the outside seems to glaze over again when travelling along, plus on certain occasions I have scrape ice of the inside of the windscreen!!

chuckles1066

humfer wrote:

Now that the season for having to spend minutes out in the freezing weather scraping ice of your windscreens has arrived, just wondering if anyone has any really good tips for easier defrosting. I also seem to find that the outside seems to glaze over again when travelling along, plus on certain occasions I have scrape ice of the inside of the windscreen!!

I've never tried this (and I can think of no reason why it should work) but many people say you should rub a peeled potatoe over the windscreen if you're expecting frost.

headcovers

Simplest cheapest reusable way is to get one of those plastic windscreen covers (or one that extends around the side windows) and put in on the car every night.

That way you at least start with a clear windscreen.

saintjanet

You can buy overnight de-icer that you spray on and this stops frost forming.Some people have said it is great,others have said it leaves behind a residue,you will only find out by using it.Its available from halfords.

Whatever you do DONT use hot water to defrost your windows you can crack the glass!! a de-icer is much better.

Luis

I tried that 'pre-de-icer' preventative spray, and had the most terrifying 2 journeys of my life!

It is very good in that it truly does stop ice from forming on your screen, but it leaves behind a sort of greasy film, so the first time you swipe your wipers, you cannot see a thing, and it stays on all day. Of course, this happened to me in the deepest depths of dark winter, and my squeegees had frozen - so I had a torrid time at 21:00 on the M6 North between 11 and 15 (which as those in the know will appreciate is a particularly badly lit bit of the M6). In the end I had to wash the windscreen to get the stuff off.

Never again.

De-icer and a large old blanket across the screen and side windows will do it for me thanks

northern_munky

chuckles1066 wrote:

I've never tried this (and I can think of no reason why it should work) but many people say you should rub a peeled potatoe over the windscreen if you're expecting frost.

I saw this on one of those daytime telly programmes a few years ago, they said to cut a potato in half and rub it on the glass, I tried it once but it still froze over

Dumyat

I bought a car with a heated windscreen. cant tell how fab it is to push the button and watch it melt while mr dogrose is scrapping his car

dieseldog

Always use warm water never cracked a screen yet.

saintjanet

dieseldog wrote:

Always use warm water never cracked a screen yet.

Warm perhaps,hot no,bloke at work cracked his doing this.By the way he had done it for years till this happened!!:D

mrbadexample

dogrose wrote:

while mr dogrose is scrapping his car

Wow! That seems a little excessive just for a bit of frost! :rolleyes: :rotfl:

Does he buy a new one when the ashtrays are full too?

girlsmum

mrbadexample wrote:

Wow! That seems a little excessive just for a bit of frost! :rolleyes: :rotfl:

Does he buy a new one when the ashtrays are full too?

sitting here giggling to myself.....:rotfl:

I would agee with getting something to cover the screen with,
mind you I find getting DH to do it whilst i watch throught the window works the best:snow_laug