Frost on inside of windscreen?

Strider590

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

Cat litter in an old sock make a great dehumidifier.

I doubt this very much....... And let me explain why.

Cat litter typically comes in large paper bags (and paper is porous), and once opened it typically sits around for several weeks.

It it were humidity absorbent, then it would already be fully saturated by the time you got it home from the supermarket, or at the very least within a few days of opening. This would make it entirely useless for the purposes of dehumidifying an enclosed space.

photome

ferry wrote: »

Thanks guys. I have air con but its never on . To be honest it does seem to happen when i had been driving for a while with the heating on and then the car is parked up. I'll try the window open for a bit trick

Thanks all

Why don't you use the air con. Mine is on all year round. It will solve the problem

Ectophile

Strider590 wrote: »

I doubt this very much....... And let me explain why.

Cat litter typically comes in large paper bags (and paper is porous), and once opened it typically sits around for several weeks.

It it were humidity absorbent, then it would already be fully saturated by the time you got it home from the supermarket, or at the very least within a few days of opening. This would make it entirely useless for the purposes of dehumidifying an enclosed space.

There's lots of different sorts of kitty litter. Most are utterly useless as dehumidifiers.

The sort you are supposed to use is based on silica gel - the same stuff as used in the little dehumidifying sachets that say "do not eat" on them. That sort is supplied in plastic bags.

I have a sock fill of it on my dashboard. It's still utterly useless, though.

Strider590

^^ So basically better of buying actual silica gel.

The thing is, silica still becomes saturated once the bag is open for any length of time, although it can be "renewed" by placing in an oven at 120-130c for an hour (obviously in a suitable container).

littlerock

These days I drive a Skoda Fabia and had exactly the same problem the other day. It regularly gets a lot of condensation inside the windscreen but I do drive with the air con on. Its pollen filters regularly get blocked as well, but so too they did on my Passat a few years back - I would regularly find the carpets in the front were damp. It is the design with VAG cars. My sister in laws Polo has same issue. Local garage even has a drying out room.

boatman

Aircon can leave a bit of moisture in the car when you finish using it for the day, not sure why, but it says so in my manual.

Cat litter,
http://www.ehow.co.uk/info_8486610_kitty-litter-absorb-moisture-room.html

Strider590

boatman wrote: »

Aircon can leave a bit of moisture in the car when you finish using it for the day, not sure why, but it says so in my manual.

Cat litter,
http://www.ehow.co.uk/info_8486610_kitty-litter-absorb-moisture-room.html

Because AC works by passing air over a very cold surface, think what happens when you buy an ice cold pint of beer in the middle of summer..... Water condenses on the cold surface right?

Normally the water collected by the AC gets dropped onto the road via a drainage hose, hence if your car gets wet carpets after using the AC (as happened in my old Peugeot), then you know the drainage hose is blocked.

pd52

I've got 2016 golf gti and it had a misty/ frozen windscreen . The one thing that has stopped it from leaving moisture is to switch the AC off a few miles before I get home/work/wherever . Not had a issue since

ThemeOne

I've been trying the cat litter in sock method recently and it seems to be working.

Brightonsbest_2

I used to get that on my first car, a cheap car as it had leaks, so water inside the car. Newer cars that are in good repair, you normally wont see forst on the inside. Try turning off the vents and check carpets especially at front foot wells for dmapness with kitchen towel
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