We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

How to remove ice from screen

Options
245

Comments

  • wazza99
    wazza99 Posts: 370 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Just chuck a bucket of hot water over the screen, that'll sort it.....
  • marlot
    marlot Posts: 4,966 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    facade wrote: »
    In The Olden Days, the wipers used to sit high up on the screen, so the heater vents could defrost them.

    Nowadays they sit in the permafrost below the outlets, but they won't work anyway because the mechanism is jammed solid by the slightly melted snow that filled the space where they park, and then froze solid overnight.

    Progress eh?
    My car has an element in the windscreen to defrost the wiper. It comes on with the heated rear window.
  • marlot
    marlot Posts: 4,966 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 23 January 2017 at 8:44AM
    LeFigaro wrote: »
    Hello!
    I have a tiny spatula like 3-4cm wide and I am expected to remove the ice from my huge screen with that!
    Is there any faster way?
    Thanks!
    Install a parking heater!

    https://www.webasto.com/gb/markets-products/car/retrofit-parking-heater/

    If that's too expensive, install a heatshot http://www.heatshot.com/uk/
    I put a heatshot into my last car - it's good, but best used on cars with heated washer nozzles.
  • marlot
    marlot Posts: 4,966 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    LeFigaro wrote: »
    Hello!
    I have a tiny spatula like 3-4cm wide and I am expected to remove the ice from my huge screen with that!
    Is there any faster way?
    Thanks!
    I asked a few of the young lads in the office. All of them had fathers who de-iced their cars for them!
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    LeFigaro wrote: »
    Fail.

    I cannot have access to lukewarm water always and I cannot put always a screen cover, it's huge waste of time.


    Stand on the bonnet and pee on the screen then!

    FAIL! What is that all about?
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Park facing the sun, very MSE.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    LeFigaro wrote: »
    Fail.

    I cannot have access to lukewarm water always and I cannot put always a screen cover, it's huge waste of time.
    If you really want to use an ice scraper then try this one - https://www.amazon.co.uk/ICEPLANE-Twin-Bladed-Car-Scraper/dp/B005U3EK7G/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1485160569&sr=8-5&keywords=ice+scraper

    Failing that, get a spray bottle and fill it with water and keep it in the boot. Why don't you have access to water?
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    wazza99 wrote: »
    Just chuck a bucket of hot water over the screen, that'll sort it.....
    Don't do this. Cold or lukewarm will be quite enough to melt ice.
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    neilmcl wrote: »
    Don't do this. Cold or lukewarm will be quite enough to melt ice.

    Throwing water over it is a risky business, any significant temperature difference will cause rapid uneven heating+expansion of the glass, any existing cracks/chip will most likely not like this... Not to mention that water will likely freeze into a fine sheet of ice that'll impair vision.
    “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”

    <><><><><><><><><<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Don't forget to like and subscribe \/ \/ \/
  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    LeFigaro wrote: »
    Hello!
    I have a tiny spatula like 3-4cm wide and I am expected to remove the ice from my huge screen with that!
    Is there any faster way?
    Thanks!
    Buy a better scraper and apply some effort. Its not difficult.
This discussion has been closed.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 350.9K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.5K Spending & Discounts
  • 243.9K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.7K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.9K Life & Family
  • 257.2K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture