How to remove ice from screen

AdrianC

Strider590 wrote: »

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.

Cobblers.

I've long used tap-hot water, and I've never once had a problem - even on windscreens with existing cracks. Pour it on, flick the wipers to prevent it re-freezing. On the side windows, it doesn't linger long enough to refreeze due to the rake. Even better, it warms the glass, so minimises interior misting.

But the OP did say...

LeFigaro wrote: »

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

A screen cover takes about two seconds to throw over and trap in the door shuts. I use a heavy blanket, a cheap removal blanket we bought when moving house a few years ago. The rest of the time, it lives folded in the boot - handy for protecting large loads, too.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291836016119

Valli

My screen froze, tried the water.

Ended up buying a new PC.

Seriously a cover works. I use my old shower curtain, which is brilliant because it doesn't stick to the screen at all.

facade

I just pop the fan heater inside the car before breakfast, costs about 15p, which is a lot less than the fuel wasted while it warms up enough to clear the windows, and hugely less than what it would cost if I crashed because I can't see out of the side windows.

At work I just start the car and use a credit card to scrape the screen on the half dozen times a year it is frozen at going home time.

neilmcl

Strider590 wrote: »

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.

There's not going to be "any significant temperature difference" if using cold or lukewarm water, none more so if you were to simply spray de-icer. Of course the water may freeze but only if you were to leave it but obviously you would use your wipers.

Ebe_Scrooge

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.

Boil a kettle, pour it over the screen, job done.


< Yes, this IS a joke, but so is the OP >

peter_the_piper

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.

I'd have thought that its quicker to put a screen cover on than scrape the frost off.

Clive_Woody

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

Boil a kettle, pour it over the screen, job done.


< Yes, this IS a joke, but so is the OP >

I was going to suggest using a hammer, but that'll work as an alternative :money:

Mobeer

Hintza wrote: »

Stand on the bonnet and pee on the screen then!

FAIL! What is that all about?

Please don't do this. I speak as the passenger of just such a driver. Finding the passenger door handle to be wet is a hideous experience.

cajef

Browntoa wrote: »

I'm voting for pprd user VeryMan

Going by their other posts it would appear he has resurrected himself yet again under a another new user name.

ajbrynoffa

Make up a solutuion of 1 part pure alcohol,2 parts water. Put in a spray bottle. Marvellous stuff .