Screenwash?

[Deleted User]

I'm using the Lidl stuff with one part water so it is good to -20c according to the label. Hasn't froze yet.

CharlieBilly

No problems using Halfords own (green colour) you dilute 5 litres, used it last winter and didn't freeze up

cubegame

Meths, water and floor cleaner.....

The colder it is, the more meths you add.

MattLFC

I've been using Wilkos cheapo concentrate stuff for a couple of years now, 79p for 500ml, mix 4 parts water to 1 for summer and 2 parts to 1 for winter. At that price, it can be 1 part to 1 when we hit the deepest darkest depths of winter and last year it didn't fail me even on Christmas day, when it -13 locally and the water supply was frozen lol.

I'm pretty sure Tesco Value and Asda Smartprice is the same stuff (similar priced too) for those of you who don't have a Wilkos local to you.

gilbert_and_sullivan

Do some of you bath in the stuff, don't tailgate and you won't use so much.

[Deleted User]

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

Do some of you bath in the stuff, don't tailgate and you won't use so much.

I don't tail gate but I use it to fend off tail gaters.

Kilty_2

Holy thread resurrection


Lidl's £5.99/5L/-60c stuff is good - but don't use it neat! I had to put some in neat because I ran out whilst driving behind a grit lorry and I'm now adding water to it as often as i can because it is stupidly concentrated and actually makes vision worse as it builds up on the window

Wig

wvpTV wrote: »

We been conned and conned on screen wash, many brands not disclosing the performance of the product, some winter products only protecting to just below freezing.

We've been on a motorway with a dirty windscreen 200 miles away with a suddenly frozen washer system, it should be a criminal offence to sell Winter Screen Wash that does not protect sufficiently (or it should at least say what it does).

Halfords stuff in Dec 2011 is £7 for 1 litre that protects to just -27C if used neat, thats about £28 to fill you washer bottle up (4 litres required in our case), diluted it's useless (ie: -9C), we had below -20C here last winter for over a week (Tewkesbury).

After a lot of ringing round (hours), we are pleased to say APD Motor Factors came to our rescue, 5 litre concentrate protects to -40C, diluted 1:1 we think it's OK for -13C.

Here's the beast bit, it cost us less than £3 over the counter, we bought a four pack (20 litres concentrate) for £8 + vat. (Polygard Arctic Screen Wash)

An excellent first post! Thanks

I use a carplan concentrated 5 litre bottle I bought about 4 years ago, I still have 2 litres left (after todays fill up). I had run my bottle dry and am driving to France tonight, I decided I would fill it with a strong winter mix so I have just put in a 50/50 mix even though the carplan label says 25% is enough. Last winter I used the same stuff to maybe 30 - 40% and I got floating ice in the bottle (but not frozen solid) and frozen pipes/jets.

I then top up with water throughout the rest of the year and I don't need to add any more "screenwash" until the following winter.

My washer bottle is 2 litre capacity

Apples2

What kind of poster drags up such an old thread with a post like that?

You know, a post where he says how much something really fantastic can be bought for +VAT. ?

Mmmm, I wonder.

Wig

Apples2 wrote: »

What kind of poster drags up such an old thread with a post like that?

You know, a post where he says how much something really fantastic can be bought for +VAT. ?

Mmmm, I wonder.

I really don't care,.......... if it's true, no matter what the source, then it's a good post. And if you look back through this thread it has been merged at least 3 times with other threads so arguably it is correct to post in this thread as the "screenwash" thread.