Hi guys
How do you defrost your windscreen in winter?
I've been using hot water and an old card to wipe away the frost. Are there any tools you are aware of I could buy and keep them in the car?
Thanks for your help
Defrosting Windscreen in Winter
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Simpson desert
give it a hug, warms the feelings xD
Dental floss.
In the UK, US and NZ you can buy cheap aerosol de-icer, and plastic scrapers. Haven't seen them here though, I believe there's a product called Bowden's Own Melt Down spray which seems to be available.
Ethylene glycol/water mix or your favourite vodka. Spray and pray.
Hot/warm water from tap works fine. If it's too hot, make it warm. Don't use boiling hot water from kettle. I have been doing it almost every day of the winter and my screen has never cracked.
This, warm water is more often safe, the windscreen is pretty tough anyway. 100 degree difference might crack a glass of wine but 30-40 degrees diffrence, a glass if wine is even tougher than that
Ice scraper from an auto store, costs a couple of bucks.
Usually they have a straight edge and a toothed/comb edge for getting through thicker ice.
Turn the car on 10 minutes before you leave and blast the heater with the windscreen demister selected.
I live in a snowy part of the US and have this. It will be absolute overkill but if you get something with just the scrape part on the end you'll be fine.
I take my extension cord and my wife's hair dryer plus some kitchen paper. Takes a while but gets the windows really clean, so I dont have any issue when the sun is low.
Grew up in Ireland, regular chore doing this. Never had to do it in Australia but…
NEVER use hot water. Warm water does the job. The hot water will crack the windscreen.
If you are like me and the front of your house faces the morning sun, reverse your car into driveway so the windshield is pointed at the sun, which helps if you don’t need to leave before the sun is up.
Apart from having lines on the windscreen, would one of those rear window heater things work on a windscreen?
I just run a sprinkler that's aimed at the windscreen. I leave it running for a few minutes, whilst also warming up the car with the heater running. Seems to work OK once it stops refreezing.
Park it in my garage and I hate parking my car in the garage because cbf reversing out of the driveway and waiting 10 years for the roller door to open.
If I park it on the street, I just cover my car in an insulated car cover.For a windscreen misted up on the inside just put the aircon on along with the heater and vent set to windscreen. Works as a de-humidifier and clears the screen pretty quickly. Won't do much for ice on the outside however.
Was in Iceland during winter last year, when hiring a car they give you this plastic tool, kind of like a cross between what you would expect to see a window washer using (with the rubber edge) and a paint scraper.
The ice on the windows was pretty serious but best way I found was to let the heater run on the inside for a few minutes then start scraping, starting with the smaller windows then by the time you got to the windscreen it just came off pretty easily.
Hot water on a cold glass
Don't do it. Instead buy a cheap shower wipes and use that when needed.
Am I the only one who just uses the window washer to squirt it, and the wipers to kick it off?
The initial fog inside is far more of an issue for me. You wipe it off, and its back 2 minutes later.
That only works if the ice is very thin. Once it gets a bit think wipers don't do anything/are frozen to the car.
In all seriousness, I cut a potato in half, and rubbed in on the inside of my windscreen. It doesn't fog up… I do it once a week when I need to.
I can't tell you how it works, or why, it just does… lol
I learned a simple trick to defrost your car windscreen from my cousins in Wisconsin US, during my visit there in winter . Just turn on your car heater and direct the airfow to the windscreen. 5 minutes later, the ice/frost will melt enough and no longer sticks to the windscreen and can be pushed off by the wipers. Work well for my snow trips for the last ten years
Chuck it in the microwave and use the 'quick defrost' setting.
You're welcome 😉
I just use water from the tap, fill it in an old plastic bottle, and keep it in the car.
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My old corolla was that poorly sealed that it would freeze over the windscreen. When I would turn the wipes on they would just glaze over the ice and do nothing. I would leave a cheap ikea window squeegee in the back seat and while the car was warming up would run around the windows and the ice would gather and fall off. I did used to drive many times with all windows down on freezing mornings to get whatever vision I could out of the car.
I live in the country and had my first frost on the car.
I just threw a bucket of water that was saved from going down the drain from a shower.
Water is a touch warm from the shower and was all good.
Forgot to do the back window though.
Chuck a towel on overnight then you should be sweet. If you don't mind spend some $ the Autoglym de-icer works great, a single bottle lasted almost the entire winter.
Link please?
Thank you all!
I think rain-x and the like help with this. From memory there's a product for outside and for inside the car.
Not cheap but the bottle has enough for a heap of applications.
Yeah, I use the Rain-X anti fog on the inside of my car. Fortunately I’ve got a hose next to the car so I just use that to do the outside. In saying that, one morning was so icy the hose was frozen and snapped in half as I yanked it lol.
When I lived in america we just used a big ol squeegieee and brushed off the snow.
Boiling water, hotter the better.
Then I go to the nearest windscreen repair, get a new windscreen (without ice on it) to replace the one I just busted, problem solved.Save money on water and electricity, just hit the windscreen with a hammer and get a new frost free one fitted, they'll even come to your home, no need to drive 😁👍
Warm/hot water from tap seem to work fine. When I chuck it on the windshield, I have a feel of the glass and it's still cold but the ice is gone. That tells me most the heat has been absorbed by the ice and the glass has barely changed temperature and won't be enough to damage it or cause potential cracking.
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Towel covering the windscreen, tucked inside the car and close the doors.
In the morning just open the doors, pull the towel off and you're ready to go.