How to de-ice your windscreen like a boss

[jesus]

 

[JonnyGee]

you have girly nails:rasp:

 

[Bluebeard]

Kettle of luke warm tap water, over all the glass, done.

 

[Scoot]

But you still have to de ice your side and rear windows?

 

[Flat Eric]

Empty 2 litre coke bottle with Luke warm water from tap, pour on, turn on wipers or else it freezes over again.

If I get time I don't mind sitting in car with it running and letting it get a bit warm. Hate a cold steering wheel so much.

 

[jesus]

This takes 20 seconds tops. Heaters clear the side and rears.

 

[Bluebeard]

Empty 2 litre coke bottle with Luke warm water from tap, pour on, turn on wipers or else it freezes over again.

If I get time I don't mind sitting in car with it running and letting it get a bit warm. Hate a cold steering wheel so much.

You need a Range Rover! Heated steering wheel/front windscreen/seats FTW!

 

[SC03OTT]

Pushing a button the sitting in heater leather is better, TBH...

 

[Tomas]

I never thought these actually worked tbh, could you post the link?

 

[Cup_Phil]

Empty 2 litre coke bottle with Luke warm water from tap, pour on, turn on wipers or else it freezes over again.

If I get time I don't mind sitting in car with it running and letting it get a bit warm. Hate a cold steering wheel so much.

Watch window crack... seriously don't poor warm water on a frozen windscreen

I'm lucky enough to have my car parked in my back yard behind the house - so I just start the engine and drink my coffee in the kitchen, when I go out it's lovely and warm lol

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Meh,

I start the car then go back inside for a cuppa tea and breakfast, come back and it's all toasy.

 

[Bluebeard]

Watch window crack... seriously don't poor warm water on a frozen windscreen

I'm lucky enough to have my car parked in my back yard behind the house - so I just start the engine and drink my coffee in the kitchen, when I go out it's lovely and warm lol

I've done it on every forecourt i've worked on since about 1999. Never seen a windscreen crack.

There is a big difference between luke warm water and hot water.

 

[Gaz_]

I use luke warm too and have done for years, never had an issue. Pour on, wipe off, go.

 

[Cup_Phil]

Do it on a car with a stone chip in the windscreen

Also.. seriously? A can of de-icer is like a quid

 

[Bluebeard]

Do it on a car with a stone chip in the windscreen

Also.. seriously? A can of de-icer is like a quid

It may only be a quid, but doing 40 cars every morning for the whole of winter would get expensive! lol.

 

[clio37]

Park it in the garage and your car never needs deicing. It forgets what frost is :rasp:

 

[Scoot]

In all fairness it would have taken longer to put that thing on the windscreen than chucking some water on it.

 

[Jordi17]

What do you use to stick it down? so it doesnt blow away?

 

[@Spoonie]

Whats wrong with a good old scraper? Works for me. 1 minute tops.

 

[Bluebeard]

What do you use to stick it down? so it doesnt blow away?

You see the bits that are tucked into the doors? Yeah, that'll be what stops it blowing away.

 

[Gaz_]

Do it on a car with a stone chip in the windscreen

Also.. seriously? A can of de-icer is like a quid

I have, on my car and van

 

[@Spoonie]

What do you use to stick it down? so it doesnt blow away?

Araldite Rapid

 

[Flat Eric]

Mines got a stone chip too and it's fine. Luke warm water. Then job done. It's an urban myth this screen cracking nonsense.

 

[Adam G]

It's still dark when I get up.

 

[Kentishlad]

I have a cheaper and easier way of doing this ................I send her out to do it

 

[jesus]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150749692240?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

3am starts aren't the time to be pissing about with scraping or deicer. Neighbours don't appreciate the car running (probably) at that time so I just take this off and off I go. Takes a minute to apply the night before.

 

[105e]

Used warm water for years no problem, but sometimes i scrape or use de-icer, depends, tried covering the screen but thats too much work.

 

[GiT]

Pushing a button the sitting in heater leather is better, TBH...

I Concur!

 

[jesus]

When it's -5 (3am this morning), even warm water freezes to the windscreen instantly leaving it worse than before. This took less than a minute to cover

 

[Truffs]

I find simply reversing out of the garage is enough, if its very chilly I need the heated seats on 3 and the air scarf on 3, toasty

 

[Flat Eric]

Air scarf?????

 

[Scoot]

Its basically hot air that comes out the headrest or there about for the kind of poofs who buy convertibles.

 

[VeinAST]

Air scarf?????

Heaters for your neck. Like a boss.

 

[The Fatty]

swear there's 2 of these threads running side by side atm... anyway, tepid water on the windscreen id by far the fastest method imo as with those covers you will have to do the side windows etc, so might as well do the windscreen anyway.

 

[jay1232]

Mint lol

I have a cheaper and easier way of doing this ................I send her out to do it

 

[Tony Hunter]

FKN el, 2 threads now on pissing de-icing.

 

[jesus]

People were moaning about wipers scratching windscreens in the other so I thought I'd show them how it's done.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Yeah, scratching windscreens,

 

[jesus]

I'd love to know what sort of damage this plastic sheet is doing to my poor windscreen!

 

[Tony Hunter]

You won't be able to see out of it in a months time.

Insured?