Read the reviews?
36%reviewers recommend this product.
36%reviewers recommend this product.
What, and spoil the magic? Nah!!!Read the reviews?
40 degrees is pretty hot! 5 should be plenty.surely any rapid change in temp can propagate a crack - given outdoors is about -5 atm and warm water will be about 40 - it's just something I wouldn't want to risk.
Ignoring that, using water is just a **** move to anyone else that needs to use the pavement/road that the car's parked on. Pouring water on the screen results in water on the ground, which will then freeze and provide a nice patch of ice for someone to slip on. Even worse if the car is parked on the road, leaving ice patches for people to drive over when you've moved your car. Sure, you can drive away happy, but it's a pain for others.
Just turn on the car (not the wipers), heater on defrost, rear window heater and scrape all the windows. 2 min job... 90% of time you don't even need to use de-icer.
This, it's even better if you've got remote start. You've just got to remember to turn off the automatic wipers .
40 degrees?! My hot water thermostat is set to 45 degrees and the water that comes out of that is almost scalding to the touch. By warm water, I'm talking room temperature or just above. I leave a bottle of cold water by the radiator near the front door overnight, I'm not using any hot water from the tap or anything. It's barely more than cold to the touch.
How much water do you think I'm using? I'm talking about pouring less than a litre of water gently over the windscreen, not chucking a bucket over the car and surrounding area. I do this every frosty morning and most of it ends up trapped in the scuttle and drain holes, very little even seems to end up on the floor..and the water that does, ends up in the gutter. If I parked the car in the middle of the road then I'd think twice, but if someone is driving that close to the kerb, I think a tiny patch of ice would be the least of their concerns.
isn't body temp about 37C? so 40 isn't anything mental, just warm-hot water and surely nothing out of the question from a hot tap (which is usually about 55C) or a partially heated kettle?40 degrees is pretty hot! 5 should be plenty.
I use a scraper - It's easy with the right angle, like planing a block of wood.Also for some reason I am the only person who actually puts their back into it with a scraper on my street, everyone else uses some spray things or will sit with the engine on for 15 minutes.
I understood it was the rapid temperature change that cracked the glass?isn't body temp about 37C? so 40 isn't anything mental, just warm-hot water
TBF, I did this to my Leon when I lived in Norway. I couldn't get the locks to unfreeze any other waynext time just tip a kettle full of boiling water on your car.
Don't make the rookie mistake I sometimes make and clear the screen of ice with a scraper but then use the screenwash to try and clean it which immediately freezes on the screen (despite having fluid that doesn't freeze until -10c or something)
Also for some reason I am the only person who actually puts their back into it with a scraper on my street, everyone else uses some spray things or will sit with the engine on for 15 minutes.
Am I the only person who doesn't feel the need to use a scraper? I just use my bare hands, no need to use anything that makes life easier.
the sprays are neat'ish alcohol - so ruin/harden expensive blades ?The sprays are great dude, try one
Don't use warm water. Due to physics weirdness it may freeze faster than cold water. Also you risk turning a chip in to a crack
Scrapers are crap anyway, my CRZ has hairline lines from the damage.