What do you use to get the frost off your windscreen? I used a plastic scraper until I found that it was scratching the glass. I have a friend who uses a credit card but I dont want to stuff up my card cos I use it a lot.
Well this an old thread so m not sure anyone would be paying much attention to it.
But since m coming out of a rough spell in my ailment(MS), and m bedridden, what better way than to impart knowledge of my experiences.... or air my ignorance
Now this is what i used to do, when in Montreal, Canada, where, with the Wind-Chill Factor, the temperatures would go down to -60 deg.s.
Every couple o days i would apply a thin coat of wax polish to the windscreen, thus effectively creating a barrier between the glass and the elements.
Then, when I came home at night I would take a salt shaker, and using normal iodized table-salt, would sprinkle it evenly over the wind-screen.
Now, as it is well known that salt inhibits the formation of ice, by lowering the freezing-point of water, this was effective to 4-5 deg.s. in the minus.
Next morning, I would just walk to my car, and turning the engine to heat it, would also turn the vents of the blower to defrost max heat and set it towards the windscreen.
By the time my engine temperature had reached operating levels there would be tiny streams running down the windscreen.
The wipers would do the rest.
Now ok so salt is corrosive and harmful to the paintwork.
So when I got onto the freeway, an clipping at moderately high speeds, i would wash it off, with the windshield washer amply.
Of course you would have to make sure you carry ample hot water in a separate container with you when you leave the house, just in case you run out or the water in the reservoir or it gets frozen over(mebbe add some salt in that too for the winter months...
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Worked wonders, and never got a scratch on the glass, plus it saved me from the effort of using elbow grease when I least wanted to break a sweat...
See if it helps?......
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