 How to de-ice your windscreen
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01-17-2016, 05:14 PM
No more scraping, just spray
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01-17-2016, 05:17 PM
just buy a bottle of spray de-icer ? less messing about..... I had to use mine this morning finishing a night shift
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01-17-2016, 10:35 PM
Here in my country we use the good old hair-dryer. Or an air-heater - 7200 Watts always do the job.
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01-18-2016, 08:19 AM
rado84 Wrote:Here in my country we use the good old hair-dryer. Or an air-heater - 7200 Watts always do the job. Is there no chance of cracking your windscreen doing that? I mean, extreme cold and heat on glass don't usually go together.
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01-18-2016, 11:37 AM
My husbear bought me spray de-icer a few winters ago. The results were less than satisfying. . .
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01-18-2016, 11:38 AM
If you do it only on one side, it will probably crack. That's why the powerful tool is on the outside and the low power tool (hair-dryer) and the car's air-conditioning are on the inside. And of course you don't use full power of the air-heater but just enough to quickly warm up the windshield.
I don't have a car but my friends explained this to me some time ago.
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01-18-2016, 12:11 PM
rado84 Wrote:If you do it only on one side, it will probably crack. That's why the powerful tool is on the outside and the low power tool (hair-dryer) and the car's air-conditioning are on the inside. And of course you don't use full power of the air-heater but just enough to quickly warm up the windshield. Still sounds risky. A new windscreen would be expensive. I'd stick to a de-icer spray. Fortunately I don't need one since it never gets that cold where I live.
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01-18-2016, 04:06 PM
Having a V8 makes a difference... When I had the Prius it would take forever for it to defrost.... The Challenger takes maybe 2-3 minutes for it to start blowing warm air... of course takes 30 seconds to scrape...
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