Ice on windscreen in the morning ?

XenonAudio

I believe it's called De-fogger or De-icer. You should be able to pick up a can at your neighborhood Shucks/Kragen, or Auto Zone.

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I used to work night shift in a factory and there was nearly always ice on the car windows in the mornings.

Most people used to put a large piece of cardboard on the front and back windows overnight, held in place by the wipers.

This works beautifully and cheap and reusable

the_angel_and_the_vampire

put a plastic bin sack or a tarpaulin over the screen at night. Halfords used to sell a spray to put on the night before but I don't know if they still do.

Peachy Girl

You can get a DE icer for the windows you spray on the ice and it melts it off just spray your window screen and then clean with the wipers and off you go works a treat and isn't that expensive a couple of Quid from halfords!

pugsaleena

cheap and quick, ....take windscreen out each night and stick it back with blu-tac, hey presto,..ice..what ice?

raygsd

A friend of mine cracked his windscreen with warm water. A neighbour used boiling water and nothing happened, {He was lucky} ! Lots of things you can do...newspaper,blanket,bin bags etc. Even spray windscreen beforehand with pre-icer { never used it but it's about same price as de-icer}. Someone said it can ruin paintwork..it won't cause it's a different type of anti-freeze from the type that's put in your engine.

helen i

buy some anti freeze spray to spray directly onto the ice it melts the ice instantly, it cost about a pound for 5 applications you can buy it from any supermarket or garage. I use it every morning when theres ice on the windows it never fails.

JUAN FRAN$$$

I tried the stuff when it first came out. Didn't work that great so didn't buy any more. Way I do it is start the car and turn defroster on then go back inside while it warms up enough for ice to start melting. The spray it with de-icer and turn on wipers.
You can also buy windshield washer fluid with de-icer in it. In either case wait until the ice starts to melt before using either of them or windshield will ice back up one you.
By doing it that way you are also warming your engine and engine oil up before driving off. Not to mention it being more comfortable taking off in a warm car over freezing your a**s off the first few miles.
By the way you keep pouring hot water on your windshield and you are going to break it.

Afi

Throw a few buckets of Luke warm water over it. It wont break the glass and works a treat.

SkUnKmOnKeY

Smearing a fine layer of washing up liquid on your screen should do the trick. Or the classic blanket is an old favourite. If that fails, buy a car with a heated screen.

Angel

Hi there is some stuff but i dont know what its called my nana got some ages ago of QVC, but all you need to do is run the engine out your heaters on and use de- icer. Never put warm water on your windscreen, its not a bright thing to do.Use De-icer thats what its there for, or the stuff you are on about if you can find it.

Fallon P

Use a little rubbing alcohol. It will soften the ice and make it easier to scrape. For over night, just put a piece of thin plastic to cover the windshiled

Lilystar

We use Rain-X also. Just squirt in on in the morning and keep moving...very time efficient. It costs about $2.50 here for a bottle that lasts over a month. You can get it at Wal-mart, Walgreens, Kroger, or any grocery or hardware store.

musonic

Thereare numerous brands of de-icing spray on the UK market, but do they really work?

Yes, they melt the ice, but then when you drive away, the chemical reaction runs out, and the liquid which is left immediately freezes again.

There is only ONE way of preventing ice, and that is to get rid of the water before you set off. You can do this by covering the screen and pulling off the paper/cardboard (etc), you can scrape the frozen water off (best let the children do that!), but in fact, the worst thing is warm-water, because as soon as you set off, the stuff freezes worse than before.

By all means use warm-water (which doesn't have to be very warm) but make sure you then leather off the excess, and dry the screen.

Personally, my preferred method is to start the car, put on the heater/demister, go back inside, watch TV and have a cup of tea. When you come out, it's lovely to have a nice warm car with a clear screen.

SPYBARG

Are you boiling the kettle to get the hot water? Did you know the water out the hot tap works just as good.
It is much more environmentally friendly and keeps your fingers warm too. Recycle a plastic water bottle, chuck warm water all over the windows and keep the bottle in the car afterwards.
You know it makes sense.

country boy

keep it in a garage ,,,,, that seems to work

Bexs

When my car is icy - I use the spare key to run the engine with the radiator high (use you other key to lock the car obviously). Give it ten minutes and you have a toasty car to get into - totally ice free and safe to drive!

Citizen DeCat

Wiping it with vinegar (on a sponge) is also supposed to work.

I just get in the car, turn on the engine and set the heater on full blast (on the windscreen). After 10-15 minutes, the ice starts to melt.

The above method also has the advantage of annoying the eco-mentalists out there.

I want to help

You can place sheets of newspaper across the windscreen, held down by the wipers on the night before.

You can purchase de-icer sprays from shops and supermarkets for Â£1 or Â£2. Just spray it all over the windscreen when you wake and then use the wipers to wipe away.

Or just continue to use the method of pouring warm water over the the windscreen in the mornings.

I've not heard of the spray foam you referred to but from it may be more expensive than the methods I've suggested above.

Niamh

I have always used water to clear the ice but it MUST be tepid water and no hotter than luke warm.I have used this method for years with no problems whatsoever.The neighbours look at me and i know they are thinking i am going to crack my screen but i look at them scrapping away and i have to chuckle to myself.Do not waste your money or time on de-icer as it can eventually damage paintwork.My method really is the best way.Use the kettle and tap water.Try it and see.

toon_tigger

do as i do lay cling film across the windscreen peel the frost off in the morning

jack of spades

buy a bottle of rain-x. follow instructions on bottle and good luck.

The cheapest way to get ice of your windscreen is to cover it the night before with sheets of newspaper (held on place by the windscreen wipers) or an old blanket. Then you can pull it off when you go out the following morning. As a pedestrian who goes out early I have seen loads of people doing the above (and it seems to work).

WelshLad

I never use hot water - that will crack the windscreen, I use luke warm water.

Professor

I use my credit card to scrape it off

ButwhatdoIno?

Put a sheet of newspaper over the windshield works 2

MARTIN A

Move somewere warm.

john w

this only costs a pound or two and can be found at any good hardware store, its kept with all the other de-icer products you cant miss it!! good luck

bdgraham103074

Don't waste your money, just pour room temp water from the tap, no need for hot... but just so you know, hot water won't hurt it, your windows are tempered and won't shatter because of the sudden temp change.

Later, and stay warm

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