windshield ice removal tips?

[JVR1]

just wondering if anybody has some suggestions on steps to remove/prevent ice buildup on windshields. (i park on a driveway since my truck won't fit in the garage)

i've looked on the internet and seen suggestions for vinegar/rubbing alcohol mixtures to help removal. i'm somewhat skeptical (and lazy) to try since it's likely gets too cold here anyway. so i usually just spray the shit out of it with washer fluid and wait it out.

already have a carstarter but i'm not a fan of letting it run for extended periods of time and already lift the wiperblades up whenever it's going to snow.

[turbotrip]

i hear vaseline on the windshield works wonders

[ercchry]

http://www.imprintitems.com/images/products/icescrapers/snowbrush.jpg

[Kloubek]

Originally posted by turbotrip
i hear vaseline on the windshield works wonders

...for making you unable to see, I imagine.

[Afrodeziak]

Go shopping and park in an underground for 20 mins.

[lilmira]

Tinted windshield of course, you don't see the ice, it's gone.

[Seth1968]

Take out the windshield for the winter.

[EK69]

If it won't fit in the garage I'm guessing a it's cuz it's raised so scraping it would be difficult unless u do it on a step stool thing lol.

De icing windshield washer?
Or when u turn it off make sure the heat is set to blow at the windshield and then just start it up for a bit (that is the point of having ur remote starter no?)

[roll_over]

I've tried rubbing alcohol and the best thing is a brush with a scraper

[CanmoreOrLess]

Move to Australia.

[Tik-Tok]

http://www.rainx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Glass_Original-Treatment-Spray-605x1024.png


Rain-X your windshield/windows if you don't already. Once a month in winter. Ice comes off super smooth and easy with that stuff on it.

Also, when I used to park my DD truck outside, I'd throw a tarp over the cab whenever I knew there'd be precipitation overnight. Might seem like a PITA, but 2 min. to put it on, and 30 seconds to take it off beats 10 min. of scraping.

[Unknown303]

I just command start my truck. It automatically turns to defrost and fan high when command started so I just hang around until it's all sorted out.

[ercchry]

Originally posted by EK69
If it won't fit in the garage I'm guessing a it's cuz it's raised so scraping it would be difficult unless u do it on a step stool thing lol.



You can get ones with super long reach... but i think the unwritten rule of vehicle ownership is if you cant reach your windshield... you have no business driving it :nut:

[flipstah]

Originally posted by CanmoreOrLess
Move to Australia.

Fuck that shit. I've been there and everything wants to kill you.

I don't know how to prevent ice formations but lifting your windshield wipers up will make life so much easier.

[jaylo]

place a cardboard cutout to the size of your windshield every night and you should be fine

[ExtraSlow]

I have heard there are some sprays you can put on the night before to prevent ice from sticking. No idea if those work. I have a spray bottle filled with rubbing alcohol, and that works a bit. I have heard that methanol works better, so I have some purchased that I will use once the rubbing alcohol is gone.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Isn't methanol a big part of winter washer fluid? That should work well.

[know1edge]

You can apply a glass coating to it, which will make it ez-er 2 remove

[tangj]

Anyone try this?
http://www.autoanything.com/driving-accessories/60A4281A0A0.aspx

[ExtraSlow]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure methanol is THE active ingredient in windshield washer fluid, so that should work great. Not sure where the cheapest place to buy that is, but it's $2.49 per l at princess auto.

[triplep]

Originally posted by jaylo
place a cardboard cutout to the size of your windshield every night and you should be fine

This, I did this when I used to park outside. Come home, slide the cardboard under the windshield wipers (takes like 10 seconds). Wake up in the morning, take the cardboard out (takes like 10 second), and your windshield is ice free, no scrapping.

[Seth1968]

I'll definetely be trying that.

For the other windows, I'll try the Rain-x, but leave one without Rain-x to see if there's any difference.

[C_Dave45]

Is this what the internet has reduced us to?? We come onto a forum to ask how to get ice off our windshields?!!!

"Hello, beyond? Yeah...I park in my driveway and in the morning I need to pull out onto the roadway...any tips on how you do that?"

[flipstah]

Originally posted by C_Dave45
Is this what the internet has reduced us to?? We come onto a forum to ask how to get ice off our windshields?!!!

"Hello, beyond? Yeah...I park in my driveway and in the morning I need to pull out onto the roadway...any tips on how you do that?"

You act so surprised. The technological age killed independence years ago, roughly when the encyclopedia became useless.

[Seth1968]

Originally posted by C_Dave45
Is this what the internet has reduced us to?? We come onto a forum to ask how to get ice off our windshields?!!!


That and porn:)

[ExtraSlow]

I somewhat like the interdependent nature of a forum like this. If you can't askt eh small stupid questions, why would you feel comfortable asking the bigger questions?

[Tarrantula]

Just take a big pot of boiling water and pour that over the windshield. The faster the better. :devil:

[flipstah]

Vodka doesn't freeze. Fact.

[Seth1968]

Originally posted by ExtraSlow
I somewhat like the interdependent nature of a forum like this. If you can't askt eh small stupid questions, why would you feel comfortable asking the bigger questions?

Yep.

We'll all remember this thread when the ice is thick and hard, the scraper barely does shit, and you just hope that the glass doesn't crack.

[JVR1]

Originally posted by C_Dave45
Is this what the internet has reduced us to?? We come onto a forum to ask how to get ice off our windshields?!!!

"Hello, beyond? Yeah...I park in my driveway and in the morning I need to pull out onto the roadway...any tips on how you do that?"


R is for reverse not radio right?? kidding..

if you really want to know the source of my question its because i drop off 2 children under the age of 4 in the morning to a dayhome. i can't leave them in the house unattended while i brush off the vehicle and i'm hoping for reasonable tips to speed up the removal of ice/frost once it gets shitty out so my kids aren't crying in the truck while i'm rushing to scrap shit off my windshield.

i'm sure i'm not the only parent on this forum that might have to do that but i didn't think i'd have to type out a whole story to get a response.

[mr2mike]

Originally posted by C_Dave45
"Hello, beyond? Yeah...I park in my driveway and in the morning I need to pull out onto the roadway...any tips on how you do that?"

Yeah. Anyone?

I tried to just drive out by using 'D' and the car spun on the ice. It was whhherring and sounded like my baring is gone.

I tried setting it to 'P' and the engine just revved, tires didn't even turn. I checked the breaks and thy sem to werk. I am thinking my traction control is too sensitive and the 'P' "Performance" setting isn't allowing the tires to spin. What shop can I take the car too for cheep? I need this fixed

[C_Dave45]

Originally posted by JVR1



R is for reverse not radio right?? kidding..

if you really want to know the source of my question its because i drop off 2 children under the age of 4 in the morning to a dayhome. i can't leave them in the house unattended while i brush off the vehicle and i'm hoping for reasonable tips to speed up the removal of ice/frost once it gets shitty out so my kids aren't crying in the truck while i'm rushing to scrap shit off my windshield.

i'm sure i'm not the only parent on this forum that might have to do that but i didn't think i'd have to type out a whole story to get a response.

http://drive.subaru.com/Images/win10/win10_qs/win10_qs_inline3.aspx

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[xnvy]

^no no. He needs a Forester not a Legacy.

[Seth1968]

Originally posted by C_Dave45


http://drive.subaru.com/Images/win10/win10_qs/win10_qs_inline3.aspx

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Man you're stupid.

That car doesn't even have any ice on the windows:D

[JVR1]

you want me to buy a subaru legacy? :nut:

i actually already have a carstarter, that was stated in the original post.

i can't figure out if you're actually trying to be helpful or if this thread bugs you that much.

[mr2mike]

In all honesty, I think that the cardboard will work. I see old people do it all the time usually with a thick type of canvas draped over the windshield and side windows.

[C_Dave45]

Originally posted by JVR1

i actually already have a carstarter,

Yes you do, I read that. *pat, pat*.. And yet you still need help on how to defrost your windshield, so that you don't have two kids screaming in your car, or left alone in the house while you figure out how to get ice off the windshield???

Just what IS the purpose of the remote starter you purchased with/for your vehicle then? :confused:

:rofl:

[speedog]

Man, it's like you read my mind, C_Dave45.

[JVR1]

man you guys are hardcore this morning.

ok here, how about this question. if someone said "hey, instead of warming your car up for 15minutes, i found out you can spray this on your windshield every couple weeks and you could brush ice off in like a minute" , would you use it?

on a side note, yeah i think the cardboard would work too.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by C_Dave45


Just what IS the purpose of the remote starter you purchased with/for your vehicle then? :confused:

:rofl:

There is a difference between remote starting your car to get the motor warm, and remote starting your car to remove an inch of ice off the windshield. One takes 5 minutes, and the other takes a half hour + of unnecessary wear on your engine.

[Seth1968]

Originally posted by JVR1
man you guys are hardcore this morning.

That's because we're not busy scraping ice off all the windows. We're only at work. lol

[ArjayAquino]

my heater doesn't warm up until I start driving, even if the car is sitting there for 5 or more mins :banghead:

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by ArjayAquino
my heater doesn't warm up until I start driving, even if the car is sitting there for 5 or more mins :banghead:

You have a clogged heater core. Do a flush.

[C_Dave45]

Originally posted by flipstah
Vodka doesn't freeze. Fact.

Uhh. Yes it does. At around -27 C. The same as most other liquors with 40% alcohol.

Beyond.ca. we're hardcore. ;)

[ArjayAquino]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


You have a clogged heater core. Do a flush.

I'll look into that, thanks!

[spikerS]

Originally posted by Tarrantula
Just take a big pot of boiling water and pour that over the windshield. The faster the better. :devil:

Pretty sure this is sarcasm, but,

DO NOT DO THIS!

I remember my dad having to drive me to school one day, and he brought out a pot of boiling water for the windshield.

-35 out and a pot of boiled water equals one cracked to shit windshield.

[n1zm0]

Originally posted by mr2mike
In all honesty, I think that the cardboard will work. I see old people do it all the time usually with a thick type of canvas draped over the windshield and side windows.

Friends mom would put 2 old towels on the front and back windshields, that seemed to work pretty good

[flipstah]

Originally posted by C_Dave45


Uhh. Yes it does. At around -27 C. The same as most other liquors with 40% alcohol.

Beyond.ca. we're hardcore. ;)

http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mind_blown.gif

[Seth1968]

Originally posted by Seth1968


Man you're stupid.

That car doesn't even have any ice on the windows:D

I'm not going to let this go.

Would you say the same to your customers if they asked a legitimate question? Fuck no.

I'll start with that.

[spikerS]

Originally posted by Seth1968


I'm not going to let this go.

Would you say the same to your customers if they asked a legitimate question? Fuck no
.

I'll start with that.

*WOOSH*

Hear that? That was the sound of the joke going over your head...

[MalibuStacy]

You said you can't leave the kids in the house right? Why not just remote start the vehicle place kids in their booster seats, then scrape windshield, then drive off?

[raceman6135]

You could install an interior car warmer and have it on a timer to come on a couple of hours before you have to leave.

You can then, when the temperature drops, also plug in your block heater so that the engine is warmed and the windows clear.

[btimbit]

I like the cardboard idea, I'll be trying that this year

[Alak]

Plug in the truck. Remote start in moring. Ice will be melted or melted enough for the wipers to take it off by the time you get to the car. I do this every morning, and unless there is snow that I have to brush off, it works.

[Toyota Racing]

You could try this since you're going to buy rain x anyways... http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/rain-x-windshield-de-icer-0381126p.html#.UnwwphDZL5M

[rookie101]

Build a house with an attached garage. Works great, I haven't had frost on my windows in years...........






















Hey everyone else was being sarcastic!

[ExtraSlow]

A slightly less intense version of rookie101's suggestion. Park under a tree or beside a building. You will get much less frost and snow on your car. An unheated carport is even better.

[Seth1968]

Originally posted by spikers


*WOOSH*

Hear that? That was the sound of the joke going over your head...

Too many beers yesterday. Hell, I don't even remember a joke.

Sorry Dave!

[..*JDM Hatch*..]

Build bigger heated garage :dunno:
Or just use an ice scraper like the rest if us when need be.

[flipstah]

Fire. Always works.

[sidewaysD]

Some sort of animal that rests on your hood by your windshield.

Warmth of bear....= No ice on window.

[Wrinkly]

Edit: upload screwed up please ignore