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Date:         Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:56:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Steven Shelton <shelton4@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Steven Shelton <shelton4@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <52F815AE.3020409@gmail.com>
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Actually, Jeff, here in metro Atlanta, it is ILLEGAL to sell windshield wiper fluid that goes below +20 degrees Fahrenheit. It's against the air quality rules.

On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com > wrote:

> The answer, then, is to use cheap vodka. Problem solved. QED. > > Now the only remaining question is whether ethyl alcohol will damage > paint or rubber and plastic bits downstream on the vehicle. If not, then > I believe I have a solution. In a manner of speaking. > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend, Ore. > > On 02/09/2014 03:19 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote: > >> ---- Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >>> Dear Rocket J, >>> >>> Listen to your ice scraper. Go back to the warm indoors and apply the >>> alcohol based fluids in Erienmeyer or other flasks directly to your >>> digestive tract. Soon the urge to travel will diminish. >>> >>> >> Just for safety, keep in mind that most deicing fluids used for >> automobiles are isopropyl, not ethyl alcohol. Recipes for homemade that I >> have seen call for that, also. :-) . >> >> >>> Angus >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 9, 2014, at 10:56 AM, Rocket J Squirrel < >>> camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>> >>> When ice forms overnight on my windshield, it's sometimes as hard and >>>> slick as glass. My handy-dandy ice scraper just slides over it. I get >>>> good results using the aerosol can of de-icing solution, but I wonder if >>>> I could save some money by mixing my own (Erlenmeyer flasks, dry ice >>>> bubbling in beakers of colored water) and keeping it in a Windex-type >>>> spray bottle? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott >>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, >>>> Bend, Ore. >>>> >>> >> -- >> David McNeely >> >>


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