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Date:         Sun, 9 Feb 2014 18:29:53 -0500
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <52F7CF46.7090400@gmail.com>
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Sure and the money saved can be used for the gasket replacement and paint job. A scraper with a metal edge will help a lot with the tough stuff. They also make window washer with a de-icer that also helps. When I snow the freezing rain is in the way I park with the wipers lifted and let the engine warm up enough for the defroster to start warming the glass. A little bit of heat will get the ice free at the bottom of the windshield. Rain-X also helps to keep the ice from sticking. After the window is clear and you are driving resist the temptation to keep using the defroster to keep the windshield warm. After you park that warm glass will just make sure the snow and sleet will melt just enough to become one with the glass again. A cold windshield will let some of the stuff just fall off.

Dennis

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel Sent: Sunday, February 9, 2014 1:56 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: DIY windshield de-icing solution?

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.


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