Just stocking up for the winter mornings and saw this.
Anybody tried it??? Did I waste my money???
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Saw what?
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Tried it a couple of years ago - did not work for me!
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Sorry, thought that would be enough info...
Spray in on the "Night Before". Apparently prevents ice from forming or sticking to glass so you can clear your icy screen with windscreen wipers.
Spiel gives some defence sector use as history of this product - not too sure if I believe that though!!
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tinyurl.com/2koqhx {Your link to Halfords website has been tinyurl'd using the link in the sticky at the top of the page - DD}
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 13/11/2007 at 13:55
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Tried it once, but it rained before it froze! - waste of "hard-Earned" imo.
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Can you get it on the nhs like the morning after the night before pill then?
ps stick an old blanket on the screen,much more effective if it doesnt rain
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Yes, I have used it for a couple of winters. What usually happens is that a frost is predicted, I put it on, and the frost doesn't happen...but I don't think this the product concept!
I have found that, on the occasions when frost does indeed happen, it makes the ice softer and easier to remove - if applied conscienciously, you can remove the frost with the rubber rather than plastic blade of the scraper. I'm not sure I'll buy any more when I've used my current stock of one and a half bottles, but it does have it's place. I might be more inclined to buy a cheap car-top cover instead, they have some on offer in Lidl this week.
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Propylene glycol. ..........................with a left hand thread?
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Waste of time and money. And is your paintwork guaranteed solvent proof?
Prefer to use a bottle of hot tap water.
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Prefer to use a bottle of hot tap water.
Prefer to use electric windscreen.
I know, smart alec.
Edited by Pugugly {P} on 13/11/2007 at 18:23
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A ribbed-fabric rubber-backed doormat works a treat.
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It leaves a horrid sticky film on the glass if there's no frost.
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Used it a few times when it first came out. Apart from being wasted by washing off or whatever it also left a nasty smear, particularly on the side windows.
Prefer warm water these days, melts the ice and clears the condensation inside the car.
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I tried it but found that I needed to spray a LOT on. Even then it didn't stop the screen freezing over. Waste of money for me.
I used to use the de-icer in an aerosol can, but moved on to a simple ice scraper. I think they get blunt after a while but you can always keep one in the car.
If you put rain-x on the side windows it makes scraping very easy. I never tried rain-x on the front window due to reading about smearing.
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Next time you change your shower curtain, keep it in the garage for covering your windscreen - it works a treat!
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2005 Skoda Fabia vrS
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Down here in the countryside we use old animal feed bags. A poly feed bag slit down its two long sides is long enough to tuck into the doors either side of the windscreen.
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Next time you change your shower curtain keep it in the garage for covering your windscreen -
Alternately just put the car in the garage instead of the shower curtain ;o)
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Don't have a garage, but if I did I would keep the car in there... (ha ha ha...)
Well, bought it now so will use it up and put up with sticky smeary icy windscreen and damaged paint its until its all gone.
Sometimes tempted to get a block heater fitted to the engine. Would solve all the problems..
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Don't know how secure your driveway is, but an extension lead, timer plug and a fan heater could be another solution. No ice and a warm interior....
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Had thought about that too...
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i use a humphrey davy safety lamp on low in the boot, no car fires to date!!
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I read somwhere the army used this night before spray on the chopper blades to prevent them from freezing over.
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Its not what you drive, its how you drive it! :-)
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More likely that the blades were bagged overnight. In N Norway we removed the oil and fuel from the helicopters as the fuel went to jelly and the oil became so viscous it would not flow round the engine after start-up. Both were kept in heated tanks until needed. The temp was -20C down to -45C...
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