Misc Winter tips - try at your own risk!

Norman Einstein · 01-08-2010, 08:35 PM

Here are some helpful hints that could make your winters easier to deal with ...

Keep your headlights clear with car wax! Just wipe ordinary car wax on your headlights. It contains special water repellents that will prevent that messy mixture from accumulating on your lights - lasts 6 weeks.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Squeak-proof your wipers with rubbing alcohol! Wipe the wipers with a cloth saturated with rubbing alcohol or ammonia. This one trick can make badly streaking & squeaking wipers change to near perfect silence & clarity.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Ice-proof your windows with vinegar! Frost on its way? Just fill a spray bottle with three parts vinegar to one part water & spritz it on all your windows at night. In the morning, they’ll be clear of icy mess. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which raises the melting point of water---preventing water from freezing!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Prevent car doors from freezing shut with cooking spray! Spritz cooking oil on the rubber seals around car doors & rub it in with a paper towel. The cooking spray prevents water from melting into the rubber.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Fog-proof your windshield with shaving cream! Spray some shaving cream on the inside of your windshield & wipe if off with paper towels. Shaving cream has many of the same ingredients found in commercial defoggers.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

De-ice your lock in seconds with hand sanitizer! Just put some hand sanitizer gel on the key & the lock & the problems solved!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

I haven't tried a single one of them, doubt that I will but thought them interesting enough to post for anyone that might need some of the solutions to cold weather.

**Skip Towne** · 01-08-2010, 08:49 PM

Thanks for the tips.

**Bane** · 01-08-2010, 08:51 PM

I use the shaving cream one on the boat sometimes.We don't have any defroster or anything to keep the windows clear,so we do this a lot.

-King- · 01-08-2010, 08:53 PM

I know for sure the shaving cream one works. I do that to the bathroom mirrors so they don't fog up when someone is showering.
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**Buehler445** · 01-08-2010, 09:23 PM

Expensive windshield wipers come with rubbing alcohol.

**Lumpy** · 01-08-2010, 11:27 PM

"Ice-proof your windows with vinegar!" I just got a visual of a blond outside spraying down her windshield w/ a douchebottle.

Norman Einstein · 01-09-2010, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lumpy

"Ice-proof your windows with vinegar!" I just got a visual of a blond outside spraying down her windshield w/ a douchebottle.

I think I know that blonde!

**bevischief** · 01-09-2010, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lumpy

"Ice-proof your windows with vinegar!" I just got a visual of a blond outside spraying down her windshield w/ a douchebottle.

Over-Head · 01-09-2010, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bane_58

I use the shaving cream one on the boat sometimes.We don't have any defroster or anything to keep the windows clear,so we do this a lot.

Dude
http://www.rainx.com/products/Windsh.../Anti-Fog.aspx

13 years and 1.7 MILLION highway miles taught me, never leave home without Rain-X

Norman Einstein · 01-09-2010, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Over-Head

Dude
http://www.rainx.com/products/Windsh.../Anti-Fog.aspx

13 years and 1.7 MILLION highway miles taught me, never leave home without Rain-X

Doesn't rain-x have fumes if you use it inside your car?

Edit:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...ti-fog&spell=1

I guess not.

Frankie · 01-09-2010, 07:06 PM

I have to up this thread so I can come back after the Philly/Dallas game and read it.

**Easy 6** · 01-09-2010, 07:28 PM

Let your vehicle warm up in neutral, it gets the transmission lubed & ready, not just the engine.

Wyndex · 01-09-2010, 07:37 PM

i use the prestone deicer stuff you put in your windshield cleaner reservoir

i have a spray bottle that i fill up and spray my door, key locks, wipers and windshield before placing my handmand windshield cover on it.

the main ingredient in 90% of deicer's is alcohol

Wyndex · 01-09-2010, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scott free

Let your vehicle warm up in neutral, it gets the transmission lubed & ready, not just the engine.

for real? i'll have to start doing that. typically i let my car warm up for about 10 minutes and i cruise for the first couple of miles, by time i get to the highway my engine temp is up to 150 F so I feel comfortable driving then, usual engine temp under driving conditions is 180 F

**Easy 6** · 01-09-2010, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wyndex

for real? i'll have to start doing that. typically i let my car warm up for about 10 minutes and i cruise for the first couple of miles, by time i get to the highway my engine temp is up to 150 F so I feel comfortable driving then, usual engine temp under driving conditions is 180 F

They used to preach it to us when i was stationed in Alaska

01-08-2010, 08:35 PM
Norman Einstein MVP Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Casino cash: $10004900	Winter tips - try at your own risk! Here are some helpful hints that could make your winters easier to deal with ... Keep your headlights clear with car wax! Just wipe ordinary car wax on your headlights. It contains special water repellents that will prevent that messy mixture from accumulating on your lights - lasts 6 weeks. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Squeak-proof your wipers with rubbing alcohol! Wipe the wipers with a cloth saturated with rubbing alcohol or ammonia. This one trick can make badly streaking & squeaking wipers change to near perfect silence & clarity. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Ice-proof your windows with vinegar! Frost on its way? Just fill a spray bottle with three parts vinegar to one part water & spritz it on all your windows at night. In the morning, they’ll be clear of icy mess. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which raises the melting point of water---preventing water from freezing! http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Prevent car doors from freezing shut with cooking spray! Spritz cooking oil on the rubber seals around car doors & rub it in with a paper towel. The cooking spray prevents water from melting into the rubber. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Fog-proof your windshield with shaving cream! Spray some shaving cream on the inside of your windshield & wipe if off with paper towels. Shaving cream has many of the same ingredients found in commercial defoggers. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi= De-ice your lock in seconds with hand sanitizer! Just put some hand sanitizer gel on the key & the lock & the problems solved! http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi= I haven't tried a single one of them, doubt that I will but thought them interesting enough to post for anyone that might need some of the solutions to cold weather.
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