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Offline Dan_FR

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Re: Your de-icer of choice
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2016, 02:36:28 pm »
Scraper for me, bought one with a mitt attached. Only takes a minute or two to get the worst of it off. My Methanol mix in the windscreen washer bottle clears the rest of it  :signLOL:
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Re: Your de-icer of choice
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2016, 06:14:08 pm »
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Re: Your de-icer of choice
« Reply #17 on: December 05, 2016, 09:49:22 am »
Cold tap water. Two litres is enough to do the windscreen twice and the front windows. I've long avoided scrapers and de-icers due to risk of damage to LSP/paintwork/glass.
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Re: Your de-icer of choice
« Reply #18 on: December 05, 2016, 10:07:17 am »
Heater on full blast and cold tap water for me.
I usually keep some in the car but sometimes it freezes overnight lol

I think  remote start would be ideal this time of the year
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Re: Your de-icer of choice
« Reply #19 on: December 10, 2016, 07:42:11 pm »
just scrape them but if i need to use anything i would only use this stuff dont remove wax off cars or ruin the window rubbers

https://www.autoglym.com/de-icer
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Re: Your de-icer of choice
« Reply #20 on: December 10, 2016, 08:59:03 pm »
never use it--only like warm water or sit in the car with the heater on
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Re: Your de-icer of choice
« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2016, 01:03:23 am »
Rain-X on side and rear windows, windscreen cover on the front. VW screen wash diluted 50% makes excellent deicer.  :happy2:
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Re: Your de-icer of choice
« Reply #22 on: January 24, 2017, 07:50:25 am »
just to update this thread.

I forked out for an Swedish Ice Scraper after reading many positive reviews. What a fantastic piece of kit! Clears the windows in no time!
I got mine from Amazon for £13 (out of stock on ebay at the time.)

Back in stock on ebay for £12 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360813827061

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Re: Your de-icer of choice
« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2017, 08:27:05 am »
I just press the heated windscreen button in my Transit Sport then 60 seconds later I drive off!!  :P
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Re: Your de-icer of choice
« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2017, 09:56:38 am »
i use a windshield cover on mine.

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-accessories/car-covers-tarpaulins/halfords-all-weather-windscreen-shield

no scraping or messing with water at all. just take it off and away i go.
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Re: Your de-icer of choice
« Reply #25 on: March 08, 2017, 07:18:26 pm »
I bought the spray in a can, waste of time, it turndd the hard ice ibto a semi slush with hard uneven ice undsrneath, just got de icer spray when trying to shift the hard under ice so to speak..

Just use a good scraper now in a wRm mitt, job done
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