Credit cards and kitchen utensils may seem ingenious when faced with icy car windows, but when it comes to de-icing your car’s frozen windows, having the correct equipment can help you to avoid hefty repair bills and car insurance claims.
One popular belief is also one of the costliest mistakes - pouring hot water onto the windows to dissolve ice. The drastic change in temperature can cause the windshield to crack.
And many motorists jump into their cars and switch on their heaters full blast, creating the same problems as pouring hot water on to the windshield.
So what should you do to properly de-ice your car?
Some recommended options are:
• Run your car for ten minutes to warm up before turning on the heater.
• Make the de-icing process easier by coating your windows with a lightly oily spray. In the case of windshields, one of the handiest and most economic de-icing solutions is Rain-X. This will not prevent ice from forming on the windshield, but it will make ice removal a quick and easy process because it doesn’t allow the ice to directly bond to the glass.
• Use a de-icer spray. It makes ice on windows, doors, handles, and locks instantly disappear. And it doesn’t hurt the surfaces underneath (paint, wax, etc.)
• Use an ice scraper. Ice scrapers allow you to safely remove ice without scratching the windows – or breaking your credit card.
• Run your car for ten minutes to warm up before turning on the heater.
• Make the de-icing process easier by coating your windows with a lightly oily spray. In the case of windshields, one of the handiest and most economic de-icing solutions is Rain-X. This will not prevent ice from forming on the windshield, but it will make ice removal a quick and easy process because it doesn’t allow the ice to directly bond to the glass.
• Use a de-icer spray. It makes ice on windows, doors, handles, and locks instantly disappear. And it doesn’t hurt the surfaces underneath (paint, wax, etc.)
• Use an ice scraper. Ice scrapers allow you to safely remove ice without scratching the windows – or breaking your credit card.
