The low temperatures make a thin layer of ice on the car’s glass. A bad technique when removing the frost can produce that the glass of the vehicle breaks.
The polar wave that affects much of the country has caused extremely low temperaturesgenerating various daily complications. One of them is the frost formation on the windshields of the cars, a frequent phenomenon in the early hours of the day that hinders visibility when driving and represents a risk for road safety.
Given this situation, many drivers wonder how to correctly remove the ice layer that is formed on the glass. There are several homemade tricks that can be of great help, such as using a mixture of water and alcohol or simply using a plastic card to carefully scrape the surface. These techniques allow freeing the windshield and safely, facilitating driving in winter conditions.
In addition to the solutions at the time of freezing, it is also possible to take precautions on the days before the low temperatures. For example, covering the windshield with a blanket or cardboard during the night can prevent the ice from adhering directly to the glass. These preventive measures help save time in the morning and protect the vehicle from possible damage.
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However, it is important to take into account which practices should be avoided. Using hot water on frozen windshield, for example, can cause a thermal shock and cause the glass to crack. It is also advisable to act the windshield wiper with accumulated frost, since this can damage the brushes. Therefore, it is essential to act carefully and be well informed to face the cold safely.
How to get the fencer from the windshield
- Start the engine, connect heating with the fan to the maximum and direct the flow of the air to the windshield. You should never wait for the engine to acquire temperature before lighting the heating since the sudden temperature change can crack the glass.
- Sprinkle the windshield with alcohol: Alcohol has a freezing point lower than water. It is a good solution for not very thick ice layers such as frost. However, specialists recommend not filling the windshield tank with alcohol, because it can spoil it.
- Scratch the ice attached to the glass: The ideal is to do it with a plastic flush ”, but in case of not having one, the box of a CD or any plastic card or card can be used. On the contrary, metallic instruments or materials that can damage the glass should not be used.
- Act the windshield wiper: Using the windshield wiper and liquid dosing can leave the moon perfectly clean after eliminating the ice and having taken off the brushes of the glass, but to do this there must always be an antifreeze product in the liquid tank.
- Also remove the ice from the headlights: In cars with halogen headlights, it should be enough to turn on the lights for a while. In the case of “modern lighting technologies or halogens, with a design that separates the parable of the protective glass,” it is necessary to remove the ice by hand.
- Use antifreeze fluid: This solution is the most expensive of all, but filling the water tank in the wiper with a product of these characteristics can prevent it from freezing.
What things not to do to remove the feast from the windshield
- Act the windshield wiper and throw water: “Water will worsen the situation.” It happens that in some cases the brushes of the windshield wiper are attached to the ice, so you could spoil them, as well as the windshield wiper engine.
- Pour hot water: The abrupt change of temperature could break the glass. On the other hand, it is recommended clean them with natural water.
- Take salt: This component can avoid freezing, but don’t defrost it; In addition, you can damage the glass and the sheet.
Source: Ambito
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