How would you get 1" of ice off your windshield?

[Ruptga]

To start with I beat the ice off my trunk area and got out my hatchet, then used the back of it to break the ice off the door seams and all that so I could actually get in the car, but I'm a bit hesitant to do the same with my windshield since glas doesn't flex nearly as well as steel, which is why it was so easy to de-ice the rest of the car. If all else fails I'll just leave the heater on for ten minutes and slide the hunk off, but I'd like to see if there's a better way that doesn't involve "wasting" gas.

 

[KLin]

Park in a garage.

 

[MisterJackson]

Pee on it.

 

[MrWizzard]

Bucket of HOT water........

J/K DO NOT DO THAT!


What if you covered your windshield with a sheet, or something to that effect, in the morning you just pull the cover/sheet off the car and leave it somewhere near your home to be defrosted, at night repeat?

 

[Analog]

defroster and idle.

 

[Ruptga]

As much as I'd love my own garage, I don't think the school would go for it. And I just went

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
Bucket of HOT water........

J/K DO NOT DO THAT!

Why not? I did that before and it worked. (It was a rental car :evil: )

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
Bucket of HOT water........

J/K DO NOT DO THAT!


What if you covered your windshield with a sheet, or something to that effect, in the morning you just pull she cover/sheet off the car and leave it somewhere near your home to be defrosted, at night repeat?

I'm going to cover the windshield with some cardboard or something in the future, but right now I still have an inch of ice on it.

 

[Linux23]

Break the windshield?

 

[boatillo]

Blow dryer, I'm sure you could find one that would plug into your cars cig outlet too

 

[thomsbrain]

You need an ice scraper! Though a solid inch of ice would still take a LONG time to scrape through even with the proper tool, and of course you can't go out and buy one because your car is covered in an inch of ice.

Sorry to hear about your car and everything that's going on in the Mid-West right now with the ice storms. Good luck and stay warm!

 

[Daishiki]

Blowtorch.

Would salt help at all? Excuse any ignorance that stems from having been spoiled by Southern California weather growing up.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Analog
defroster and idle.

that takes forever.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: Analog
defroster and idle.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Analog
defroster and idle.

^^^

when my car is iced bad, i start it .5 hours before i need to go and just leave the heat/defrost on high and get the car hot.

 

[Ruptga]

I actually have an ice scraper, but yeah it would take forever. I have thought of getting a little propane bottle/blowtorch, but I don't really have a way of getting one, and i'd probably screw my windshield up in some way. Then again I did just take a hatchet to my car so...

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
Bucket of HOT water........

J/K DO NOT DO THAT!


What if you covered your windshield with a sheet, or something to that effect, in the morning you just pull she cover/sheet off the car and leave it somewhere near your home to be defrosted, at night repeat?

I'm going to cover the windshield with some cardboard or something in the future, but right now I still have an inch of ice on it.

Sounds like a bad idea, as your next thread will be about how to remove a sheet of cardboard, which was first saturated with water, and then frozen solidly to your windshield. Other option: park it so that the windshield is facing the sun at the time when you're going to need to car. If there is any sunlight, it should at least warm the inside of the car and help loosen the ice.
Otherwise, defrost + time is the best option. It's not really a waste of gas if it's what is needed to get the job done.

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger
I actually have an ice scraper, but yeah it would take forever. I have thought of getting a little propane bottle/blowtorch, but I don't really have a way of getting one, and i'd probably screw my windshield up in some way. Then again I did just take a hatchet to my car so...

With a little propane torch, it'd probably take you a half hour to get all the ice off, and you'll probably wind up with stress fractures in the glass. Glass is a funny material, which I really wouldn't want to apply stress to, whether it be mechanical or thermal.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: Analog
defroster and idle.

Win!

 

[BurnItDwn]

you could spray some windshield deicer (usually some sort of alcohol based) to help melt it a bit and then use your ice scraper to get the rest off.
I've never had too much ice for the scraper to handle, worst I've had to deal with is probably about 1/2 of an inch on the windshield.

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
Bucket of HOT water........

J/K DO NOT DO THAT!


What if you covered your windshield with a sheet, or something to that effect, in the morning you just pull she cover/sheet off the car and leave it somewhere near your home to be defrosted, at night repeat?

I'm going to cover the windshield with some cardboard or something in the future, but right now I still have an inch of ice on it.

Sounds like a bad idea, as your next thread will be about how to remove a sheet of cardboard, which was first saturated with water, and then frozen solidly to your windshield. Other option: park it so that the windshield is facing the sun at the time when you're going to need to car. If there is any sunlight, it should at least warm the inside of the car and help loosen the ice.
Otherwise, defrost + time is the best option. It's not really a waste of gas if it's what is needed to get the job done.

:laugh: yeah I'd thought of the cardboard freezing to the windshield, which is why I didn't have a piece on there in the first place. But, I'll see if I can find some that's waxy on both sides, it will still help when we get real snow instead of this freezing rain business.

I actually do have it parked in a "sunny" spot for that reason, unfortunately we haven't seen the sun all week.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger
I actually have an ice scraper, but yeah it would take forever. I have thought of getting a little propane bottle/blowtorch, but I don't really have a way of getting one, and i'd probably screw my windshield up in some way. Then again I did just take a hatchet to my car so...

start it, turn on the defroster, and let it run for an hour to heat up. That is about all you can do. Everything else risks damaging the vehicle in some way.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

turn on your rear defroster, and drvie backwards! problem solved.

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
turn on your rear defroster, and drvie backwards! problem solved.

Great idea, except all my windows are iced, it's just the windshield I'm most concerned about

 

[SparkyJJO]

extension cord + hairdryer.... and a lot of time.

 

[dethman]

move to someplace sunny where you don't have to deal with that shit.