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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Mark on December 14, 2009, 07:49:44 AM
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I went to get a bottle of screen wash from the cupboard in the bathroom yesterday. I don't know why but I looked at the ingredients and saw that it contained anti-freeze :scared:. I normally keep the cupboard closed but willow has got in there a few times :scared: - it was winter screen wash so I'm not sure if they all contain it?
Anyway, I put the empty bottle in a public bin in the High Street.
I just wonder how many other products it is in? I know they put it in some snow globes.
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Its abig worry at this time of year :scared:
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Thanks Mark - I'll check mine.
Mary :hug:
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Hmmmmmmm, I dont remember seeing contents on mine but will look............also a winter one and keep in car
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Not 100% sure but I think its just the winter one.....Scary though! :hug:
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Most screen washes contain anti-freeze.
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I was also thinking there must be an easier way to de-ice the windscreen. I am terrified of using de-icer now so spent minutes with a scraper this morning - ditto at 1.20am when I went to pick OH up from the station.
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Cold water? I dont drive so dont have the worry yet.
My dad covers his windscreen
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I haven't tried that - I wonder if it works?
The ideal thing would be to put something on the screen to stop it happening in the first place :evillaugh:
It would probably get stolen though.
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Would they steal an old blanket or something? :Crazy:
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After a bit of googling, I found this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anti-Frost-Windscreen-Cover-Large/dp/B000WOV6LG/ref=pd_cp_lp_1 - There is also a cheaper PVC version. I will have to measure the windscreen but basically, they have a bit at each end that you shut the car doors on to
stop it getting nicked keep it in place (especially if there is a gale :scared: )
I saw some suggested newspaper or an old sheet but I have visions of them being blown away or sticking to the screen.
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Worth a go ;D
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It has to be worth a fiver to save having to stand in the freezing cold scraping ice - which at the moment is at least twice a day. Even worse when there is thick snow & ice.
Only a couple of months ago I saw something in Lidl that looked like an oven glove with a scraper attached - I thought it was ridiculous but now not so sure :shify: - anyway, prevention has to be better than cure?
Also anything that avoid having to use antifreeze has to be worth a go. Not sure about the back and side windows though :evillaugh: - We don't have a garage and a full-size cover probably isn't practical.
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Autotrader says
If you run out of de-icer spray, you can use a 50/50 solution of water and vinegar as an alternative.
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Autotrader says
If you run out of de-icer spray, you can use a 50/50 solution of water and vinegar as an alternative.
I bet Kim & Aggie say white vinegar :evillaugh: (I bet it doesn't smell either :evillaugh: )
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Would they steal an old blanket or something? :Crazy:
Yup, someone took a striped sheet off our car - it was held in by the doors, too, so they must have made some effort to get it off. I drove round the corner to find my sheet covering someone else's car. :censored: I noticed they didn't offer to scrape the ice off my car though! I don't like using the de-icer spray on the windscreen so usually try to get OH to do any scraping needed.
If I'm taking the newer car I just put the heater on and wait about 1 minute ;) But if I'm taking the other, older car I think I'll have to start it an hour before I want to drive it so it thaws out. Must remember to cover them both over this week - I'll have to see if I can find something even more tasteless than a stripey sheet to put over them.
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Just using cold water does work just fine, I do that when its really icy, as long as you get the windscreen wipers going front and back, it doesn't re-freeze.
I tried using an old bath sheet once, what a bad idea, it stuck loads of hairy micro-bits to my windscreen, which was more annoying than the ice :evillaugh:
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Found a betterware one that has suction cups - worth gambling £5 to see how long it stays put :evillaugh: http://www.betterware.co.uk/productdetails.aspx?pid=035641&cid=192&language=en-GB