

| Subject: | Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution? |
| From: | ANTONY MARSH |
| Date: | Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:08:27 -0500 |
Easy Solution; Move to Florida. Sorry Peter Marsh Naples FL On Feb 10, 2014, at 9:56 AM, Steven Shelton <shelton4@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Actually, Jeff, here in metro Atlanta, it is ILLEGAL to sell windshield > wiper fluid that goes below +20 degrees Fahrenheit. It's against the air > quality rules. > > > On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com >> wrote: > >> The answer, then, is to use cheap vodka. Problem solved. QED. >> >> Now the only remaining question is whether ethyl alcohol will damage >> paint or rubber and plastic bits downstream on the vehicle. If not, then >> I believe I have a solution. In a manner of speaking. >> >> -- >> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott >> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, >> Bend, Ore. >> >> On 02/09/2014 03:19 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote: >> >>> ---- Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Rocket J, >>>> >>>> Listen to your ice scraper. Go back to the warm indoors and apply the >>>> alcohol based fluids in Erienmeyer or other flasks directly to your >>>> digestive tract. Soon the urge to travel will diminish. >>>> >>>> >>> Just for safety, keep in mind that most deicing fluids used for >>> automobiles are isopropyl, not ethyl alcohol. Recipes for homemade that I >>> have seen call for that, also. :-) . >>> >>> >>>> Angus >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 9, 2014, at 10:56 AM, Rocket J Squirrel < >>>> camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>>> >>>> When ice forms overnight on my windshield, it's sometimes as hard and >>>>> slick as glass. My handy-dandy ice scraper just slides over it. I get >>>>> good results using the aerosol can of de-icing solution, but I wonder if >>>>> I could save some money by mixing my own (Erlenmeyer flasks, dry ice >>>>> bubbling in beakers of colored water) and keeping it in a Windex-type >>>>> spray bottle? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott >>>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, >>>>> Bend, Ore. >>>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> David McNeely >>> >>>
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