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
>