Windscreen scraper

[Humpy D]

Can anyone recommend a decent scraper?

Bought a new one yesterday from a well known store (rhymes with Bilkinsons!) and it is rubbish! So that's £1.97 wasted.

[HellDiver]

CD case.

[deadmau5]

I got a £1.50 one from Tesco, it's pretty bulky and it even has a comfy padded handle!

[vxrandy]

Debit cards are the best and always to hand.

[oobster]

Kettle full of water from the hot tap over the windows. Much easier than this scraper nonsense.

[firman]

vxrandy said:

Debit cards are the best and always to hand.

Another vote for this. Or sit in the car with the heaters on and wait for 5 mins

[thinfourth2]

HellDiver said:

CD case.

The CD is better as you can bend it if you hold it right to follow the window curve

Cost range from a few pence to a CDR to over a tenner for a jedward CD


I'd buy the jedwad one it will be more statisfying

[pilchardthecat]

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[Liquid Knight]

Deoderant and a lighter works really well.

[pilchardthecat]

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[Piersman2]

I find just sitting in the car and waiting 1 minute works for me everytime.

Don't even have to press the button becuase the car turns on the windscreen defrost itself when the temp is below 3 degress or so.

smug

[retrobob]

http://www.claims.co.uk/stay-safe/free-ice-scraper...

[oobster]

retrobob said:

http://www.claims.co.uk/stay-safe/free-ice-scraper...

Thanks for the link to the free icescraper offer that ended yesterday Bob!

[rallycross]

Message to everyone


Just use a bottle of warm tap water, not hot water, just luke-warm water.

It takes 30 seconds to do all the windows on a car. No scraping required just pour the water.

I have been defrosting screens using this method for 20 yrs and have never had any problems.

If its really cold like minus 10 deg' you might need two bottles as it will freeze over again if you are not moving.

[Larry Dickman]

oobster said:

retrobob said:

http://www.claims.co.uk/stay-safe/free-ice-scraper...

Thanks for the link to the free icescraper offer that ended yesterday Bob!

[Larry Dickman]

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[anonymous-user]

Heated front + rear screens, heated mirrors, can of de-icer and cheapo scraper.

Turn all the gizmos on, spray the side windows and scrape them, by this time most of the ice on the front + rear will have melted, simply brush it off with scraper. Total time = about 2-3 mins.

I've seen the future

[dylan0451]

use my 'in event of hostage situation detrimental to the company call this number' card. has/had a sharper edge than a credit card and i'm unlikely to get kidnapped.

i've started turning the car over then having breakfast/brushing teeth. this is by far the most labour saving way of doing it

as long as your car doesn't get nicked..

[RenesisEvo]

How about a pre-emptive strike - I use a silvery windscreen cover, tenner from Halfords last winter. Takes one minute to fit at night, and about 10 seconds to remove in the morning, et voila - a clear, frost-free screen. No need to waste diesel/CO2 on running the engine, no de-icer on the paintwork, no scraping away wondering if I'm removing the coating of Rain-X.

Of course, the next step is a (heated) garage... but significantly more expenditure is required.

[dylan0451]

that's not a half bad idea, though you need to scrape the side windows. still saves time i guess, as long as it doesn't give some little scrote the idea to break your windscreen wipers off