Best ice scraper?
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MissChief

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7,997 posts

198 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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My old expired credit card isn't cutting it anymore and I've always found the spray de-icer to be st so what's the best manual scraper? Any recommendations?

joebongo

1,517 posts

205 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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Cassette box front I always doing to be best.

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

285 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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Never considered an 'ice scraper'. Works well enough over here, and we get the occasional snowfall.




RWD cossie wil

4,382 posts

203 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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Warm water, clears the lot in seconds.

Dan_1981

18,105 posts

229 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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RWD cossie wil said:
Warm water, clears the lot in seconds.
OOOOOOOOHHHH MMYYYYYYY GOOOOODDDDDDDDDD

YOU'LL MAKE YOUR WINDSCREEN SHATTER INTO ONE BAZILLION PIECES.

r1ch

2,956 posts

226 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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I had nothing to hand this morning. Found an old ice cube tray randomly in my boot. Seemed to work well.

Eighteeteewhy

7,259 posts

198 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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Dan_1981 said:
RWD cossie wil said:
Warm water, clears the lot in seconds.
OOOOOOOOHHHH MMYYYYYYY GOOOOODDDDDDDDDD

YOU'LL MAKE YOUR WINDSCREEN SHATTER INTO ONE BAZILLION PIECES

Explode...it will actually EXPLODE!!

blank

3,765 posts

218 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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RWD cossie wil said:
Warm water, clears the lot in seconds.
This is my preferred method, 1.5 or 2 litre bottle with warm tap water. Job done.

ImpossiblyDaft

399 posts

211 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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The spine of a Haynes Manual.
OK, I only noticed it by chance this morning, but it works quite well and its wider than most suggestions.

CraigyMc

18,369 posts

266 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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This one:

Rawwr

22,722 posts

264 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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Can't beat it.


aka_kerrly

12,506 posts

240 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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Mr Wolf

252 posts

167 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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TheHeretic said:
Never considered an 'ice scraper'. Works well enough over here, and we get the occasional snowfall.

I've got one of these from Tesco - bang on!


Tunku

7,703 posts

258 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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Pee does it, but a two litre bottle of warm (room temperature) water tends to do the trick too.

Personally, I just get in the car, set everything to max as per the car manual, which includes putting the air con on full which is the default setting in my car. Five minutes later I am completely ice free on all windows, which is no mean feat on a Volvo Estate. If you have a problem defrosting leave the house 2 minutes earlier you tt.

Dave Hedgehog

16,353 posts

234 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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Mr Wolf said:
TheHeretic said:
Never considered an 'ice scraper'. Works well enough over here, and we get the occasional snowfall.

I've got one of these from Tesco - bang on!
just ordered 2 from ebay for a quid each, handle stays warm which is nice

NSFW

1,902 posts

220 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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I have a BMW one that works a treat from an old car I had, can also be found on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-BMW-Windscreen-W...

Only slight problem is the alloy shaft (stop sniggering at the back) gets pretty cold!

Blib

48,157 posts

227 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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A plastic windscreen cover from the local 99p shop does the trick for me. Whip it off and away!

rallycross

13,757 posts

267 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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The best answer is warm water.
Even cold water works better than a scraper.

Scapers and old credit cards/cd covers/bits of plastic are for mongs who cant think of a better solution to a very simple problem.


TheHeretic

73,668 posts

285 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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rallycross said:
The best answer is warm water.
Even cold water works better than a scrapper.

Scapers and old credit cards/cd covers/bits of plastic are for mongs who cant think of a better solution to a very simple problem.
Tell you what. When you get a foot of snow on your car, I'm sure your cup of cold water will do swimmingly. I use one of these for a reason.



Mongs indeed.

jet_noise

6,099 posts

212 months

Friday 30th November 2012
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Dear mc,

me & Mrs Noise have double ended scrapers (oo, er, nooo [/Frankie Howerd]) in a sort of flattened U shape.
Best we've had - scrapes both going and, er, coming and you can press harder too.

I've searched t'internet images and was disappointed - neither dodgy pictures nor of any scraper.
Maybe it was last years thing?

regards,
Jet