How to defrost your windscreen very, very quickly
Superbly-named meteorologist Ken Weathers suggests a simple solution of rubbing alcohol and water from a spray bottle
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With between 10 and 20cm of snow forecast in northern parts of the UK over the coming days, here’s some useful information about how to defrost a car’s windscreen quickly.
Promising a “better way” to defrost a windscreen than using an ice scraper or a defroster, meteorologist Ken Weathers suggests a simple solution of rubbing alcohol and water from a spray bottle.
Mr Weathers says he mixes 1/3 of a cup of water with 2/3 of a cup rubbing alcohol to produce the defrosting spray.
He says it works because rubbing alcohol has a freezing point of -128°C.
The Met Office is urging people to prepare for “very difficult travelling conditions” over the next few days, with possible disruption to public transport and power supplies.
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