Salt not: vinegar!
by Charlie Peverett in Your car on 21.12.07
The last few weeks have really given us the opportunity to test out our car deicing techniques.
One that we neglected to mention was this one, courtesy of Autotrader. It’s billed as stop-gap if you run out of ‘proper’ deicer.
Mix up a 50/50 solution of household vinegar and water, place in a old plastic bottle with a hole cut in its lid and squeeze liberally across your car windows. Then simply scrape off the resulting sludge with an ice scraper or (not-to-be-used-again-for transactional-purposes) credit card.
Having tried brown malt vinegar over the last couple of weeks, we have to say it does leave the glass shiny, albeit with the odd whiff reminiscent of fish and chips.
Though definitely no need to add salt.
For more hints and tips for coping with the cold, see Living’s advice on winter driving.
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