At Walmart I found a Prestone bottle (clear) called something "heat"
that you drop into a nearly-full washer fluid resevior and it's supposed
to improve the de-icing abilities of regular washer fluid, plus drop its
freezing point by 20 degrees F.
I spilled some when I opened it, it had a familiar smell to it. Checked
the label - contains isopropyl alcohol. I'll re-read the label later
today, but it seems like all it does is increase the alcohol
concentration of the fluid. If that's the case, I'll probably just use
regular rubbing alcohol next time.
Bob Tom wrote:
>
> Hi, Andy
>
> At 06:51 PM 12/14/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Yesterday (Wednesday) morning, it was a little chilly (single digits).
> >I saw something I had never seen before. When I shot my windshield with
> >washer fluid, I actually saw ice start to form from it!
> >
> >I have generic blue washer fluid, the regular cheap stuff you can get
> >anywhere. And I haven't cut it with water, it's straight from the
> >bottle. Someone makes a de-icing fluid, don't they? Thinking about
> >draining my resevior and loading up with that.
>
> I use a product called Frost Buster (good match for my Tough Nuts :-P).
> ...1 part Frost Buster with 3 parts windshield washer fluid. I don't
> know where you can get it in U.S. (Walmart?) but I get it at Canadian Tire
> up here. It comes in a spray bottle or a jug ... can also be used full
> blast.
>
> Bob
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