I always use warm tap water and have never cracked a screen yet.
Maris what's your beef with mowgers!! You are an angry chap aren't you lol
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I always use warm tap water and have never cracked a screen yet.
Maris what's your beef with mowgers!! You are an angry chap aren't you lol
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Originally Posted by Paul
Right, screens crack because the bit you heat expands more than the surrounding, causes pressure and it breaks under the stress, same as anything, do it with steel if you try hard enough. So, boiling water will probably do it, frozen water will not obviously, there is a temperature that will do it, depending on how cold the screen is, how hot the liquid, how fast it heats etc etc.
Basically depending on your perception of 'warm' it's risky, or not.
edit: The reason its always widely published not to use warm water is there's retards about that think if warm water does it mcdonalds/the burger van etc coffee/tea levels of heat will do it that much quicker.
Not been too cold down here it's about 5deg tonight. But have a feeling winter will be a great opportunity to test the new heated screen :D
Feeling the cold a bit more this year though as I was in Cyprus for quite a while and got used to 40+ deg in the sun. It also actually hit 47.2deg in the shade. I'll soon get used to it. I do like winter as well as summer. Summer is much nicer to work on cars and keep 'em clean but winter is nice as I like just chilling indoors and the fact that it gets dark early. Driving at night is more fun :)
Meh my windscreens already shattered anyway.
This time of year rocks, cant see why your all moaning at minus small figures..... few years ago I was working outdoors in upto minus 13 during the nights over winter. That is cold. This is just mediocre.
and day cab scanias don't have them.............Quote:
Originally Posted by stupot89
Pfffttttttttt!!..:dQuote:
Originally Posted by alex_maris
i bet your roller froze solid, or were you painting that fast that it kept warm???lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike
snow pics will be up soon as i can be bothered taking some
Never, ever had a problem with using warm water. Gave up with de-icer crap years ago. Got a scraper aswell.
As for...
The chip will be a weak point. No wonder they went.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob
I usually pee in a bottle, it's relieving and not boiling so won't crack my window lol
I usually just fill the kettle with warn water out the tap in a morning before setting off, also get the car warmed up so I'm snug, usually late for work cause my heaters a shiit lol
lollolQuote:
Originally Posted by Southie
My car gets up to temp within a 2 miles of driving, nice and got too with a new stat in!
so are you saying that you are one of those people that drives along with ice on the screen until it clears?Quote:
Originally Posted by andy_mk3
lol my old black nova used to freeze up on the inside, the amount of times I drove that with a frozen screen lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
I had to p!ss on the handles/door shuts a couple of times last year. lol
My Poundland lock defroster element thing worked great - except it's the handle itself that freezes. Apparently gun oil is required.
the other thing is.... don't use wd40 to lubricate locks... it clears the grease out & the lock then seizes
Deicer in the lock FTW lol unless you own an MR2, then you have to deicer the door seal around the glass just to get in :S
polish driver told me to put petroleum jelly on the black door rubbers... they have proper winters...
Where the **** did I mention that I did that?!Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
so you're not then, thats good.
My old Range Rover Classic has a heated front screen.
Shame the heated front seat doesn't work:roll: , but the passengers does:mad:
Need to get the chunky tyres out soon, as there's a nip in the air, the road outside my place has been gritted a couple of times already:(
bring on the dirty roads, as more work for me:dQuote:
Originally Posted by Royston
i always put warm water over my screen then turn the wipers on constant while i run the car. as long as its just warmer than the ice it will clear it
Had my first frost last night
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p.../frostymeg.jpg
now bring on the snow so I can play :)
whats the best way to warm up the handle on my garage door as that was a little cold the other day when i had to get the car out..
get an electric garage door!! dont even have to get out to open it!!!lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Ernie
If i had electric in a garage around my way there would be squatters in it by the morning lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by alex_maris
hire a squatter to open it for you?
pour warm water on it!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ernie
nah pour scalding hot water on it, wd40 it, it wont seize honest, and then axe it off. job jobbed.
jk
leave the door open
just set it on fire, warm untill its burnt to the ground, then you dont have to open it atall, win:dQuote:
Originally Posted by Rob
my nextdoor but one neighbour came round to my place in a panic... 'my engine donor is unlocked but in my locked garage & all my keys are still in it. is there any way you could break some concrete round the bottom bolt so we can lever the garage door off......'
so i strolled round with 1. paint scraper, 1 screwdriver & 2 beers....
popped the bolt over the padlock, put the scraper in on the top latch & opened the door.......he was mortified that i broke in in 2 seconds...with no signs of damage. not that i would have stolen a bodykitted calibra with the keys in it.
wear some gloves mate,or just leave the garage open lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Ernie
employ someone to open it ffsQuote:
Originally Posted by Ernie
ernie obviously doesn't employ a butler
was thinking more of a rent boy or something... not a butler
xe/let/v6? id have had it and burnt the remains/sold em to a polish guy....:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
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Originally Posted by Stuart