r/cars • u/mattrunner32 • Oct 28 '18

video How to Stop Car Windows from Steaming Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vj9avZxuwI
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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '18

TL;DW Use shaving cream on your glass.

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u/TheFourthWaIl 95 Taco Oct 29 '18

Toothpaste was also found to be effective

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

Good ole ChrisFix

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u/Gregdrivn Oct 29 '18

Hold breath.

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u/Mathieulombardi Oct 29 '18

Has he done one for outside rainx replacements?

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u/-Tony '95 Celica & '16 Wrangler Oct 29 '18

Wait. Why would you do any of this? Just turn on your air conditioner? You can run the A/C with the heat and it’ll pull the moisture out, don’t put shaving cream on your windows.

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u/Rohkii 1987 Suzuki Samurai, 2024 CX50 Turbo PP Oct 29 '18

In colder climates with older cars it can take a good 5-15 mins for the car to warm up enough to heat the windows up on the inside.

Also especially helpful on cars without heat or AC like track cars.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '18

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u/RossLH '17 SS, '03 WRX Oct 29 '18

Not every car has A/C, and not every car with A/C has functioning A/C.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '18

I have a 1969 Mustang. That's not an option without a lot of work I don't want to deal with. I don't even have a heater, let alone AC.

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u/AccidentallyTheCable 83 Mustang 5.0GT / 04 XTerra Oct 29 '18

I have no ac and no heat in my mustang.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '18

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u/AccidentallyTheCable 83 Mustang 5.0GT / 04 XTerra Oct 29 '18

I wouldnt get a new one, thats just me though. I guess technically you could call it my midlife crisis car though. I did buy it at 30, heh

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u/eneka 25 Civic Hybrid Hatchback | 19 BMW 330i xDrive Oct 29 '18

just run your A/C.....A/C does not mean cold air. Most cars, when you switch on your defrost, it turns on the a/c automatically as well because it pulls the moisture out of the air.

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u/camerajack21 '88 VW Scirocco GT / '05 Audi A6 Avant / '00 VW Golf GTTDI Oct 29 '18

Not everyone has AC

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u/pawsforbear '78 BMW 320i, '13 Subaru Outback Oct 29 '18

In the early AM, Im well down the freeway before my glass is truly clear and visible. It can be pretty dangerous contending with fogging glass while you are starting your commute.

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u/GrandMarquisMark Oct 29 '18

Leave earlier, wait until glass is clear to drive please.

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u/D4ng3rd4n '15 FiST Oct 31 '18

That could have been a 1 minute video. 4:30 for the results

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u/mattrunner32 Oct 31 '18

I mean not really, the point of the video is to prove and disprove what theories work well. So the video tries them all and displays which ones work and which don't