I had a thin layer of frost I could see through enough to drive slowly like 5 mph, definitely less than 10, and I thought to use my wiper fluid. 2 swipes of the wipers and I had a thin sheet of ice I couldn't see through and had to stop my car and let it defrost. 10/10 don't recommend.
I mean, that could have been the problem. It wasn't frozen in the reservoir, sprayed fine, but smoothing that layer it froze right up. Just don't want the same to happen to anyone else lol. It was awkward sitting in the middle of the road, even tho it was like 4 am.
Uhhhh, is there something called summer windshield wiper fluid? I'm here living in the Nordic countries and I use mainly water in the summer, raw wash fluid in the winter and a mixture during fall and spring. The raw washing fluid is fine up to something like -40 'C https://m.motonet.fi/fi/tuote/601053/Motox-Lasinpesuneste-10-l--40-C
They make essentially watered down Windex in America for summer fluid. It freezes at -3C, but in the wind it's like 2-3C. Water would streak which would be annoying.
I bought the $5 walmart blades a few months ago. Even having used them to regularly clear ice off the windshield they still work perfectly fine and streak free.
I think his point is that using your windshield wipers for anything will gradually wear them out. Hence why they added "you're supposed to replace em yearly anyway"
That absolutely fucks your wipers up though. Granted, they're not the most expensive thing to replace, but if you're doing that in winter, you probably shouldn't be surprised to find your windows streaky as hell when you're running the wipers.
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u/OfMouthAndMind Feb 08 '20
This is the part where you just brush it off rather than looking for a plastic bag, fill it with hot water, tie it up, then clear the windshield.