There are plenty of great things about a cold, snowy winter. You could build snowmen, go sledding or just make a cup of hot chocolate and cuddle up on the couch with a loved one. Still, maybe the most irksome thing about the season is temperature-related car trouble. You wake up at the crack of dawn, cursing the world in your underwear as you climb into the cold coffin of your vehicle and try to start it to no avail.
We at Shareably have to apologize here because this story isn’t about that. Some things in life are like mousetraps or waiting for water to boil—there’s really no better system and we’re sorry though it’s good you’re learning this lesson now. Fortunately, we’ve got something almost as good.
Once you do get your car started, there’s usually the arduous process of basically laying on the subzero surface of your car to scrape the windshield.
It can take serious physical effort, in really bad weather you never get it all and you usually just rage quit and drive to work squinting and swearing. Here’s a better method that we’ll let you see for yourself below:
That’s right, there’s a way to spray your troubles away with a few simple household ingredients. Here’s what you need:
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup of water
- 2/3 isopropyl alcohol
- 1 spray bottle
Directions:
The instructions are almost too simple to list but we will anyway:
- Combine the 1/3 cup of water and the 2/3 cup of isopropyl alcohol.
- Pour your life-saving mixture into your handy spray bottle.
- Keep said spray bottle with you in the car (and/or on your person for any potential frost-related emergencies).
The best part of this whole thing is that the rubbing alcohol has a freezing point of -128° Fahrenheit. Unless you’re de-icing your space helmet’s visor on the Moon’s surface, this handy life-hack should do the trick (we’re assuming NASA has already developed an elegant solution for that situation anyway). Ah, the joys of simple chemistry.
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[Source: Ken Weathers]
