Winter blues

[chicot60]

Winter blues
Some hints that may help this winter...I have not tried them myself!


Helpful Hints For Winter

Keep your headlights clear with car wax! Just wipe ordinary car wax on your
headlights. It contains special water repellents that will prevent that
messy mixture from accumulating on your lights - lasts 6 weeks.

Squeak-proof your wipers with rubbing alcohol! Wipe the wipers with a cloth
saturated with rubbing alcohol or ammonia. This one trick can make badly
streaking & squeaking wipers change to near perfect silence & clarity.

Ice-proof your windows with vinegar! Frost on it's way? Just fill a spray
bottle with three parts vinegar to one part water & spritz it on all your
windows at night. In the morning, they'll be clear of icy mess. Vinegar
contains acetic acid, which raises the melting point of water---preventing
water from freezing!

Prevent car doors from freezing shut with cooking spray! Spritz cooking oil
on the rubber seals around car doors & rub it in with a paper towel. The
cooking spray prevents water from melting into the rubber


Fog-proof your windshield with shaving cream! Spray some shaving cream on
the inside of your windshield & wipe if off with paper towels. Shaving cream
has many of the same ingredients found in commercial defoggers.


De-ice your lock in seconds with hand sanitizer! Just put some hand
sanitizer gel on the key & the lock & the problems solved!

[satchick]

Nothing beats this stuff for door seals:

http://www.autogeek.net/1z-einszett-rubber-care-stick.html

It isn't designed to prevent freezing, but it will condition the rubber, keeping the seals flexible so that they last longer and keep road noise out. An application of 303 Aerospace Protectant or silicone spray in the fall can help prevent freezing without harming the rubber, but see below...

I don't think the rubber will properly soak up cooking spray, meaning that it'll leave a greasy residue that'll attract dirt and wipe off on your jacket. Also, anything petroleum based (including the propellant in some aerosols) is bad news for those seals too. Most manufacturers recommend using a silicone spray, but spray it onto a rag and then wipe it into the rubber seal (due to hydrocarbon based propellents in some of those aerosol cans).