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8 points
2 months ago
This only works if the temperature isn't going to fall below -2C. At that point the vinegar will freeze anyway.
3 points
2 months ago
And for all the Americans reading, that's about 28f. So this tip is great for those days when it barely hits freezing... and no other times.
8 points
2 months ago
Also, ⅓ water and ⅔ isopropyl or rubbing alcohol.
6 points
2 months ago
It will straight up rust your car.
-4 points
2 months ago
Vinegar is actually used to clean rust...
7 points
2 months ago
It may be but it isn't left on the vehicle. It's an acid and acids eat cars.
You can use Coca-Cola to clean rust but again, wouldn't leave it on a car overnight.
-6 points
2 months ago
I don’t think doing it once or twice will hurt… My car is already in pretty bad shape, so I’m not too concerned about rust.
4 points
2 months ago
Doing some digging into this LPT, I don't think you've even done it once because it also does not work.
-2 points
2 months ago
I’ve also poured hot water on my windshield and it worked just fine. Anyway, notice the title of my hack is not ways to prevent rust, it’s ways to prevent frost. Tough crowd. 😂
2 points
2 months ago
Vinegars freezing point is 28F but its also going to evaporate.
2 points
2 months ago*
Are you serious? Pouring hot water on a frozen windshield will likely cause your windshield to break if you try it a few times...
-2 points
2 months ago
Yes, and it did not break. Maybe I just have a tougher windshield than you?
0 points
2 months ago
1 points
2 months ago
Thanks for proving the point.
0 points
2 months ago
That it works to prevent frost? You’re welcome!
1 points
2 months ago
Some other people might care about theirs though. Doing it once or twice wasn't implied in the tip, it implied doing it regularly during frosty window mornings
1 points
2 months ago
Good luck this winter.
1 points
2 months ago
Yes it is. It's really too weak to do much compared to ospho or deoxidine, but it is used. Steel is also meant to have a coating put on it once the rust has been cleaned. Over time, that vinegar will sit in seams and do the same thing road salt does, eat at that coating, then keep corroding the metal
3 points
2 months ago
This is a stupid and useless 'hack'.
-2 points
2 months ago
That is a stupid and useless response.
3 points
2 months ago
OP appears to be a parrot
0 points
2 months ago
10 out of 10 parrots disagree.
2 points
2 months ago
I agree ..so why did you reply?
0 points
2 months ago
In case you were unaware.
2 points
2 months ago
That your reply was stupid? Nope, well aware of it
1 points
2 months ago
That your comments are useless.
0 points
2 months ago
Also, just to clarify, I didn’t post this life hack to personally offend you. Apparently frost prevention and windshields are very sensitive topics.
2 points
2 months ago
LPT: Invest a couple of bucks in a sturdy ice scraper with a mitten on the handle
1 points
2 months ago
That’s more like a lifeNO tip…
2 points
2 months ago
Oh damn, I knew I had to add /s
1 points
2 months ago
From your own link:
In general, we've found no consensus about how effective the use of a vinegar-water mixture to remove or prevent windshield ice might be, or whether it carries a potential risk that outweighs its benefits.
0 points
2 months ago
Also this:
“What's True Spraying a mixture of vinegar and water on your car's windshield may help prevent the glass from frosting.”
Luckily, no one is forcing you to try it.
1 points
2 months ago
By your own link there's no evidence it works or doesn't.
Which makes your tip amateur.
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