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| How to defrost your windscreen very, very quickly | How to defrost your windscreen very, very quickly |
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| With temperatures re expected to plummet as low as -15°C in parts of the UK over the coming days, and several inches of snowfall suggested, here's some useful knowledge about how to defrost a car's windscreen quickly. | |
| Promising a "better way" to defrost a windscreen than using an ice scraper or a defroster, meteorologist Ken Weathers suggests a simple solution of rubbing alcohol and water from a spray bottle. | Promising a "better way" to defrost a windscreen than using an ice scraper or a defroster, meteorologist Ken Weathers suggests a simple solution of rubbing alcohol and water from a spray bottle. |
| Mr Weathers says he mixes 1/3 of a cup of water with 2/3 of a cup rubbing alcohol to produce the defrosting spray. | Mr Weathers says he mixes 1/3 of a cup of water with 2/3 of a cup rubbing alcohol to produce the defrosting spray. |
| He says it works because rubbing alcohol has a freezing point of -128°C. | He says it works because rubbing alcohol has a freezing point of -128°C. |
| The Met Office is urging people to prepare for "very difficult travelling conditions" over the next few days, with possible disruption to public transport and power supplies. | The Met Office is urging people to prepare for "very difficult travelling conditions" over the next few days, with possible disruption to public transport and power supplies. |