Great idea. Does it have negative effects on car paint or the rubber seals on the car?

I also put it in my windshied washer tank. That way, it is applied while driving.

Thank you Wanda! Such a useful tip! A friend, once, had told me to put workable mixed with 30% water in bird bath as it keeps it for not freezing!

Will it do any harm to our soft top jeep if a little spray gets on the soft top?

What hint do you have to keep fog off inside of your windshield if the defroster isn't working properly? Thank you very much.

99% Rubbing alcohol + 1/3 water

I am looking forward to trying this tomorrow. Thank you for the tip!

i have been using alcohol for years, not only on the windows, but also spray your key and keyhole if it ices up.

Thank you for the info. I’m going to buy a spray bottle and make some. It would make nice gifts for neighbors and friends.

I was going to say: "You want us to buy A product?" This DIY Alcohol trick works wonders

White vinegar and h2o.

Impressive conversion! I have never seen a Van with a fireplace and twinkle lights! Eye candy!

What about snow. ?

A spray bottle of alcohol is a great idea for several uses, including defrosting windows/windscreens and that pesky frozen-closed car door! I pulled the plastic handle off of my truck last Winter trying to open the door after a cold night preceded by rain <wet>, which basically glued the rubber seals to the jambs! It took 20 minutes with a hair dryer to warm it enough to let it open. I'm thinking that spraying alcohol all around the edges may melt the ice quicker than that. Thanks for the idea. DD

I use a shower curtain held in place by magnets 🧲 out here in the P.N.W. thx

Will alcohol degrade rubber?

Thanks for sharing 🙏

Not bad ⚡️

I keep a spray bottle of it in my car too and I also use it to sanitize my hands if I am going to eat in the car and use it as a hand sanitizer. I find that you need to periodically check it because the alcohol breaks down the rubber seals in the bottle sprayer and you might leak out and stain the finish inside your car. And don’t apply it to the dashboard like I did because it stains it badly and it’s bad for vinyl surfaces. Certain rubbers that are in wipers are affected by alcohol too, so be a little careful applying it near the wipers.

Where I grew up not as cold as parts of USA and Canada. Every one put a potato bag over their windscreen if vehicle was outside at night. Worked well. The bag was hemp bag. Yes hemp, it was used for many things years ago. Hemp ropes were used by truck drivers. Very strong and lasted for years.

I’m searching for a video you may have done on that beautiful “fireplace” stove you have in some of your backgrounds.

❤. Dog companions are the best.

Here in Portland Oregon we’re getting frost on the windows. I’m going to try this. 😊

Thanks. I have a transit connect that I take camping. I appreciate your ideas on sleeping and I have a big dog too. She’s lab/pittie, only 50 pounds, but very strong. 👍

I knew it was an alcohol. I use methanol, which is already the active ingredient in windshield washer fluid. Now it doesnt make sense that any alcohol will work past the moment you use it, because it evaporates without a trace, so I don't buy the claim that it keeps working.

Put an old blanket over the windshield before u go to bed at night. No frost.

By diluting the 100% with 30% water, are you not creating a 70% solution? Seems one could buy 70% to begin with, which is generally, less costly than 100%. By the way, before seeing this video, I tried spraying with 50% strength, and you’re right. It’s far less effective - takes much more scraping.

Wow. Thank you!

Brilliant!

Thank you 😊

I just park my vehicle in the garage!!

Thanks I will give it a try. Heavy warnings not to use higher than 70 for cuts and wounds. Do u have any experience otherwise? Thanks

Thank you for the tip to remove ice/frost off my car windows. Your advice for also using it for cuts and scrapes is not so good. Obviously you haven’t ever applied alcohol to an open wound and experienced the painful experience. Keep the alcohol for the frosty glass.

I bought a really cheap screen cover in Poundland, works a treat and no fear of alcohol stripping paint if spilt. Thanks for tip though handy if I forget the cover and there is always some vodka in the house 😂.

thanks .. will try it

Good advice. You just have to watch out because it's very flammable and if you use Rain-X it will wash it right off

I push the remote starter button from my livingroom and when I get into my car the windows are thawed and the interior is heated.

I just lay old towels over my front and back windshields at night and pull them off in the morning. Voila, no frost.

Just get a windshield protector they have alot of good ones at canadian tire

Great idea, just wondering what would happen if I de ice then a light snow comes in and I have to use the wipers , would that remove it all from the windshield ? thanks....

I use 99 0/0 isopropyl as a step waxxing new bi-cycle chains after soaking them in varsol to get them completely clean for the wax bath. Good stuff. Trucking tip. RAIN-X properly applied first to all the glass. Original formula. Not the 2 in 1 formulation. Huge benefits! Routinely clean your wiper blades. That's where the grit on the windshield settles scraping it off. Use de-natured alcohol ideally on the wiper blades (not isopropyl*). Should get about 8wks out of a coating. Methyl Hydrate. Sold in Canada @ Canadian Tire in jugs in 2 strengths as well. Go for the high concentrate. Cap full in your wiper fluid reservoir (full) helps to keep your windshield and wipers from icing up in nasty winter weather. Also helps to dissolve bug guts including the VW sized buggers that mate in middair in Wisconsin in swarms that splat like paintballs. Better effect spritzing it without the wipers for a few seconds to let it dissolve the protein if your vehicle has the option. Used in trucking to dissolve ice in trailer air brake lines caused by dumbFs who don't drain the air tanks daily relying on the air dryer... It won't harm rubber. *Methyl can and does harm neoprene though including the seals often used now in trailer brake systems. Same effect isopropyl has using it on wiper blades to clean them. But it's still used in trailer brake lines because it works. Wipers are either rubber or synthetic now. I like Bosch Icons (synthetic). 👍👍 If the flapper in your spray bottle is neoprene? Methyl will eventually break it down. But it's probably rubber. And iso will eventually break down the rubber flapper anyway.

Awesome Thank you ❤

Thank you!

I wonder if I’ll never have to shovel my sidewalks again?

Straight rubbing alcohol is the same. Been using for the last 10 years.

Even easier, cardboard! At night wake up ,remove and no problem! I use a large box broken down flat😅

Thank you very much for the reminder. We knew this trick but forgot about it. And thanks to @JonTanOsb for the warning about the car wax. It's logical but we don't always remember the details.

So if I use 70% ..i dont need to add water??

Very sincere video I trust you I m in Ontario !!!

Works on windshield, do not put on rubbers. It will dry out the rubbers.