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On 12 Jan,
tarquinlinbin wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:23:54 -0000, "Grumps"
wrote:

I've always been told that you shouldn't use water as it could crack the
glass. Is this true or one of those old wives' tales?

I always use warm to hot water (not boiling!) and it always does the
trick. Sometimes you have to apply twice to remove all the frost if

I turn hot and cold on together into a bucket and use it at that temperature.
It is much more effective than the chemical de-icers, because it is much less
likely to evapouratively cool the windscreen leading to more ice formation.

The bigger problem is the patch of ice it leaves on the ground.

All you need is a bigger bucket.