Today we in the Midwest woke up to an ice covered world. A Winter Wonderland...if you're staying in! But, if you have to be up and out early and don't want to risk being caught out chipping ice off your windshield at 4 in the morning, here's a simple trick:
- Take an old bedspread or blanket and spread it across your windshield and driver's side/passenger doors. If one blanket won't do it, use more.
- Close the blanket edges in the doors.
- Be sure to cover locks and handles so you can unlock your door.
- In the morning, simply take the blankets off and throw them in your trunk.
Voila! An ice free windshield and car doors that open!
Many people go and get tarps to do this with, but blankets are usually a readily available household item and tarps aren't cheap. If you don't have a blanket to use, you can get one at the thrift store very inexpensively. Just throw it in your trunk for just such an emergency.
Another handy tip to keep those doors from refreezing (for example, if your car is parked in the cold all day) is to spray the gaskets with cooking spray then rub the oil in with a paper towel. The oil repels water and keeps the gaskets from freezing. This is a good thing to do every so often as a preventive measure in the winter and keeps the gaskets from deteriorating, too.
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