Cold Weather Tips

Kelsie got some good ideas from her work newsletter. I thought I would share them, hoping doing something pro-active would improve my attitude about winter.

Cold Weather Tips

Keep your headlights clear with car wax! Just wipe ordinary car wax on your headlights. It contains special water repellants that will prevent that messy mixture from accumulating on your lights--lasts 6 weeks. (Math problem for the day: How many time will we need to do this one in South Dakota?)

Squeak-proof your wipers with rubbing alcohol! Wipe the wipers with a cloth saturated with rubbing alcohol or ammonia. This one trick can make badly streaking and squeaking wipers change to near perfect silence and clarity.

Ice-proof your windows with vinegar! Frost on its way? Just fill a spray bottle with three parts vinegar to one part water and spritz it on all your windows at night. In the morning, they will be clear of icy mess. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which raises the melting point of water--preventing water from freezing.

Prevent car doors from freezing shut with cooking spray. Spritz cooking oil on the rubber seals around car doors and rub it in with a paper towel. The cooking spray prevents water from melting into the rubber.

Fog-proof your windshield with shaving cream! Spray some shaving cream on the inside of your windshield and wipe it off with paper towels. Shaving cream has many of the same ingredients found in commercial defoggers.

De-ice your lock in seconds with hand sanitizer! Just put some hand sanitizer gel on the key and the lock and the problem is solved.