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think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« on: 21 December 2009, 11:15:50 »
Found a very old bottle of 5L pure screenwash from Halfrauds the other week, not been used in a few years i think, but used it anyway, although i did not freeze during the night, and washes fairly well, cruising along at a gentle 80mph this morning, near High Wycombe with the temp gauge saying it was -8.5 outside  :o

The water froze to the blades as soon as it touched it  :o

Although it does look like i sneezed and snotted them....

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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #1 on: 21 December 2009, 13:45:53 »
Yuk  ;D ;D ;D ;D Has your car got a cold :)
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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #2 on: 21 December 2009, 13:50:05 »
Mine's fairly new and still froze :o :o :o

And it's neat in the bottle at the moment ;) ;) ;)
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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #3 on: 21 December 2009, 14:10:31 »
Would it be worth adding a touch of coolant into the washer bottle or would that be potentially reckless and disasterous?
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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #4 on: 21 December 2009, 14:17:54 »
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Would it be worth adding a touch of coolant into the washer bottle or would that be potentially reckless and disasterous?

Not unless i intend on drinking it! Screenwash is anti-freeze anyway....

I'll use this lot then flush it with water, and put some GM stuff in  :)
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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #5 on: 21 December 2009, 14:42:42 »
Doesn't antifreeze take the paint off?????  :o ::) :y
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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #6 on: 21 December 2009, 14:43:15 »
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Doesn't antifreeze take the paint off?????  :o ::) :y

Yes, just a bit different to screenwash!!!
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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #7 on: 21 December 2009, 14:47:07 »
he did say capful.... that mixture to 7L of water is not going to do much.
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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #8 on: 21 December 2009, 15:25:42 »
I use the Holts stuff.  Partly because its dirt cheap at Costco, but mainly becuase Costco had a 2 for 1 offer a couple of weeks back ;)
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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #9 on: 21 December 2009, 15:42:43 »
I bought 5 ltrs of the Vauxhall stuff, its cheap and works well enough
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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #10 on: 21 December 2009, 15:45:30 »
do not buy the readymix from halfrauds. i did and it froze in the pipes and bottle at -5. that was the pink so called premium. god knows what temp the blue stuff freezes at. get one that you can mix yourself so you can decide on the mix ratio. i put some non premixed in (-23) neat. hasnt froze yet.

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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #11 on: 21 December 2009, 15:55:24 »
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he did say capful.... that mixture to 7L of water is not going to do much.

Yep, a touch of coolant as opposed to a Touch of Frost.  ;D
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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #12 on: 21 December 2009, 16:03:40 »
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he did say capful.... that mixture to 7L of water is not going to do much.

Yep, a touch of coolant as opposed to a Touch of Frost.  ;D

Fantastic series, i love every one of those episodes  :)
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Re: think i need to invest in better screenwash....
« Reply #13 on: 21 December 2009, 16:05:29 »
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he did say capful.... that mixture to 7L of water is not going to do much.

Yep, a touch of coolant as opposed to a Touch of Frost.  ;D

Fantastic series, i love every one of those episodes  :)
Nah, hate 'em.  Can't see him in non comedy roles to be honest
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« Reply #14 on: 21 December 2009, 16:08:33 »
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he did say capful.... that mixture to 7L of water is not going to do much.

Yep, a touch of coolant as opposed to a Touch of Frost.  ;D

Fantastic series, i love every one of those episodes  :)
Nah, hate 'em.  Can't see him in non comedy roles to be honest

I think they are excellent, and he does well in all of them.
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