Many Scots will wake up to a frosty windscreen this morning, and experts are urging them to avoid one common remedy. While a quick way to get rid of frost and ice would be to boil the kettle and then pour the water on your windscreen, it could actually do more harm than good.
That is because the glass could crack as a result of the temperature change. As reported by the Express, experts have called the common de-frosting method "a really bad idea".
However, they have shared some alternatives - including a nifty hack that involves a towel. Olly Jones, co-founder at elmo, warned drivers, saying: “Putting boiling water on your windscreen is a really bad idea.
Putting boiling water on any type of glass can cause little cracks to form and can worsen existing cracks - and windscreens are no exception."If your windscreen has been hit by a stone you are at risk of massively worsening that crack.
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