what you use to dry up mist on windshield every morning inside the car ?

[andrew_ysk 13]

Winter is around the corner, the windshield is again fogging up every morning.
What you guys used to remove the fog that build up over night inside the windshield ? My interior is not wet, and the fog is not thick, just thin fog.

When i used kitchen paper towel to wipe dry, it leaves pieces of paper on screen. When used dry micro fiber cloth, it just smear the moisture here and there..

To use aircon and hot air to try it, it takes time and energy. My car when engine temperature is not up to normal working temperature, the air won't get much warmer.. so, not possible to depend of warm and dry aircon air.. especially when i am running late.

 

 

Any practical method ?

I am thinking of using 100% rubbing alcohol (left over from hand disinfection) to spray and wipe clean inside windshield, hopefully it is cleaner and less fog accumulation and better visibility. 

Anybody uses white vinegar to spray on windshield inner side ? use pure 25% white vinegar ? or dilute ?

 

Any wax that suitable to apply to windshield after deep cleansing ?

Thanks

[kiplette 8,676]

I put the fan thing on directed at the windscreen which sorts it in a very short time.

 

Recently I read about smearing inside and out with shaving foam and rubbing it in/off leaving a film. Too much effort for me, but maybe you might want to (google it first) and give it a try.

[hooperski 29,416]

A handheld squeegee will shift the worst of it, then maybe use a kitchen roll.

I've heard people using a sock filled with baking soda or cat litter.

Personally, I just turn the A/C to maximum until it clears.

[LeonG 14,797]

You can use a sock filled with clumping kitty litter to suck up some of the moisture in your car or you can buy similar bags with some moisture sucking content, see  2x Luftentfeuchter Entfeuchter Auto Raumentfeuchter Kissen Wohnwagen Camping | eBay   

 

To wipe off the moisture, use a regular towel or a dish towel.  It will suck it up better than microfiber and not leave bits of paper on your window.

[jubinjohn 239]

I clean windscreen inside thoroughly and apply anti beschlag spray once every 2 months. This will prevent moisture from sticking all over windshield. I also have  silica pellets in a bag placed over dash board. 

 

https://www.amazon.de/King-Kong-State-Luftentfeuchter-Autos/dp/B08F4CZXN5/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=17E8KYVRBIYO7&keywords=king+kong+silica&qid=1666217132&sprefix=king+kong+silica%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-1

[andrew_ysk 13]

7 hours ago, kiplette said:

I put the fan thing on directed at the windscreen which sorts it in a very short time.

 

Recently I read about smearing inside and out with shaving foam and rubbing it in/off leaving a film. Too much effort for me, but maybe you might want to (google it first) and give it a try.

I have tried that.. I have tried 3 years ago using new toothpaste and brand new shaving foam (with a lot of off gas {perfume & stuff })to wipe and rub onto interior windows so that it leaves a thin film which claim won't stick mist, but proof that a big percent of internet "knowledge" are fake and time wasting.. 

However i was scuba diving long time ago, and i did tried to spit (and rub and rinse off) onto inside of my google lenses and it did work, no more fogging up.. but have to repeat the process after some time for it to continue to work. I have no idea what's the reason behind it. but it works well enough for that purpose.

So, my point of view regarding shaving foam on interior windshield is "non sense".  No one can't reach to the whole windshield at those tight space ..and if we only do a section of it, it will look horrible.. and definitely not way that one shld put more and more crap onto windshield later have to wash it (the tight space) off due to build up , simply not practical to even worth a try. :-)

By no mean i am against you , please don't take it to heart.. Thanks .

Oh ya, the fan thing.. i think it should work.. but on cold weather.. it might take a bit of time depend of how much moisture is on the windshield already.. but surely way faster than nothing.

Thanks.. i will see if i can get one of the fan.. cigaratte port powered fan right ?  but bulky to store in car though.. "-)

[andrew_ysk 13]

8 hours ago, hooperski said:

A handheld squeegee will shift the worst of it, then maybe use a kitchen roll.

I've heard people using a sock filled with baking soda or cat litter.

Personally, I just turn the A/C to maximum until it clears.

8 hours ago, hooperski said:

A handheld squeegee will shift the worst of it, then maybe use a kitchen roll.

I've heard people using a sock filled with baking soda or cat litter.

Personally, I just turn the A/C to maximum until it clears.

Thanks for the input.

I do uses squeegee.. but due to the curvature of it.. i can't get it all pulled to a place before it starts to drip all over the place and also i can't pull the moisture totally dry (due to the curvature of the windshield), and kitchen towel leaves little white stuff all over (only visible when glass is wet though, weird).

As regarding cat litter, and baking soda..  i refuses to try that anymore. baking soda is messy if leak out, cat litter is kind of chemical i suppose, if i can use cat litter, why don't i just use Desiccant in a bag or calcium chloride ? I do use big bag of desiccant (purchased from thomas philips); still trying out to see if it works , but sometime i don't know the next day morning gonna be so high humidity hence, i need remedy to that.

Desiccant bag have to be put in plastic bag when not used, and when saturated, need to be put in oven or dehydrator to recharge it. else won't do.

[andrew_ysk 13]

7 hours ago, LeonG said:

You can use a sock filled with clumping kitty litter to suck up some of the moisture in your car or you can buy similar bags with some moisture sucking content, see  2x Luftentfeuchter Entfeuchter Auto Raumentfeuchter Kissen Wohnwagen Camping | eBay   

 

To wipe off the moisture, use a regular towel or a dish towel.  It will suck it up better than microfiber and not leave bits of paper on your window.

Ya, totally agree with you.. dish towel..  where do you buy one that won't leaves behind lint ?

just did a google:

it said chamois  is lint free.

*This forum webpage is weird. my screenshot was just 137kb of jpeg, but i can't upload the photo.. keep nagging me it only allow 240kb (obviously mine is less than that)..buggy.

 

 

 

[vivanco 173]

8 hours ago, kiplette said:

I put the fan thing on directed at the windscreen which sorts it in a very short time

This works for me too. There is an option in AC to demist the windshield. Switching it on makes the ac to full blast the air through the vent towards windshield. Even cold air last removes the mist. Its loud but works. 

[emkay 10,158]

My neighbour bought something like this that worked very well.

https://www.amazon.de/Star-Automotive-wiederverwendbarer-Luftentfeuchtung-Anti-Rutsch-Pad/dp/B0859JMRNN/ref=sr_1_23?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=1AJXU7TW0L5KD&keywords=Car+windshield+demister&qid=1666227027&sprefix=car+windshield+demister+%2Caps%2C74&sr=8-23
 

As we already have cat litter, I tried it and it worked brilliantly. I think it’s important that it’s the silica type cat litter. same as the contents of the item above. Smaller bags available too. 
https://www.amazon.de/Trixie-Fresh%60N-Easy-Streugranulat-5L4026/dp/B00095868O/ref=sr_1_4?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=C588U6DOYA92&keywords=Tigerinnen%2Bsilica%2Bcat%2Blitter&qid=1666245138&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjIwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=tigerinnen%2Bsilica%2Bcat%2Blitter%2Caps%2C74&sr=8-4&th=1

I just put some in a shallow plastic container and left open over night. Sealed again the next morning. Never had to wipe windows. 

[kiplette 8,676]

1 hour ago, andrew_ysk said:

By no mean i am against you , please don't take it to heart.. Thanks .

 

No offence taken. I agree it looks like a dodgy crap idea - interesting that you already tried it and it was indeed pointless  - like microwaving your i-phone to dry it out or whatever some internet genius recommends 

 

I am going to try the cat litter thing though - we have a cat so it's an easy choice. My 'fan thing' is in fact the A/C as vivanco suggests, just couldn't remember the word. It works really very quickly.

 

[jeba 4,347]

When I was still a student living in Germany, in cold winter nights I put a candle underneath the windshield the evening before (the type you find on graveyards). Once I worked and money was less tight, I bought a Webasto parking heater. In those days they came without remote control, but some nerdy guy managed to have it started remotely via a cellphone connection (nowadays they come with remotes). It was lovely to come to a preheated car with clear windows in winter. Next best thing to a heated garage.

[fraufruit 41,947]

Demister. That's what it's for. Amis call it defogger.

 

Does your car not have one?

[HH_Sailor 3,532]

Or get a Ford with a heated front windscreen...

[clickety6 4,139]

Once the demister has cleared the windscreen, turn on your AC but have the temperature set to something bearable rather than Arctic blast.

In my car, I set the AC on, temperature to  ~20 and then use the Auto option. The AC doesn't produce cold air but just dries the air and helps remove the moisture from the car. You may not think it is damp inside, but if you're sitting there and breathing then you're producing moisture that will condense on the windows. The AC should remove this. Downside is that running the AC will consume more energy but at least you'll be able to see the road. 

[silty1 3,597]

1 minute ago, clickety6 said:

Once the demister has cleared the windscreen, turn on your AC but have the temperature set to something bearable rather than Arctic blast.

In my car, I set the AC on, temperature to  ~20 and then use the Auto option. The AC doesn't produce cold air but just dries the air and helps remove the moisture from the car. You may not think it is damp inside, but if you're sitting there and breathing then you're producing moisture that will condense on the windows. The AC should remove this. Downside is that running the AC will consume more energy but at least you'll be able to see the road. 

 

This is the way. The AC air is dryer, so they say.

[andrew_ysk 13]

On 10/20/2022, 11:35:36, clickety6 said:

Once the demister has cleared the windscreen, turn on your AC but have the temperature set to something bearable rather than Arctic blast.

In my car, I set the AC on, temperature to  ~20 and then use the Auto option. The AC doesn't produce cold air but just dries the air and helps remove the moisture from the car. You may not think it is damp inside, but if you're sitting there and breathing then you're producing moisture that will condense on the windows. The AC should remove this. Downside is that running the AC will consume more energy but at least you'll be able to see the road. 

To remove windshield of fog, i always turn on ac and warm air.. ya. .around 22c when driving.

My major issue is with cold damp morning where car engine is still totally cold.  It takes like 3km of city drive for my diesel engine to warm up, hence when the car engine just started, there is no way to get warm dry air in my a/c that needed to remove the fog on the cold windshield.

The only option is to wipe with cloth.. but the cloth can't seems to be able to wipe dry the screen without thin moisture layer on the glass..

I need something that can help to wipe away the moisture from the glasses on cold wet morning, be it physical wipe method or air blowing method.
Can't use squeegee on those curved glass.. cloth can't do the job.. what else ?  is there some sort of portable hair drying thing that i can use ? to warm up glass and blow away moisture on glas (no sure it will work , because the glass will always condense more moisture on itself)

[andrew_ysk 13]

On 10/20/2022, 10:42:12, fraufruit said:

Demister. That's what it's for. Amis call it defogger.

 

Does your car not have one?

My front shield defogger is just aircon blasting air. rear glass is electrical element.  The front defogger is not efficient when cold wet morning when the car engine is still cold.

[andrew_ysk 13]

I am wondering is there a thin plastic film that is manageable and does stick to glass (due to static ). Then every night i can just cover a snow blanket outside of windshield and a thin sheet of plastic film stick on the inside, this will surely let the glass not so cold .. haha.. just imagining if there is something i can try out with..

 

[LeonG 14,797]

16 hours ago, andrew_ysk said:

is there some sort of portable hair drying thing that i can use ? to warm up glass and blow away moisture on glas (no sure it will work , because the glass will always condense more moisture on itself)

 

If you google haartrockner für auto you will get a few hits.  Whether it will work, I have no idea.  I usually just wait for the air con to dry it up.