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Lo-Tech Defroster Speeder Upper



2012-03-04 - Town Creek Valley, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener.
It is not the greatest invention since Velcro,. It's not nearly in a class with David Heskamp's Car Caddy. But it surprised me when I hadn't met anyone who didn't use this method to speed up a car window defrost. Never had my own carport, so it comes in handy. When there is frost on the windshield the melting can be boosted by putting ones hand against the glass and let body heat speed the process, as in the first photo, above. In the second photo, after this step has been repeated several times, the thaw is started at many points. The third photo just illustrates that pointing the vehicle into the sun accelerates the process even more. Hasn't impressed a lot of people, but grandson Ev thought it was a cool idea for shortening the wait to start a trip to Columbia Walmart.


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