Household Hints & Help
Related: About this forumAnyone know a green & natural substitute for the washer fluid in your car?
The blue stuff really creeps me out and it's one of the few places where I haven't been able to "go green" yet.
comipinko
(0 posts)If yopu need "anti freeze" then just use the blue stuff, it's just ethanol and water.
beac
(9,992 posts)I think others must be too b/c the price keeps going up, up, up.
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dmr
(28,645 posts)way back in the 80s when I lived in Miami. Each time I cleaned my windows it smelled like a horrible tossed salad.
The vinegar smell lingers in hot weather. Sitting in traffic was not fun.
My mom used vinegar to clean, so I thought I was being smart & economical. I guess it depends on what your definition of what smart is.
It was so embarrassing that I paid my little nephew to sit in my car & push that little button until the tank drained out.
I'm picturing your nephew carrying out his mission while the neighbor's think "What a naughty little boy!" or maybe "Suddenly, I'm craving a salad..."
It's looking like I'm stuck with the icky blue stuff for now. Apparently a green fluid exists, but it's only sold in Canada at the moment.
msedano
(731 posts)also, you can wad up old newspaper and use these as wipes on glass. works wonders.
mvs
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grasswire
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beac
(9,992 posts)"No, but my car is on its third martini."
Wouldn't little olives stuck on the ends of the wipers be cute?
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beac
(9,992 posts)Is it still a martini if it's "on the rocks"?
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)You guys are hilarious. Although I do think that you have a point.
CottonBear
(21,615 posts)You've got to use the blue stuff in freezing weather.
Denninmi
(6,581 posts)A teaspoon of Dawn per gallon of water.
Of course, as mentioned above, that is OUT for the remainder of the year here, then I have to go back to the methanol stuff.
beac
(9,992 posts)thanks for the tip! :hi"
* with our weather, I think I could start in April and switch back in early October.