Advice needed: How to De-fog windshield when it's raining

[Dionk]

Advice needed - anyone have any tricks on how to de-fog a windshield (on inside) when raining w/o a operational heater box /defrost capability.

 

I'm Contemplating my 7 hr drive to Vintage through through any potential thunder storms.

 

Is a roll of paper towels my best option?

 

 

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[2002Scoob]

I carry one of those shammy-covered sponges in my glove-box for such things. A clean, contaminant free windshield is your best defense, it gives less contaminants for condensation to adhere and form to.

 

I know "Invisible Glass" makes an anti-fog treatment product too, but never tried it.  

['76mintgrün'02]

I keep a spare wiper blade assembly in my car, down next to the seat.  I guess it is a habit I picked up driving old foggy VWs.

It works really well to instantly defog the windshield/windows.

Get the flexible bar style and it will do a good job of conforming to the concave shape of the windshield.

Tom

[Son of Marty]

I've used rain-ex anti fog in my air-cooled VW days and it helps quite a bit some of which might be having to clean the windshield to apply, paper towels also help, the wipper blade looks like a good idea as Minty's usally are.

[jrhone]

Rain X and a roll of paper towels was my technique until I fixed my heater box.

[TobyB]

Fog-x applied to a spanking clean windshield...

 

t

 

[Dudeland]

Brings me back to my VW, days.. i was never smart enough to do any of this, i just took a deep breath of the leaky heater box fumes in the car and everything was super mellow after that. 

 

 

 

[2002Scoob]

1 hour ago, Dudeland said:

Brings me back to my VW, days.. i was never smart enough to do any of this, i just took a deep breath of the leaky heater box fumes in the car and everything was super mellow after that. 

 

 

 

 By leaky heater box, do you mean bong?

[Dudeland]

lets be honest... a little of both :... lol 

 

[2002Scoob]

Right there with ya, buddy

[m42002]

I used to use good old shaving cream. The lather kind. Spray it onto a clean rag, wipe it off, and enjoy the clear windows for many miles. Cheap, and smells manly.

[Dudeland]

... the ole shower trick... I like it.

 

[GoldLion]

Rain-x 'interior glass anti-fog' (I'm not sure what it's called in the US) applied to clean windshield will work.  First clean your interior 'screen like this guy does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axI5Luw0Eos then apply the liquid SPARINGLY.  You could do a driver's side 'vision circle' if you can't be bothered with the whole windscreen.  It works.  The key, as mentioned by those above, is a spotless interior windscreen.  Use a clay bar if your screen is way filthy, honestly.  A clay bar works wonders on windscreens (usually exterior though - if you've been eating too much McDonalds you might need it on the inside.)

 

Daniel

 

[Teelinger]

Before I got working heater and living in Seattle, I bought one of these and kept it in between the front seats: 

https://originalwaterblade.com/us/product/soft-n-dry/

['76mintgrün'02]