{"id":11651,"date":"2023-11-17T20:42:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T15:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/experts-use-this-80p-vegetable-that-can-de-mist-your-car-windscreen\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T20:42:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T15:12:29","slug":"experts-use-this-80p-vegetable-that-can-de-mist-your-car-windscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/experts-use-this-80p-vegetable-that-can-de-mist-your-car-windscreen\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts use this 80p vegetable that can de-mist your car windscreen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As temperatures drop leading up to winter, experts have shared a tip with drivers to quickly and easily demist their car windscreen by using one cheap vegetable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the most time-consuming parts of your morning commute is demisting your car during cold, wet weather.<\/p>\n<p>Experts from ALA Insurance have shared an unlikely hack to help de-mist your car this winter, that can cost as little as 80p.<\/p>\n<p>The hack includes using an unlikely vegetable &#8211; the humble cucumber.<\/p>\n<p>Callum Butler from ALA Insurance said: &#8220;Cucumber contains natural oils which create a hydrophobic surface when rubbed on glass or mirrors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: UK weather maps turn icy blue as wall of snow and -7C plunge heads for Britain<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;The water-repellent properties of cucumber help to stop your windshield from condensing and forming a fog.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Essentially, it\u2019s like giving your windshield a protective film that discourages condensation during the colder months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How to de-mist and prevent fog in your car:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use your car\u2019s defrost setting and direct the air towards the windshield.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>While hot air will help to dry the glass a little it, soon cools and will condense again. Turn on your air conditioning to remove moisture from the air quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid recirculating the air as this can increase humidity. You may also want to crack a window slightly to bring the humidity down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A clean windshield is more likely to repel fogging. While using cloths to wipe foggy glass can create streak marks, try opting for a microfibre cloth on dry windows to keep them clear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, get creative with this unusual but effective hack by chopping off the end of a cucumber and wiping over a light layer to reduce fog for future cold mornings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Follow our social media accounts here on facebook.com\/ExpressUSNews\u00a0<wbr\/>and <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExpressUSNews\" target=\"_blank\">@expressusnews<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] As temperatures drop leading up to winter, experts have shared a tip with drivers to quickly and easily demist their car windscreen by using one cheap vegetable.\u00a0 One of the most time-consuming parts of your morning commute is demisting your car during cold, wet weather. Experts from ALA Insurance have shared an unlikely hack &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[763],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}