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Savvy sun visor hack that can defrost your car in minutes that is 'pretty smart'
27.11.2023 - 17:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
As the cold weather kicks in across Scotland this week, some of us will be sleepily dragging ourselves out of bed and scraping our car's windscreens to kickstart the day.
There is truly nothing more irritating than having to sit in a freezing cold car waiting for the interior heating to start so you can clear your windows and drive off safely.
Plenty of failed hacks have been posted everywhere to clear your windscreens, with one of the worst being boiling hot water - nobody wants a cracked glass panel on their car to start their work day, do they?
However, one woman's sun visor hack has proven to be a smash hit, as it gets to work clearing your main windscreen in minutes, reports the Mirror.
Posting on TikTok, savvy mum Sara Deutsch revealed that if you use your sun visors for something other than blocking out rays, then it can make all the difference in the frosty mornings.
In this recently resurfaced video, Sara explained how if you pull your visors down when your defrosting your car, then you streamline the air better for demisting your windows.
To begin, you should blast the hot air onto the window as normal, but make sure to put your visor down while doing so, which will speed up the defrosting process.
Sara captioned the TikTok: "Teen drivers need to know this! Frozen windshields are about to be a thing with all the cold and snow."
She explained: "So, I do this video every year. If you have a windshield that is frosted over - make sure to put your visors down, so it stops the airflow and it creates a faster defrost on your windshield. If you ever have a sheet of ice on your car or when it's frosted - put the [sun visor] down. Otherwise, you can feel the air come straight up over it."
"If you ever have a sheet of ice on your
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