With the arrival of cold weather, a series of concerns and inconveniences arise every year for everyone. Among drivers, one of the most common problems is encountering completely frozen windshield and rear window glass at the start of the day. This means having to wait a good amount of time before leaving, as the quick method of scraping off the ice can damage the glass and is not very effective. Fortunately, a Reddit user recently shared a simple technique with the community that has been very well received online, and many users have confirmed that it works.

Luisquin, as the Reddit user is called, explained in a thread on that platform his trick for effortlessly defrosting his car’s windows every morning: “Put windshield washer fluid in a spray bottle and use it to spray the windows of your car on cold, frosty mornings. It melts the ice right away and there’s no risk of cracking the glass like when using hot water. Plus, it’s much easier than scraping off the ice,” he stated. The user’s post immediately attracted the community’s interest because of the confidence with which Luisquin presented this novel technique. To provide more guarantees, he explained to the group that he lives in Canada and that the windshield washer fluid trick saves him a lot of time every morning before going to work, when he inevitably finds the windshield and rear window completely frozen.