does anyone know how to make.....

[oakeedokee]

....screenwash?   :?  It seems I'm spending a lot of money on the stuff just lately and a home made solution would be a good idea. Anyone?

[Andy the Landy]

very small amount of washing up liquid.  Too much will block the pipes though :D

[Bush Tucker Man]

Won't a concentrate of water & Methylated Spirits (for the road-grease)do the job, perhaps with a hint of car-shampoo (for the other muck)???

[TUFFTEE]

Won't a concentrate of water & Methylated Spirits (for the road-grease)do the job, perhaps with a hint of car-shampoo (for the other muck)???

Now that's an Idea I like?

[Bush Tucker Man]

Won't a concentrate of water & Methylated Spirits (for the road-grease)do the job, perhaps with a hint of car-shampoo (for the other muck)???

Now that's an Idea I like?

Plus the meths doesn't freeze until about minus 10???

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[Sharpshooter]

Watered down vinegar.. The white stuff you pickle onions in. But dont put the onions in as they might clog it up. :)

[oakeedokee]

I did try washing up liquid once before, many years ago. It was like an explosion at a bubble factory!

[oakeedokee]

What temperature does vinegar freeze at? :?

[thermidorthelobster]

I did try washing up liquid once before, many years ago. It was like an explosion at a bubble factory!

Yeah - you really don't need much at all!

If you like the effect, try using your normal amount of bubble bath in a jacuzzi... :x

A bottle of Fairy used to be enough to totally swamp the large fountain at Drake's Circus in Plymouth, not that I ever tried it myself!

[laser_jock99]

A bottle of Fairy used to be enough to totally swamp the large fountain at Drake's Circus in Plymouth, not that I ever tried it myself!

We put 5L of catering washing up liquid in there once!

[LandRoger]

How about Vinegar+ Meths + Water+ spot of Windowlene, got to smell better than screen wash as well,

[andygod]

How about Vinegar+ Meths + Water+ spot of Windowlene, got to smell better than screen wash as well,

But isn't Halfords screenwash cheaper  than that lot :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[Matt_H]

surely anything with a salt or acid content isn't going to do the car much good?  Thinking vinegar and washing up liquid here.

Was thinking of making a heated washer jet system that uses the engine coolant.  Think of the difference when washing up how much difference the hot water makes compared to cold water.  

Matthew

[the loon]

A bottle of Fairy used to be enough to totally swamp the large fountain at Drake's Circus in Plymouth, not that I ever tried it myself!

that used to happen at the blitz fountain in exeter as well.
The council used to send out a bloke with a bottle of de-foamer saw it done a couple of times but was told it was priety much a weekly thing

[thermidorthelobster]

The council used to send out a bloke with a bottle of de-foamer

Oh, how he laughed...

[Matt_H]

a little chap I know in Dublin told me out their millennium thing (a statue of a woman in a fountain pool type thing).. Anyway molly what’s her name who sells cockles and muscles is called the tart with the cart.. the bird in the pool was renamed "the floozy in the Jacuzzi" after someone dumped foam into it!

Matthew

[the loon]

The council used to send out a bloke with a bottle of de-foamer

Oh, how he laughed...

I knew the bloke who had to go out. He was an on an "on call" basis at weekends and got triple time when attending to an incident.
He was indeed laugthing
Think he prefered that to going out to a bloked sewer or other such emergency
 

[Matt_H]

The council used to send out a bloke with a bottle of de-foamer

Oh, how he laughed...

I knew the bloke who had to go out. He was an on an "on call" basis at weekends and got triple time when attending to an incident.
He was indeed laugthing
Think he prefered that to going out to a bloked sewer or other such emergency
 

Did he go out on the beer the night before armed with fariy liquid?

Matthew

[nzrover]

A bottle of Fairy used to be enough to totally swamp the large fountain at Drake's Circus in Plymouth, not that I ever tried it myself!

Fire Brigade foam concentrate works bloody well in public fountains, and if you add fluoroscein dye the results are colourful too.  It's also a laugh to put a cupful in the toilet cistern and watch the result when someone flushes.

[the loon]

put a cupful in the toilet cistern and watch the result when someone flushes.

always found bubble bath was a good one when I was a kid

 

[The Fat Controller]

how cheao do you want screen wash :?:
i bought 2x5litre bottles for less than £5 from partco the other day,isn't that cheap enough :?:

i thought i 'd better take the thread back towards the start up subject

[Tyke]

that used to happen at the blitz fountain in exeter as well.
The council used to send out a bloke with a bottle of de-foamer saw it done a couple of times but was told it was priety much a weekly thing

Regular away at the fountain on the Tesco roundabout in Wakefield at one time.

Got so bad once it stopped all the traffic on a Saturday afternoon.Think they eventually switched off the fountain . . . . for several years  :lol:



And as for screenwash, I've tried all manner of concotions over the years and generally found the shop bought stuff to be the best at the end of the day.