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is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses and pumps. bigjcw1023@gmail.com wrote in news:0fc3b734-bbdd-4a42-914d-d0de289d16d9 @m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com: > is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying > 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses > and pumps. Just how much of the stuff do you go through in a winter? None of it damages hoses and pumps.  SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying > 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses > and pumps. If and when the temperature is above 32 deg F, I dilute it with water 1:1 ratio (50% water and 50% washer fluid) to stretch it. > is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying > 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses > and pumps. Then you know something that no one else knows or is willing to sound foolish saying out loud. {;^) If you're paying only $2.00 a gallon for the windshield washer fluid, you're not buying a very high quality product. "Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in news:GNfEj.116755 $C61.101759@edtnps89: >> is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying >> 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > If you're paying only $2.00 a gallon for the windshield washer fluid, > you're not buying a very high quality product. It's all the same stuff. All I've ever done for 25 years has been to buy the cheapest I can find regardless of brand. It goes on sale regularly at numerous places, sometimes for as low as 99¢. No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided you're buying the same temperature rating, that is...) SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > "Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in news:GNfEj.116755 > $C61.101759@edtnps89: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided you're > buying the same temperature rating, that is...) Hi, Not really. Cheap one will slush when it's very cold. >> No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided >> you're buying the same temperature rating, that is...) >> > Hi, > Not really. Cheap one will slush when it's very cold. You're referring to summer "bug wash". Not the same stuff. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > "Brian Smith" <Hali...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in news:GNfEj.116755 > $C61.101759@edtnps89: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided you're > buying the same temperature rating, that is...) But if your neighbor is using the cool looking orange stuff, you *have* to use it too. ;) >> No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided >> you're buying the same temperature rating, that is...) > > But if your neighbor is using the cool looking orange stuff, you > *have* to use it too. ;) I like the green stuff myself. The blue stuff is boring. How come nobody color-coordinates washer fluid? Think of the increased sales to women. Pink, anyone? SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ >>> No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided >>> you're buying the same temperature rating, that is...) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > How come nobody color-coordinates washer fluid? Think of the increased > sales to women. Pink, anyone? Isn't the freezable 'bug wash' pink? cf005@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (M.A. Stewart) wrote in news:frums7$8mg$1 @theodyn.ncf.ca: >>>> No matter where I buy it, it all works exactly the same. (Provided >>>> you're buying the same temperature rating, that is...) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Isn't the freezable 'bug wash' pink? Actually, yeah, it is. Forgot about that. In fact, we got dagged with that very problem years ago with my wife's Toyota MR2. One year I left the bug wash in past Halloween. The pissers froze up and wouldn't let go until I sucked out all the bug wash, replaced it with blue -40F fluid, then ran the washers until the blue stuff appeared. I have never used bug wash since, even in the summer. Maybe that's why they don't color-coordinate the stuff. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used instead of paying > 2 dollars a gallon for the store stuff. I know some can damage hoses > and pumps. An actual answer to the op's request.. http://madscientistmatt.blogspot.com/2006/02/homemade-windshield-washer-fluid.html > bigjcw1023@gmail.com wrote: >> is there a recipe for washer fluid that can be used [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://madscientistmatt.blogspot.com/2006/02/homemade-windshield-washer-fluid.html This site prices methanol at about $17 a gallon (or about $53 for a five gallon container) before shipping and handling costs. One-tenth a gallon is needed to make a gallon of windshield washer. So at best, one is going to spend something more than a dollar a gallon going the home-made route. Tack on that shipping charges are pretty darn high these days. This also assumes this company will ship liquids. That's been a problem in the past. E.g. I know the usual online OEM honda parts sites do not ship OEM coolant. |
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