The "Mad Scientist" blog!


This is a "mad scientist" blog in that I collect speculations, inventions and wonky, weird and other ideas that come to mind. I like to think that all of them are out or even far out but on the possible side of it.

They are mostly my own creation but you are invited to submit some yourself if you own them or are your originals. On the same token please note that all content and in particular original ideas are copyright by their respective authors.

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

TRIAL: using cling-film to avoid clearing ice and snow from the car

Hi,
last night, anticipating a hefty snow fall, I applied cheap cling film to the windscreen of my car. The idea is that I can simply remove the cling film with the layer of ice and snow ontop and discard it. For this trial I only tried it on two spots.




The pictures show the before and after images. There was not enough frost to freeze the water under the cling film and hence the peeling was very easy.

Verdict: useful, plausible
Pro: time saver in the morning
Con: wasteful for cling film and somewhat fiddly to apply.

More trials to be done.