Published on Nov 01, 2025
Welcome to another Q&A session where I answer questions from y'all on the internet.
Today's question is:
Is it safe to pour hot water on a frozen windshield to quickly melt the ice? So, I'm going to generally generally no. When you when you try and rush and speed up that process, that's where you end up cracking that glass. If I mean, think about it this way. If you have a rock ship that's not repaired or, you know, uh, something that's on that windshield and and it's frozen, completely frozen, and you go to pour hot boiling water on that, it's it's glass is volatile. It's just going to crack right across. But, uh, yeah, definitely don't do that. The safest way would just be using the vehicle's own uh defrost. Uh let the vehicle warm up naturally. You know, obviously if it's packed with snow, if it's packed with snow, use the ice scrapers, get all the the heavy snow off of the vehicle first, and then just let the vehicle warm up.
Magnatech Autoglass installs three major aftermarket windshield brands locally: Fu Yao, Pilkington, and PGW. They stated that Fu Yao is their top choice for quality and price, and that the company manufactures a significant amount of OEM glass for major manufacturers.
