Hey guys Chris fix here and today I'm going to show you
how to prevent your windows from fogging up.
Sure you could use products from the store to keep your windows from fogging up
but did you know you could find products around your house that will do the same thing
In this video were going to test potatoes, baby shampoo, hand sanitiser and shaving cream
against the store bought anti-fogging treatment
so lets first go over why windows get all foggy.
Fog happens because theres a temperature change and because theres humidity...
right now its cold outside, my body heat is warm, and my breath is warm and its humid...
and thats what creates fog in the winter time.
In the summer time it's kind of the opposite, it's warm outside...
but you turn your AC on on the inside, so it's cool on the inside and any of the moisture inside the car...
is going to turn into fog on your windshield.
To get the glass foggy I have a hot pot of water...
as you can see the glass fogs up completely...
and this is our control test, so that you know the glass will fog up.
Now I can go and clean off the glass...
and we will section off the window in 5 parts to test each defogger.
Now with the window sectioned into 5 parts...
let's apply the products.
The first product we're going to try is the Rain.X Anti Fog...
the directions say just to put some on a towel...
and just rub it right on the glass.
Make sure you cover all of the glass...
and then take a dry spot on the paper towel and lightly wipe so it removes any streaking.
So the top left square is the Rain.X.
The next product we're going to use is shaving cream.
All you do with the shaving cream is get a little bit onto the glass...
and then you work it in with a paper towel.
I'm using a new paper towel so we don't contaminate.
Again make sure you cover all the glass.
Now you buff off all of this until it's clear.
And eventually it get's clean, this definately takes a little more effort then using the Rain.X...
Ok our shaving cream on the top here is done.
We'll move down to the bottom corner.
On the bottom corner I'll be using an old scuba driving trick that I use for my mask.
If it keeps the mask from fogging up 60ft under water
It should work on my truck
so we'll just apply that, again making sure we get it everywhere
and then we'll get a clean paper towel and just lightly go over the top
So we remove any streaking so its nice and clear
When your doing this you don't want to remove the layer you're putting on here
you just want to make sure you can see through the glass and its clear
Now lets test the potato
So your probably thinking potato ? what the heck ?
this is one of the urban legends as a scuba diver, you're suppose to be able to split a potato
And then just take the end here
And you rub it on the glass
Make sure that you cover all of the glass
The Liquid from the potato is actually pretty clear, Maybe this will actually work
To be honest with you i've never actually tried it
Get a clean paper towel and we'll just lightly buff off any off the streaks
And thats streak free and looks good
And then the last one is going to be the hand sanitiser
just get a little bit and put it right on there
and then we'll rub it right in
And then we'll get a new paper towel and buff it out
Get that nice and clear just like the others
So in this corner we have the rain.x
Shaving cream
Baby Soap
Potato
Hand Sanitiser
Now lets go get the steaming hot water and see how it works
So we have our hot pot of water
Lets test it out
So as we can see our rain.x
And our shaving cream
Worked great
Now if we go down to the bottom here
Our baby shampoo left some kind on residue when it gets humid
so it does not look that great
Actually feels kinda soapy, which makes sense
Our potato again, left some kind of residue, doesn't look that clear, its not soapy at least
And then our hand senatiser which is alcohol the reason people say it works is because its alcohol
That obviously didn't work
So from our results we can see the top 2 came out great
These 3 didn't work out that well
The Worst being the hand sanitiser
But the Potato and the baby soap didn't work that great either
So in conclusion the shaving cream worked just as well as the store bought rain.x
Everybody has shaving cream at home
So in my mind its a clear winner, you don't need to go out and buy anything special
It didn't fog up, it looks nice and clear, and it was pretty easy to apply
The results speak for them selves
Before and after
No shaving cream
Shaving cream
Pretty good difference there
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