I live just south of Lexington KY, and the
last 24 hors have been interesting. Areas
slightly to our north-west have record
snows. We had a mild ice storm last night.
About 1/4" of the clear crud. The local
power utility does a good job of keeping
trees cut back so we had no power outage.
Feb. 2003 saw some areas without power for
up to 2 weeks. w
I was dismayed to dicover my 1991 Civic coated
in a sheath of ice. I could unluck the front
doors, but couldn't budge to doors. So I got
the hatch up, crawled in and made it into the
drivers seat. Since I am 6'1" it was quite
a sight. The engine started up with no problem.
I expected to be able to force a door open from
inside the car. WRONG. Stuck like with epoxy.
Crawled back out through the rear hatch.
I couldn't get into my utility building because
the combination lock was iced over.
I debated pouring some warm water on the doors,
but decided that thermal shock might crack the
glass. So I rumaged through the house looking
for a solution. I found the Krogar house
version of "Lysol". 99% alcohol. So I grabbed
both cans and went out to fight the ice.
Worked great. As I sprayed it on, the ice
lifted away from the door frame. I used a small
peice of flexible plastic, AKA credit card, to
work the alcohol into the seals. Took about 10
minutes on each door.
By that time the engine had heated up enough to
loosen the ice on the windshield.
I sprayed the seals and wiped them off then sprayed
them with silicon. When the temps drop to 0 tonight
I should be able to get into my car.
The only downside is the car smells like a doctors
office.
Terry