Liquid glass washing winter and summer: reviews, composition. Production of windscreen washer fluid

Every car enthusiast knows that the main condition of any trips on the car is safety. Great importance in this case is the visibility and clean glass.

First, cleaning engineers came up with wipers, and as a working fluid used water. However, if in the summer the water still somehow worked, then in winter the drivers faced the problem of ice. Only after years began to produce special preparations under the general name "liquid washer fluid". Its task is the qualitative cleaning of the windshield. Modern means manufacturers are divided into two classes. There are winter and summer compounds. The main difference between them is alcohol in the composition of the drug for winter.

Water as a summer washer fluid

Many motorists in the summer do not consider it necessary to use special means and replace these special compounds with ordinary tap water. But this is fundamentally wrong. The fact is that in water, even if pure, contains a lot of elements that can react with air. Air, in turn, also contains a huge number of elements of the periodic table. Because of foreign impurities, water can promote the formation of various oxides and salts, which jam the nozzles.

Also, water can cause other technical problems in the windshield washer system. Often happens that the gearmotor breaks down, the system can work unstably. Often the windscreen wiper blades fail.

Windshield washer fluid, summer

As a part of such preparations often only two main components having washing properties. This is the so-called solvent and surfactants. A good liquid also contains various neutralizers, which are designed to exclude oxidation of the solution, corrosion inhibitors, as well as flavors.

As solvents, ethyl or methyl, isopropyl alcohols are used. They serve to combat various pollution. Surface-active substances best clean the surface of the glass from greasy or oil-borne pollution. Any liquid washer fluid should be neutral to paintwork, as well as to rubber and rubber seals.

Types of summer funds

Autoshampoo for glass summer, in contrast to winter, has a lower concentration of alcohol in the composition. But in the winter such means are better for not using - they freeze, and very quickly. Also it is possible to allocate all-weather compositions.

Summer Fluid Selection Policy

The main criterion in choosing these drugs is, oddly enough, its smell. Yes exactly. The thing here is that there are many manufacturers, and all products have different smells. A good, respected production of windscreen washer fluid and the brand itself, whose name is known and associated with high quality, always uses only components and flavors that are as safe for human health as possible.

Here you can give only one piece of advice - when buying, you should pay attention not only to affordable prices, but also product quality. Experts do not recommend buying a drug with a pungent odor. Such a tool can harm both health and paintwork.

Test-overview of summer fluids

12 samples participated in the samples. These products were simply found in stores in the spring. Three drugs were already fully ready for use, the rest - concentrates. To check the washing ability, the organizers applied typical road dirt to the windows. The test also used water - it failed all the tests. There is no point in talking about all liquids, only the best ones are worthy of description.

BBF - summer additive to the washer reservoir

Out of 12 representatives, this production of JSC "Khimpromproekt" deserved the first place. This is concentrate. The product is supplied in 250 ml vials. Its price is 50 rubles. One bottle is designed to prepare 50 liters of solution.

The properties that this liquid-glass washer have are fantastic. Perfectly clean glass exists, and at the same time at an affordable price. But it is unknown whether this compound is suitable for plastic optics.

Next Lavr Insect Cleaner

This drug is on a worthy second place. This composition is produced at the facilities of the NGO "Polikom". The concentrate bottle has a capacity of 330 ml and is calculated for 13 liters of solution.

What is special about this washer fluid? Its composition was developed by specialists from the South Ural University and they managed to create a truly unique composition that copes well with any contamination. In the production of this mixture, imported components are used.

Summer shampoo in the washer reservoir from Liqui Moly

This is imported German products. The volume of the bottle is only 50 ml, but if you dilute the product, you should get 5 liters of solution. The drug smells nice lemon, it can be used for any type of glass. Detergency - at altitude.

Windshield washer fluid, winter

At a time when the temperature outside the car falls below zero, apply other compounds that do not freeze in the cold. The solutions ideally solve the main task - cleaning the glass surface.

Classify these liquids by the type of alcohol that the manufacturer used in production. Today, these drugs can consist of methyl, ethyl or isopropyl alcohol. In rare cases, a non-freezing windshield liquid based on monoethylene glycol is proposed.

Critical temperatures at which the processes of crystallization take place, for each of the preparations are different. Only two factors influence this indicator: the type of alcohol and its share in the solution.

Winter liquids with ethyl alcohol

In Russia, these drugs are difficult to find on the shelves of auto shops. All because of the high price of ethyl alcohol. But manufacturers still produce such compounds. You can buy them in elite stores or dealerships. The prices are about 1500 rubles.

Experts argue that these compounds have the highest quality among all that is provided in the market. These products are beyond competition, and there are two reasons for this. Thus, ethanol gives the product a better thermal stability, and mixtures based on it are completely harmless to humans.

Methanol preparations

According to technical characteristics, methyl alcohol is slightly inferior to ethyl alcohol. In view of the moral decline in the society, the production of these funds in Russia stopped, but on the shelves of shops you can find illegal products at affordable prices. Experts believe that such a washer fluid is completely harmless, if used for its intended purpose.

Means based on isopropyl alcohol

This is a legal and inexpensive option. Technical characteristics are significantly lower than those of the above compositions. In addition, these fluids are inferior in all respects to any other means. Identify them can be by smell, which interrupt only expensive and high-quality flavors.

How to choose a liquid in the washer for winter

The most affordable and legal products are all the same based on isopropyl alcohol. These fluids are distributed wherever possible. The price can range from 400 to 1500 rubles. The price affects the quality of alcohol and cleaning agent, the amount of alcohol in the solution, the price of the dye and flavor, the minimum critical temperature.

Preparations, the price of which is from 400 to 750 rubles, are not of high quality. Manufacturers in this case are trying to save on everything. Alcohol is not used, cheap dyes are used. In addition, these funds can damage the car. There are those who have come across such a windshield liquid. Reviews are mostly negative - the jets are clogged, the contamination is poorly cleaned, the drug leaves marks on the car's LKP.

The non-freezing liquid with methyl alcohol is cheap, and its quality is not inferior to expensive compositions based on isopropanol. Buy this drug can be from 100 to 200 rubles. Drivers buy these funds, at great risk. On the territory of Russia it is forbidden to use and transport any substances based on methanol.

We make a tool with our own hands

The windscreen washer fluid can be made by itself, but it will not be of high quality. Many drivers are trying, but in the end they get only damaged plastic trunks of the cleaner. It is best to use proven by time and motorists industrial compounds. They are quite effective, harmless and accessible.