Content

• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings
• What do you need

Locks in car doors often freeze, that's a fact. Opening a frozen door is more difficult, this is also a fact. The third fact is that “difficult” does not mean “unreal”. This article will tell you what and how to do to open a frozen car door.

Steps

1. 1 Push the door. Press down on the frozen door as hard as possible. There is a chance that this way you will break the ice that is frozen at the door lock.
2. 2 Pour warm water over the door to melt the ice. Fill a container of suitable size with warm water. Then, accordingly, pour warm water in the area of ​​the door lock and handle. The ice will get thinner, that's for sure. However, there is a chance that the ice will not become thin enough, then you will need more water.
   • Poured out all the water? Don't stand there, storm the door! The thinner the ice, the easier it is to break.
3. 3 Break off the ice. If you have a small screwdriver or ice pick on hand, you can try to break the ice.
4. 4 Use a commercial anti-icing product. Spray the product on a frozen door. The chemicals in these products help melt the ice. Of course, the thicker the ice crust, the more you will have to spray and the longer you will have to wait. If on average, then within 10 minutes after spraying you can already get into the car.
5. 5 Take a hairdryer. Hot air from a hairdryer directed to the ice-covered areas of the door will do the trick. To quickly cope with the ice, set the hairdryer to the maximum!

Tips

• You can avoid the appearance of ice if, before the onset of frost, you spray an anti-ice agent on the door or cover the car (you can even use cardboard).
• Sometimes not the whole car freezes. It always makes sense to check if other doors open. If they open, consider that the problem is solved.
• Battery-powered hair dryers are much more convenient. You understand that running with an extension cord is not at all convenient.
• A windscreen washer can be used as a replacement for an anti-icing agent. There is alcohol in the washer which helps to melt the ice.

Warnings

• Chipping off ice? Don't overdo it and don't scratch the paint!
• Be careful when handling boiling water. Boiling water can scald you.In addition, if very hot water is poured onto very cold glass, then it may not withstand such treatment - in other words, it may crack. Be careful.

What do you need

• Car
• Ice Cream
• Warm water
• Capacity
• Screwdriver or ice spatula
• Windscreen washer
• Cardboard