How to Prevent Frost 🧊 on Inside of Windows

How to Prevent Frost 🧊 on Inside of Windows

The secret to keeping frost off of anything, including the inside of the windows of your house is to simply lower the freezing point of water.

To Keep Front Off of or Remove Front from the Inside of the Windows of your Home:

1. Clean the interior of the window. This will help minimize streaking after following the below steps.
2. Fill a spray bottle with hand sanitizer.
3. Make sure the spray is set to be a fine mist.
4. Spray a light and even coating over the entire inside of the house window.
5. You may or may not have to clean wipe down the inside of the window but make sure you do not completely remove the coating of the hand sanitizer.

Prevent Window Frost Mix Hand Sanitizer/Water in Spray Bottle

Prevent Window Frost Mix Hand Sanitizer/Water in Spray Bottle

An Alternative Method to Prevent Frost on the Inside of the Windows of your Home:

1. Fill a small bucket with a mixture of hand sanitizer and water. The mix should be at least 50% hand sanitizer.
2. Dunk a washcloth or small towel in the liquid mixture.
3. Wring out the washcloth so it is moist but not dripping.
4. Use the wash cloth to wipe down the entire inside of the house window. Make sure to leave a coating of moisture on the window so the hand sanitizer, which has a much lower freezing point than water, prevents the freezing of moisture when it makes contact with the inside of your house window.

How to Prevent Frost on the Inside of Car Windows

When prevent frost on the windows of your vehicle, frost can occur on either the inside or the outside of the window. Because you want to be careful about the paint on the exterior of your car and possible delicate materials on the inside of the car, use the following method to prevent frost on the your car windows.

1. Fill a small bucket with 50% hand sanitizer and 50% water.
2. Submerse a washcloth or small towel in the liquid mixture.
3. Wring out the washcloth so it is moist but not soaking wet or dripping.
4. Use the wash cloth to wipe down the entire interior and/or exterior of you vehicles windows. Make sure to leave a coating of moisture on the window so the hand sanitizer, which has a much lower freezing point than water, prevents the freezing of moisture when it makes contact with your car or trucks windows.

What Causes Frost on your Home & Car Windows

Frost occurs on the windows of your home and car windows because the temperature on one side of the glass (the inside) is below freezing while the temperature on the other side of the glass is warmer. If the air on the cold side is cold enough, it causes the temperature of the glass on the warmer side to drop below freezing. As the temperature of the warmer air making contact with the glass drops, it increases the moisture content of the air on the warmer side of the glass which causes the moisture in the air to freeze on the glass on contact.

The trick to prevent frost from occuring or building up on the inside of your homes windows or car windshield is lower the freezing point of the moisture that accumulates on the glass. This can accomplished by applying a thin coating of a clear liquid that has a lower freezing point than water which is 32 degrees.