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The American Automobile Association has a few tips on how to safely remove ice from your windshield:
Start the engine
Set the heater to defrost
Adjust the airflow to recirculate
Move the temperature control to full heat
A glass deicer spray can also help remove ice.
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Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026
If gravel is already installed, regular raking, hand-pulling, or spot-treating with salt spray can control weeds.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 23 Jan. 2026
But since spray cans also contain propellants and chemicals, most municipal systems treat them as hazardous material.
—Chris Baskind, Treehugger, 20 Jan. 2026
Kitchen trash, vegetables, roach-spray cans, air fresheners, bathroom cleaners, a Russian Navy sailor’s cap, disposable gloves, water jugs, food packaging, juice bottles, men’s body-wash bottles—all had sloshed around in the strait and washed up on Alaskan shores.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
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Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026
If gravel is already installed, regular raking, hand-pulling, or spot-treating with salt spray can control weeds.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 23 Jan. 2026
But since spray cans also contain propellants and chemicals, most municipal systems treat them as hazardous material.
—Chris Baskind, Treehugger, 20 Jan. 2026
Kitchen trash, vegetables, roach-spray cans, air fresheners, bathroom cleaners, a Russian Navy sailor’s cap, disposable gloves, water jugs, food packaging, juice bottles, men’s body-wash bottles—all had sloshed around in the strait and washed up on Alaskan shores.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
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“Spray can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spray%20can. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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