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The garage protects your car’s paint and finishes from the sun’s harmful rays and rust-inducing rain in the summer. During winter storms, your automobile is safe inside the garage, away from the snow and ice. But do you have any idea that keeping your car in the garage in winter can damage it? It’s common knowledge that the salt we use to treat our roads throughout the winter is bad for your car’s body panels and undercarriage. Metal rusts when exposed to salt. People use ice melt with magnesium chloride or kosher salt to melt ice, but these products also contain corrosive chloride. Let’s find out how to ensure your car’s safety this winter. Car In Garage Pros In cold weather, parking your automobile outside can hasten the corrosion of your brakes. While some rust is unavoidable in the winter, you may decrease the amount of moisture your vehicle is exposed to by keeping it parked inside.  Battery difficulties can occur if you park your automobile out...

De-ice Your Car Windows On icy mornings there’s always some misguided person who chips away at the ice on their car windows with metal instruments or throws hot water on their windshield. Both methods can damage or even shatter car windows. Still, you must clean your car windows before hitting the road . Pet-Friendly Ice Melt Safe Paw The Original and the #1 Pet and Child Safe Ice Melt for over 20 years. Guaranteed environmentally safe – will not harm waterways and sensitive wetlands. Buy Now What you can do now. Ensure you have a piece of cardboard to place on your windshield before a storm hits. Lift the windshield wipers and place them on top of the cardboard to secure them to the windshield. Then when you’re ready to drive, just lift the cardboard up and drop the ice on the ground. Tip: Do not raise your windshield wipers straight up. If ice or heavy snow falls on the wipers and forces them onto your windshield, they can crack the glass. Keep reading for more tips specific to winds...

Snow brings a lot of happiness and joy but also results in around half a million crashes and thousands of accidents per year. You don’t only have to worry about snow on the road, you also need to pay attention to the snow that covers your vehicles and ways to effectively melt the snow or ice. According to reports , about 46% of all crashes involve poor weather conditions making winter months riskier to drive in. While you can’t always do much about snow on the road, you should not let snow and ice accumulate on the vehicle as it can impact not just you but also others around you. Plus, it can even have legal repercussions. Safe, Non-Corrosive Snow Melt Safe Paw The Original and the #1 Pet and Child Safe Ice Melt for over 20 years. Guaranteed environmentally safe – will not harm waterways and sensitive wetlands. Buy Now Let’s start. 1- It’s Riskier To Drive The accumulation of ice and snow on your vehicle reduces visibility and increases the risk of being dislodged. Getting dislodg...