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Cheap and Easy to Make DIY Windshield Washer Fluid

Modified: Jan 6, 2023 by Vanessa Goodpaster-Beaty · This post may contain affiliate links · 14 Comments

Keeping your windshield clean while you are driving is essential and unfortunately, there are many things that can gum up the works so to speak.

Mud, bugs, and other debris can accumulate on your windshield and cause residue that is hard to see through.

DIY Windhield Washer Fluid

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While you can always run to the store and buy windshield washer fluid, isn’t making your own a much better idea?

We think so, which is why we found a great recipe for you that lets you make your own.

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To make your own washer fluid, you just need to mix a gallon of water with 1 tablespoon of dishwashing liquid and ½ cup of ammonia (for anti freeze or vinegar.

You can also add a few drops of food coloring so that you know what the liquid is for.

Just mix this up in a gallon-sized jug and fill your reservoir whenever needed to keep your windshield clean and sparkly.

There are other recipes that do not contain vinegar.

You can also mix about 16 ounces of rubbing alcohol with 1 tablespoon of dish soap and enough water to fill a gallon jug. This works well too.

Or, you can substitute vodka for the rubbing alcohol and instead of dish soap, use liquid castile soap.

 

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  1. Craig Suchier

    September 08, 2015 at 3:59 pm

    ilove craft and so something,

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  2. Lou T

    November 27, 2015 at 7:51 pm

    Love the excellent DIY projects as they are practical, fun & really help with taking the mind of office work .. Thanks & Cheers

    Reply
  3. Rob

    December 30, 2015 at 12:26 am

    Does the alcohol eat away at the rubber on the wiper?

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  4. Yvette

    November 27, 2016 at 2:43 am

    I live in Colorado

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  5. Pavla

    April 15, 2017 at 2:53 pm

    I think I had this recipe all mixed up. I was drinking the vodka and mixing the soap and water togather. For windshield fluid.okay , let's start over...what a waste of stoli

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    • Robin

      September 14, 2024 at 11:40 pm

      💙

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  6. Nikki

    June 04, 2017 at 5:06 am

    @ Rob that was my concern as well

    Reply
  7. dave

    July 03, 2017 at 10:12 pm

    using dish soap etc containers salt which is bad for paint etc. also dish soap usually clogs the jets.

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  8. bardos

    April 18, 2018 at 5:44 am

    Unintelligible instructions because of lack of editing. Do not understand this symbol "(". Makes the instruction not understandable.

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    • Dakota

      February 15, 2020 at 7:18 pm

      You act like you are so intelligent... An intelligent person would add the reciprocating ")" as intended (for antifreeze) or vinegar. If you truly understand the English language, you might rephrase it in your mind as 1/2 cup of ammonia or vinegar (for antifreeze).
      I agree it would have been better without the typo, but do you need to attack the person?

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      • Christopher Headlam

        May 26, 2021 at 1:57 am

        Dakota I like you. Your awesome. Hahahah

        Reply
  9. Madeline

    January 04, 2019 at 8:59 pm

    Awesome DIY !!! Thank you Pinterest for saving me money. Just did this instead of buying it at a gas station. It cleaned my Glass very well

    Reply
  10. Rob

    May 18, 2021 at 5:35 pm

    "you can substitute vodka for the rubbing alcohol"

    lol, why would anyone waste vodka like that?

    But good recipe though!
    Thanks..

    Reply
  11. Delaney Ross

    April 30, 2025 at 1:19 am

    Just a heads up - when I used the castille soap + vinegar version, the soap instantly crystallized in the gallon jug. Not sure if that one is great, but maybe the others will be better.

    Reply

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