Is there a screenwash shortage?

[Haruka]

Can't find the stuff anywhere and I have now run out. I have been looking for 2 weeks and there is none in my area. Time for an amazon delivery? But would they even do that, this close to Christmas?

I got some in my local tesco
Halfords?

Not round here.
I found it hard to find de-icer last week but that's sorted now.

I got some at a garage on the way to wor yesterday without issue. Although I still haven’t actually gotten around to putting it in.

I dont know about screenwash, but there seems to just be a general supply chain failure overall. Over and over again, we find we are unable to put our hands on something specific, be it grapefruit juice, brown bread, semi skimmed milk, cornflakes, fairy washing powder, whatever.

Every day there are big gaps on supermarket shelves. But at no point is there a lack of choice of alternatives, so nothing critical - except water in non-water areas- I've heard of that, and I dont think you can get much more critical than that....

There's loads round here.

Our local garage did say they sold out during the freezing weather last week though, I suspect that's what it is.

I don't know, but my dad has used a few drops of washing up liquid in water for the last 60 years

I was really struggling to find screen wash last week when it was icy.

But I saw some in our nearest big Tesco yesterday so hopefully the demand is easing a bit this week.

And Amazon are still delivering - we had an Amazon delivery today - so you might find some screenwash on there that’ll turn up before Christmas.

Hmm, must be very area-specific. The shelves are empty here in the screenwash isle bits. I have just placed an order through Amazon with Morrison's - given that the actual shelves for this are empty here, I will wait and see.

I got some for halfords, winter one 2 for £14.

Whitley Bay Morrison's had a pallet load out, a few days ago.

I tried Morrison's, The Range, every petrol station I went into and ASDA and nada. So online it is for now.

Me too, I'm out and can't find any

I use a squirt of Stardrops cleaning liquid instead of screenwash in all but sub zero weather. Works very well and very economical.

Oh FFS no screenwash. No substitute available, either.

I tried 4 garages and halfords before getting some in The Range.

I've never used screenwash, just water with a tiny bit of washing up liquid.

I did once buy a used car that came with some tablets for adding to water to make it into screenwash though, maybe try looking for those if you can't use water and washing up liquid?

I bought some in Scunthorpe Morrisons yesterday

I'm Midlands-based...

Aldi had some with us. Admittedly we're not in the Midlands but you may have an Aldi or Lidl locally who has a random supply because people don't think "I need screenwash, must nip to Aldi Lidl"

I've been driving for over 40 years and have never used anything other than washing up liquid.
People PAY for special screen-wash?
Who knew?

I got some from home bargains

Yes, commercial screen wash has ethanol, or methanol in it, which does two jobs. It stops it from freezing and it's very good at removing greasy deposits, without leaving any residue. We've had frozen squirters a few times.

Tesco have Xmas themed screen wash at the minute, either gingerbread or winter berry.

I work at a garage and no issues with us getting it

I got mine in B&Q at the weekend