Simply add a carefully measured handful of salt.

This, unfortunately, is a case of “I read it online so it must be true.” Most people trust what they read online, which isn’t a bad thing if you are reading articles on www.streetmusclemag.com, but we’ve come to realize through our own experience, much of the online information is not always useful or credible. This video is a perfect example of that.

For anyone that still believes that there is some kind of law that prevents people from posting inaccurate material on the internet, let’s take an in-depth look at this video.

First, you are asked to believe that a recipe of water, salt, bug spray and rubbing alcohol will weld your glass back to original specifications. Mixing alcohol in water does nothing more than dilute the alcohol. Adding salt to the mixture only raises the boiling point of the mixture, and makes it taste a little salty. The chemicals that normally make up insecticide, permethrin, diazinon, proposer, or chlorpyrifos, are only there to repel insects or in the case of permethrin, treat scabies.

Add to the mixture a dollop of “Off”

Secondly, we are asked to believe that any chemical reaction that happens in this odd mixture, is not subject to precise measurements. Just put in a handful of salt, a quick pour of alcohol and a dash of bug spray into a pot of water and you have the exact blend of chemicals for this reaction to happen.

Third, we are asked to use a foam brush to dab this chemical cocktail on your hot windshield that has been sitting in the sun. We don’t really need to explain what cool liquid does to a cracked hot windshield, do we?

Word of caution: Don’t believe everything that you see on the internet. The information super-highway can become the ignorant two-lane street for web users that don’t check information for credibility first. What funny (phony) repair have you seen online that you know wasn’t going to work as stated? Share it with us below.