# How Do You Keep a Bathroom Mirror From Fogging Up?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 1, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-a-bathroom-mirror-from-fogging-up/172257 "2003-05-01T00:35:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-a-bathroom-mirror-from-fogging-up/172257/21 "2003-05-01T12:41:18Z")

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Amway makes a product called See Spray. It is a glass cleaner that keeps windows and mirrors from fogging up. It really did work and I loved that stuff. It was the only good that ever came out of my uncle being an Amway salesman.

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**Author:** ![Flying\_Monk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@Flying\_Monk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flying_Monk)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-a-bathroom-mirror-from-fogging-up/172257/22 "2003-05-01T14:02:16Z")

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I third the shaving cream. Works like a charm. Shame on everyone who said to use electric heat in one form or another…such a waste of energy.

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**Author:** ![bradwalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@bradwalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bradwalt)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-a-bathroom-mirror-from-fogging-up/172257/23 "2003-05-01T14:14:04Z")

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Go to a hotel where the shower and toilet are in the bathroom, and the sink/mirror/counter are just outside. What a great invention! Allows two people to share the facilities more efficiently!

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-a-bathroom-mirror-from-fogging-up/172257/24 "2003-05-01T16:13:36Z")

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Auto parts stores have anti fog stuff in a bottle. Worth a shot. As for that PBS guy, doesn’t that guy have a website?

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**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-a-bathroom-mirror-from-fogging-up/172257/25 "2003-05-01T16:28:34Z")

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The cheap way that eliminates rubbing crap all over the mirror is just to hang a towel over it. If its a particularly hurried morning, I just hang the towel on the mirror and pull it off when I step out of the shower. Depending on the ventilation and how long and hot the shower was, it’ll stay clear long enough to shave/do hair, etc.  
Also, someone mentioned opening the door after the shower. Good idea to do that also.

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