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My experience with automotive glass cleaner is that it can still freeze (I once sold a car during a really cold spell, couldn’t for the life of me actually clean the car because any liquid cleaner would freeze on contact). A space heater doesn’t work too well in my garage because it’s a large space and so poorly sealed and insulated (bought a new house for the warranty, builders skipped town at the first issue and I discovered just how many corners they cut) and I don’t have one big enough to keep up
That said Sven-Olof Jansson noted I hadn’t thought about the effects of the cold on the metal so I’ll probably just try to setup a place inside to sharpen. The only downside is it adds a lot more effort to sharpening to have to bring it inside rather than pull out the stones and sharpen up quick. But with -10F/-23C in the forecast coming in to sharpen will probably be nice anyway.
-Matt