Life hack - car screen window

Mosquitoes are plentiful in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area where I currently am. I bought some Tulle craft fabric from Walmart for about $3 and inserted it under the rubber sealing of my car windows to keep mosquitoes out at night.

The Tulle fabric is woven with small holes like mosquito netting. It's soft, lightweight, and somewhat easy to tear. Can be found in the crafts section. One small pack of 3 ft should be enough to cover two rear windows.

Cut out a large piece of Tulle fabric, larger than the window frame. On the window frame, pull the top three sides of the rubber sealing out a little bit. The rubber sealing pops right out.

Spread the Tulle fabric between the frame and the rubber sealing, so that the top edge has just a little fabric overhang and the bottom edge has a generous length of extra fabric, then press the sealing back in. The fabric gets wedged in between.

If the rubber sealing is pulled up too much and the window can't go up, just press the sealing along the side and slide it down.

Stuff the extra fabric on the bottom edge into the plastic molding in the car interior. Keep the fabric straight and the sheet flat so it doesn't stretch too tight and get torn.

It helps to have extra fabric in a big bunch on the bottom so it's easier to fill the empty space without ripping it against the sharp plastic pieces inside the molding. Pry the plastic piece above the door handle out a little, and push fabric into the empty space in under the plastic.

Then trim the extra fabric off with a pair of scissors. That's it. Done.

Alternative places to get materials:

• Mosquito netting can be bought for $10 at L.L. Bean. 

• Ikea sells a white bed netting with big holes for $20. Might work, but probably won't keep out mosquitoes.

• Home Depot doesn't have any netting, but they have aluminum screens - the kind that goes in house windows. I tried using that at first, but the screens have sharp edges that very easily scratch the exterior paint of my car. Dangerous and difficult to work with. Plus, I'd have to build a frame and somehow fix it to the window then figure out how to make a tight seal. Forget it.

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