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09-03-2011, 08:47 AM | #1 |
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High foaming car wash soap for use with a foam gun?
I recently picked up a gilmour 95QGFMR foam gun and tried it out for the first time today. It's not a pressure washer foam gun so I am wondering if that's part of my problem.
What I found was that the foam was quite watery even on the most concentrated setting and didn't really cling to the car for very long. This video I found has a little more foam than I did (still not much though) but the foam seems to cling longer. I tried two car wash soaps: griot's garage, autoint ph neutral surface conditioner. Neither made much foam and it blew through soap incredibly quickly (which I guess is to be expected). Can anyone recommend a good high foam car wash soap? I've seen videos of people using the pressure washer foam guns and it literally cakes the car in a thick layer of foam that stays there. I'd like to get as close to this as I can without having to get a pressure washer. thanks a ton for any advice. |
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You're not going to get anywhere close to the type of foam you get with a pressure washer. I've got one of the Gilmour Foammaster II gun and it's ok... I recommend Chemical Guys Maxi Suds II soap for alot of foam.
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With a foam gun just use a richer concentration of shampoo. I use it on setting E and put about 4 - 6+ ounces of shampoo in the reservoir and maybe 6+ ounces of water. This will create a good lather, do small sections at a time so you don't waste too much shampoo. I use the Chemical Guys Maxi Suds II a lot myself but I'm really excited to introduce the Chemical Guys HoneyDew Snow Foam which should be in stock in about 3 weeks.
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09-07-2011, 06:38 AM | #4 |
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Thanks guys, maybe that's what I'm doing wrong - I filled the reservoir about 3/4 full with just soap, didn't dilute it as I figured the gun would do that.
I'll give the honeydew snow foam a try when it's available, thanks for the heads-up. |
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09-07-2011, 08:39 AM | #5 |
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I really like Meguiars Deep CrystalŽ Car Wash soap.
http://www.meguiarsdirect.com/produc...o?q=MEG+G10464 |
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I have the AutoGeek.net Foam Gun and so far the best soap I've used was Jax Wax Super Suds. I got a gallon of it for only $10.99.
http://store.jaxwax.com/Jax-Wax-Supe...-Soap-p/ss.htm
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I've used just soap before on setting E and it worked just fine, you may need to make sure you have enough pressure to create the suds. Greg @ DI |
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I use the high pressure valve with the foam master gun (I bought my foam gun off Amazon.com and the additional valve was advertised with it). I also use Maxisuds carwash adding enough to fill the bottom of the canister. I fill the rest of the canister with water and shake it hard. I get a really, really nice foam covering. I will try the honeydew snow foam though, sounds like it would smell great.
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Which soap to use without pressure water ?
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I saw a video on youtube of someome using a manual spray to foam the car, do you think it can be any good ? And which soap to use ? Thank you <3 |
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