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Offline golfhappy

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Re: Snow foam
« Reply #10 on: 08 March 2015, 06:10 »
"Fairy liquid" or a generic from home bargains! if it's good enough to wash the plates and then eat your diner off, it's good enough for the car!  :grin:
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Re: Snow foam
« Reply #11 on: 08 March 2015, 09:50 »
"Fairy liquid" or a generic from home bargains! if it's good enough to wash the plates and then eat your diner off, it's good enough for the car!  :grin:

You can eat your dinner off my car if you like  :tongue:  :laugh:
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Offline Mattyj

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Re: Snow foam
« Reply #12 on: 08 March 2015, 11:03 »
You getting a lance?

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Re: Snow foam
« Reply #13 on: 08 March 2015, 16:21 »
I've got a Karcher pressure washer.
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Re: Snow foam
« Reply #14 on: 08 March 2015, 17:18 »
I've got a Karcher pressure washer.

If you do need a snow foam lance to use with your pressure washer,  this subject was also recently discussed here too  :smiley:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=272469.0
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Re: Snow foam
« Reply #15 on: 09 March 2015, 19:17 »
No a bottle to go on the pressure washer

Offline Snooze

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Re: Snow foam
« Reply #16 on: 10 March 2015, 21:32 »
The Karcher came with a lance with a bottle on it. Is this no Gd then booth?
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Re: Snow foam
« Reply #17 on: 10 March 2015, 21:46 »
The Karcher came with a lance with a bottle on it. Is this no Gd then booth?

Snooze, tbh I've not tried the ones that come bundled with a pressure washer, some people say they're ok, but I doubt they would be as effective as a proper snow foam lance and not adjustable which is essential imo.   I recall someone recently tried out the Karcher one and ended up buying a proper one as they said it was pretty poor.

Ah, remembered who it was.  Here's the quote from the snow foam lance thread:

Ok cheers mate i opted for the 1 off cleanyourcar.co.uk as didnt want to trust ebay,
Now im glad i didnt, the karcher 1 i got came with the pw, its very small and doesnt last to cover the whole car so got to fill it twice, plus its not ajustable, it just comes out very watery, im sure im not doing anything wrong or using wrong snow foam

Doesn't sound great, but why not give it a go and if it's no good get a proper one.  :smiley:
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Re: Snow foam
« Reply #18 on: 10 March 2015, 22:00 »
Karche bottle is useless, barely covers the car and certainly doesn't produce foam thick enough to do any real work

A proper lance is the way forward  :smiley:

Can be a bit galling paying just as much for the lance as the pressure washer mind.......but if you want proper foam then its the only way  :smiley:

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Re: Snow foam
« Reply #19 on: 11 March 2015, 11:03 »
Gash. This is becoming a very expensive business! £90 for a pressure washer, £20 for snow foam and £45 for a lance.
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