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General => Detailing => Topic started by: Ginge 35Edition on 12 June 2012, 19:17
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Can anyone recommend a snow foam product, I've just taken delivery of a new karcher and treated myself to their snow foam lance?
Cheers Ginge
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Why did you buy the karcher lance its gona be rubbish i imagine.. go on waxamomo and buy a proper lance a PH neutral snow foam
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TBH Snow foam is very hyped up anyhow, does not really do anything more than what a decent blast with a decent pressure wash will do... i still snow foam myself tho as its fun :grin:
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i still snow foam myself tho as its fun :grin:
That's a picture I don't want to have in my head... :shocked:
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i still snow foam myself tho as its fun :grin:
That's a picture I don't want to have in my head... :shocked:
LMAO!! very funny...
Yeah the karcher one is pants and the bottle is really small so it won't hold a lot of liquid...
This is the one I bought...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KARCHER-K-HIGH-PRESSURE-WASHER-SNOW-FOAM-FOAMING-LANCE-CW-BOTTLE-CAR-WASH-WAX-/130637269368?pt=UK_Car_Accessories_Car_Care_Cleaning&hash=item1e6a968978#ht_1106wt_689
Along with this...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Autosmart-New-HYPER-ULTRA-MOUSSE-5-Litres-Foaming-Car-Shampoo-snow-foam-/170820580311?pt=UK_Car_Accessories_Car_Care_Cleaning&hash=item27c5b333d7#ht_811wt_689
Oh it's so much fun!
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as a pre wash snow foam can be effective... but I have found TFR to be a better solution in the long run
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as a pre wash snow foam can be effective... but I have found TFR to be a better solution in the long run
Guy, what's TFR?
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traffic film remover :wink:
comes in many varieties :smiley:
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I've never, ever been impressed by snow foam.
I've bought the lance from the group buy on DW - HD lance (something like that) and bought a gallon of SSP and Magic Foam (?) - can't remember the exact ones.
Long story short, it doesn't do much/anything. I've tried it on absolutely filthy cars to slightly dirty cars and have always had to resort to a hand-clean.
I bought it so that I could do a weekly touch-free wash, but it certainly won't ever replace a hand-wash, it does nothing!
... But as above, I still use it - it amuses me to fill the driveway with 2" thick foam.
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Snow foaming is purely designed to remove loose surface dirt not bonded contaminants, and isn't going to give you a touch less wash,
As has already been said you can just blow over with a pressure washer thoroughly which will remove a majority of nastys on the paint,
When making up my snow foam i use Autosmart active XL tfr in the mix which bumps the foaming up a bit and cleans very well though I would never use this method on a fully detailed and protected car.
for wax stripping I use diluted g101 through the lance.
@Mr GTD Tfr removes the traffic film ie diesel fumes,scum/dirt that accumulates over time and bonds to the paint if left, normal car shampoos can't remove this effectively as they are designed to be gentle.
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Ive started using a company called Bilt-Hamber.
I use Surfex HD with my jet wash and then just give it a once over with car shampoo afterwards. I would also recommend their clay bar as it works with water so its a lot quicker!
http://www.bilthamber.com/ (http://www.bilthamber.com/)
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Snow foaming is purely designed to remove loose surface dirt not bonded contaminants, and isn't going to give you a touch less wash,
As has already been said you can just blow over with a pressure washer thoroughly which will remove a majority of nastys on the paint,
When making up my snow foam i use Autosmart active XL tfr in the mix which bumps the foaming up a bit and cleans very well though I would never use this method on a fully detailed and protected car.
for wax stripping I use diluted g101 through the lance.
@Mr GTD Tfr removes the traffic film ie diesel fumes,scum/dirt that accumulates over time and bonds to the paint if left, normal car shampoos can't remove this effectively as they are designed to be gentle.
Thanks for the expo...