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snow foam
« on: 27 February 2009, 17:54 »
Hi guys

I have bought snow foam and foam lance but cant seem to get the results seen on here. The lance i have is a Gilmour Foamaster II Foam Gun, but it doesnt seem to connect to my pressure washer so i connect it to a hose.  the foam doesnt seem to stick to the car and looks more like bubbles than the smooth foam that covers the whole car. I put about 1" snow foam into bottle on lance and fill rest up with water.

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Re: snow foam
« Reply #1 on: 27 February 2009, 18:05 »
Hose, as in just connected to a tap? There's never going to be enough pressure from that.

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Re: snow foam
« Reply #2 on: 27 February 2009, 18:07 »
Yeah connected to a tap, I guess this is wrong

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Re: snow foam
« Reply #3 on: 27 February 2009, 18:09 »
Yeah connected to a tap, I guess this is wrong

yup, you need to buy a foam lance that fits your pressure washer..

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Re: snow foam
« Reply #4 on: 27 February 2009, 18:56 »
bo!!ocks paid £50 for the gun. oh well thanks for the help

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Re: snow foam
« Reply #5 on: 27 February 2009, 19:11 »
bo!!ocks paid £50 for the gun. oh well thanks for the help
If you're not happy with it then return it. What's your pressure washer? as you have one, get a lance that fits.

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=50151

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Re: snow foam
« Reply #6 on: 27 February 2009, 19:55 »
cheers for the link. think i will sell the foam master and try to buy a lance for the pressure washer.

Not sure what make the pressure washer is it stays at work, i bought it from b&q so will prob find it hard to get a lance that fits it.

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Re: snow foam
« Reply #7 on: 27 February 2009, 22:39 »
Commiserations mate! I made the gilmour mistake too. Everyone raved about them and I get far far better results from the foam lance.
Check out www.autobritedirect.co.uk and they do HD foam lances for £38.50 from memory and you WILL get foam from that!
Put the Gilmour on eBay or try to return it.

Tim
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Brazilian waxing since 1999. Online shop open.