Foam spray

[MCC-182]

Hello, after a bit of advice. Where can I get a good cheap foam spray/gun for cleaning my car? Seen them in action and it seems much easier!

 

[theduck]

Cheap ways of doing it dont exist! Take it from the guy who has spent as much money trying to do it cheaply as it costs to buy the i4detailing foam lance!

 

[MCC-182]

Ok mate, how much are the they?

 

[theduck]

i4detailing lance is £50 but you need a pressure washer

 

[MCC-182]

Ok thanks, is the Gilmour Foamaster 2 any good?

 

[theduck]

i4detailing one is meant to be better and we get 7.5% club dsicount

http://www.i4detailing.co.uk/acatalog/HD_Snow_Foam_Lance_1L.html

 

[-J-]

I need a foam lance for my Pressure washer... Maybe worth while seeing if there would be enough people for a group buy from somewhere?

 

[Michael172]

Ok thanks, is the Gilmour Foamaster 2 any good?

No its utter tripe. You wont get foam like you want by using those. Buy a cheap karcher, the 2.19 is okay it does the job nicely.

i4detailing one is meant to be better and we get 7.5% club dsicount

http://www.i4detailing.co.uk/acatalog/HD_Snow_Foam_Lance_1L.html

 

[theduck]

my karcher was about £35. 2.01 or somehthing like that

 

[Michael172]

mine was about the same with discount, packed up yesterday and bought the better one i have yet to try it out.

 

[theduck]

yeah mine was meant to be about £50 iirc.

 

[Feirny]

Looking at one of these, just got a cheap pressure washer from work, a karcher K2. Nice little thing.

 

[Psalm23_(UK)]

I got one of these off the car boot on Sunday at Redcar for £3 as new.
It sort of works but I've only used it with normal car shampoo wash stuff.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...068_crumb_33958-33922_parentcategoryrn_123068

 

[MRBILLYUK]

I wouldn't waste my money on these expensive foam lances tbh . If you already have a decent pressure washer do what i do . You get plenty of foam at alot higher pressure than these lances .

^^^ Do what i do mate . First wash off any loose dirt with the pressure washer hooked up to the garden hose .Then i run a 6 foot length of hose into a 25 litre home brew fermenting bin filled with a couple of capfulls of Extreme body wash and wax shampoo and warm water . Then foam the car with high pressure foam , leave to dwell for a few minutes then continue with the 2 bucket method .

Hell of alot cheaper than these fancy foam lances

 

[Psalm23_(UK)]

that looks as good as my foam! I though it was supposed to be like a foam party, with thick foam.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

^^ I use warm water and shampoo at high pressure , shifts the majority of the dirt before i attack it with the washmitt and 2 buckets . It depends how good your pressure washer is tbh . Karchers are designed to be used as pumps so they are good for sucking up water as in the method i use

 

[Psalm23_(UK)]

I'm using a cheap karcher b202. ok for general stuff just got the foam gun cos it was cheap. kept next doors kids amused!
will I get better foam using a propper product and is it worth it?

 

[MRBILLYUK]

The fault i find with those foam guns is they run out of shampoo too early , they are just too small . They do foam well though but obviously only at low pressure , i use mine from time to time with any shampoo and it always seems to produce decent amounts of foam . No need to spend loads on shampoo just for foaming imo .

 

[Psalm23_(UK)]

cheers for info I'll stick with it how it is then. (Don't tell Rich though!) Lol

Goodnight.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Okay , mums the word , lol

 

[Davey C]

MRBILLY -
Quick question:
As we're running the hose into the shampoo mix that means the water plus shampoo is going through the pump in the pressure washer doesn't it? Is that not bad for the pump?

None of the foam lances fit my pressure washer so if its not bad for the pump i'll be battering right into your method!
Cheers!

 

[Christophe]

The Autobrite lancer is awsome which is what i have. Thicker than any i have seen on here before.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

MRBILLY -
Quick question:
As we're running the hose into the shampoo mix that means the water plus shampoo is going through the pump in the pressure washer doesn't it? Is that not bad for the pump?

None of the foam lances fit my pressure washer so if its not bad for the pump i'll be battering right into your method!
Cheers!

The amount of shampoo in the water is tiny , a couple of capfulls in 25 litres . You can actually use Karchers as pumps , for emptying things like fish ponds . As long as the pump is powerful enough inside the pressure washer you should have no problems using my method

 

[theduck]

I didnt taken any pics of mine in use yesterday but I got massively thick foam with the I4d lance and SnowFoam

 

[Fletcher]

I'm using the Karcher foam gun with Snow foam, and getting great results.

 

[Psalm23_(UK)]

^^ What foam do you use?

 

[Fletcher]

^^^^^i4detailing snow foam.

 

[Davey C]

The amount of shampoo in the water is tiny , a couple of capfulls in 25 litres . You can actually use Karchers as pumps , for emptying things like fish ponds . As long as the pump is powerful enough inside the pressure washer you should have no problems using my method

Cheers, thanks for the help.