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#521227 - 22/11/13 11:13 AM Snow Foaming....
ROB IS THE STIG Offline
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I asked this on Jacks thread but thought id get a thread going

What are my options for snow foaming WITHOUT a jet wash, must be some decent attachments for hoses??

Also, maybe a stupid question, do you snow foam the car from dry or give it a pre rinse??

C'mon guys, need ur opinions and recommendations

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#521228 - 22/11/13 11:22 AM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: ROB IS THE STIG]
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I've been using this for sometime, makes washing the car more fun

It simply attaching to a hose pipe...very foamy, you can buy refills without having to buy the hose section all the time

Ideal for under wheel arches.

http://www.carplan.co.uk/index.cfm?product=290


Edited by LegoMan (22/11/13 11:25 AM)
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#521229 - 22/11/13 11:22 AM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: ROB IS THE STIG]
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from dry didnt steve buy one last year ?

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#521230 - 22/11/13 11:23 AM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: LegoMan]
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Pre rinse is always best, just gets the extra crap off.
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#521231 - 22/11/13 11:24 AM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: LegoMan]
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oh really i have always been told dry might give it a go

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#521232 - 22/11/13 11:28 AM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: kenny]
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Edited by LegoMan (22/11/13 11:29 AM)
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Mountune 165 kit
Mountune Billet "Short-Shift" Arm
Mountune mats/boot
Mountune Leather gaiter and bezel
Mountune PAS cooler kit
Goodridge braided brake lines
Magnecor HT leads
denso plugs
Redstuff pads

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#521233 - 22/11/13 11:32 AM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: kenny]
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Quote:

oh really i have always been told dry might give it a go




It's personal preference I guess.
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Mountune Billet "Short-Shift" Arm
Mountune mats/boot
Mountune Leather gaiter and bezel
Mountune PAS cooler kit
Goodridge braided brake lines
Magnecor HT leads
denso plugs
Redstuff pads

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#521234 - 22/11/13 11:43 AM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: LegoMan]
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I do it from dry as it doesn't stick when wet

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#521235 - 22/11/13 12:23 PM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: redstLee]
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Do it from dry, if its wet it wint cling to the dirt and just slide right off
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#521236 - 22/11/13 04:12 PM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: Jack_P]
ROB IS THE STIG Offline
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Nice one, that looks insanely foamy that demon foam

Any other suggestions???

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#521237 - 23/11/13 12:09 PM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: ROB IS THE STIG]
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Good shout Rob, and great feedback guys

I too, was unsure if there was a snow foam for the hose pipe, all good now
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#522327 - 05/12/13 05:41 PM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: LegoMan]
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Originally Posted By: LegoMan
I've been using this for sometime, makes washing the car more fun <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

It simply attaching to a hose pipe...very foamy, you can buy refills without having to buy the hose section all the time <img src="/images/graemlins/thumbs.gif" alt="" />

Ideal for under wheel arches.

http://www.carplan.co.uk/index.cfm?product=290


Bought and tried it on my garden hose. Was pretty much a failure as all I got was white water. I'll put that down to only having 2 bar water pressure as using the same stuff in my decades old karcher foam lance there was a huge improvement.

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#522336 - 05/12/13 07:07 PM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: ROB IS THE STIG]
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Yeh it's gonna need a lot of pressure to wk effectively, how did you find the foam itself??

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#522339 - 05/12/13 07:21 PM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: ROB IS THE STIG]
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I tried a 60/40 mix water to shampoo initially and still thought it didn't foam as much as some of teh stuff I've seen on youtube, but when the container was nearly empty it came up trumps. Next time I used shampoo neat and worked around the adjustable flow rate was much better. I'm not sure if I was expecting too much though, or that I'd left the car too long before foaming as even with the pressure washer after about 20 minutes, it still needed a fair bit of close up work to get the majority of muck off the car. then again, as I mentioned previously, the roads around my area are mudbaths at times.

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#522341 - 05/12/13 07:46 PM Re: Snow Foaming.... [Re: ROB IS THE STIG]
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Nice one, thx mate smile

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