Foam Gun + Z7

[MachB5]

Anyone use Z7 in their gun? How do you mix it up? In a gallon first or directly in the gun bottle? What ratio do you use? I have the smaller sized foam gun bottle currently. I typically use TOL BB in my gun, but having just Zaino'd my car, I want to use the Z7 I have.

[ZeusCGP]

bump..........

[Brazo]

Z7 cut 1:4 in a karcher presure washer foam gun attatchment



Very foamy, very stable foam

[ZeusCGP]

Oh baby. Can't wait till I get my gun

[Derf]

Originally Posted by ZeusCGP

Oh baby. Can't wait till I get my gun

They are awesome. I used mine for the first time this weekend and I love it.

[SHICKS]

Am I missing the point of a foam gun? I assume you still have to rinse your mitt. So does the detergent just sit on the paint until you wash the whole car? I am just not seeing the benefit.

Steve

[chpsk8]

Originally Posted by SHICKS

Am I missing the point of a foam gun? I assume you still have to rinse your mitt. So does the detergent just sit on the paint until you wash the whole car? I am just not seeing the benefit.

Steve

Starts to lift the dirt off right away. Better than pre-rinse with water. Can be difficult on a hot day when you have to move fast.
My routine is to:

Foam rims and tires.
Hit tires with brush
Rinse
Foam all horizontal surfaces
Hit them with a mitt
Rinse
Foam passenger side
Hit with mitt
Rinse horizontal surfaces and passenger side
Foam Drivers side
Hit with mitt
Rinse entire car

Sounds like a lot, but its actually faster and the results seem to be better to me.

Now thats a big car or truck....
If you're talking about my Miata..

Foam entire car
Hit with Mitt
Rinse
Done.
Gotta love the tiny cars!

[Accumulator]

Or you can use the foamgun the way some of us do, to minimize wash-induced marring. But note that this makes the wash more difficult as opposed to easier. Makes the wash a bit of a chore, but it more than pays off IMO when you don't have to polish out any marring.

[jsatek]

Originally Posted by Accumulator

Or you can use the foamgun the way some of us do, to minimize wash-induced marring. But note that this makes the wash more difficult as opposed to easier. Makes the wash a bit of a chore, but it more than pays off IMO when you don't have to polish out any marring.

Which way is that?

[Diesel1]

Originally Posted by jsatek

Which way is that?

Foam gun in one hand, mitt in other, tripping over 2 buckets with ur feet!

Some guys have mastered the whole spray and "Scrub" which makes ur wash mitt feel like its gliding on ice when you wash. Foam small area, wash with mitt, and continue. Remeber to rinse your mitt often.

[Accumulator]

Originally Posted by jsatek

Which way is that?

It's a bit involved to go over in detail again, but generally I use a "dislodge and flush" approach where I have the foamgun in one hand and the mitt/BHB in the other. The foam is sprayed at the point where the mitt/bristles contact the paint, providing constant flushing and lubrication. I still rinse the mitt/BHB frequently and still use the two-bucket method.

The idea is to barely touch the wash media against the car and to flush the dirt away rather than wipe it across the panels. Done properly, you can wash for a long, long time without inducing any marring...I virtually never have to polish any "swirls"/"cobwebs" out any more- it's been over 2 years on the S8 and even my minivan (used hard in nasty weather) came through the last winter without any marring.

A less-marring-obsessed person could probably wash with only the foamgun and the BHB and be pretty satisfied with the results. At least it'd be better than the usual wash methods where a mitt picks up dirt from the first inch of paint and then acts like sandpaper for the rest of the trip across the panel.

Diesel1- Heh heh, ah, it's not that tricky...now my "mitt-balloon" method (where I shoot the foam through a chenille/MF mitt and barely touch the mitt against the car), well, that *does* take some effort

If anybody wants to look 'em up, there are a few threads where these techniques are discussed in greater detail.

[slvr-bullet]

Is there a name for this technique so I can do a search?

I'd love to learn it Been doing the "Spray the car with h2o to wash off any dirt. Then work my way from top to bottom dunking the sponge every so often