Foam Gun vs. Pressure Washer

[DocHoliday]

So I am debating between the two.



Now before everyone jumps on my for being a newb I have been detailing since 2000 and do get weekend business in the summer so I do know a thing or two about detailing although sometimes I might seem scatterbrained, thats just me. :2thumbs:



So I have been lurking for years on various forums and noticed all the rage now seems to be these foam guns and I was thinking about picking one up or picking up a pressure washer.



I like the pressure washer because I can set it on high and stand far away and let it rip and basically blow the dust and dirt off from a distance so it creates a mist of water. Plus I can use it to blast away in fender wells and when I get those big ole trucks with mud all over them. Plus Im like Alton Brown on the food channel, I like multi taskers I can use a pressure washer for so many more applications. Why should I get a foam gun? Convince me.

[brwill2005]

A pressure washer serves many purposes that a foam gun does not. I think both have a place in one`s detailing arsenal. Personally, I have never had any marring using natural sea sponges.

[Neo62381]

Take a read on that poll that I started, it seems to be pretty much on the same lines of what you are asking. A lot of good opinions. But from what everyone else is going crazy about, and from my own personal experience, get the gun!

[RCBuddha]

A pressure washer serves many purposes that a foam gun does not. I think both have a place in one`s detailing arsenal.



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I plan on getting both, I think they both will make washing vehicles much easier.

[DocHoliday]

Take a read on that poll that I started, it seems to be pretty much on the same lines of what you are asking. A lot of good opinions. But from what everyone else is going crazy about, and from my own personal experience, get the gun!link???????

[ZaneO]

They are really two different animals with different purposes.

[Bill D]

They are really two different animals with different purposes.



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I have both. The only automotive surfaces I would touch with a pressure washer would be undercarriages, wheel wells, and, if severe enough, wheels. Paint? No sir. I couldn`t bring myself to possibly really abrading dirt into the clear or who knows what other kind of disaster. If a vehicle is severely dirty, I`ll take a deep breath and get prepared for a long, tedious washing session with the foam gun.

[Neo62381]

linky (http://autopia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=67397)



there ya go

[Accumulator]

:werd:



I have both. The only automotive surfaces I would touch with a pressure washer would be undercarriages..



Same here, but I`ve only run into *one* undercarriage (never-cleaned 30 year old Jag) that I used the pressure washer on. It`s simply not something I use on vehicles. But I use the foamguns at every wash.

[Bill D]

Accumulator,



I sure wish another manufacturer would somehow re introduce that handy undercarriage cleaning gadget you have. :(

[klnyc]

How many oz you use on the Gilmousr foam gun?

[imported_Neothin]

I typically use 5-6 ounces of car wash soap per gallon of solution that I put into the gun`s reservoir.

[The Big Kahuna]

my vote is pressure washer hands down. I have both and rarely use the foam gun, but consistantly use the pressure washer.