ShawnF350- Ah, yeah....TW shampoo...I used *gallons and gallons* of that stuff before becoming a Shampoo Snob. STILL remember exactly what it smells like! Hey, it`s better than Westleys IMO.
These days I do indeed mix my foamgun concentrate to that 7:121 ratio. I use about 3.5 oz each of Griot`s and 3D Pink. I use that mix for cleaning wheels/wells/etc. and for use in the foamguns. With the foamguns, I generally use the two strongest settings (and no, I *never have* looked up what actual dilution ratio that is, simply don`t care).
BUT...remember that with my wash technique I`m not really after "foamy foam", but rather a sudsy output that will lubricate and flush the surface being washed. Yeah, I spray some on there first and let it dwell as a kind of pre-soak, but that`s not at all my primary intention. The real goal of the foamgun output is for the flushing/lubrication to get the dirt off *while I`m agitating the surface* and do so without any marring.
So what I want might not be at all right for somebody else. (Maybe just the two of us, Bill )
Funny about the pressure washers` output...I`ve had a lot of different ones over the years, and/but fortunately with my current LSPs [INSERT usual FK1000P rave] the [crappy] little 1600psi AR I got for Christmas years ago (cost my wife a whole $75) is absolutely perfect for pre-rinsing the vehicles; it gets the "big stuff" off just fine and doesn`t require much caution when used on fragile trim/etc. on the older ones (gee, they`re all "older" now). It`s not even close to potent enough for anything else (well, maybe the washbay floor), but it`s fine for that prewash. I bet it`s because of the LSP since I did indeed appreciate washing with more potent units in the past. No matter *how* filthy a vehicle is, or how many months since the last reLSPing, a quick rinsing off gets it looking nearly clean even before I begin the actual wash.
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