Wolfgang Foam Cannon HP, foam lance, car wash foamer, pressure washer foam gun
Above is the link to the foam cannon I purchased. I loved it at first. It blew the neighbors away. It completely covered my car in rich foam and looked awesome.
The downside is I didn`t find the cleaning ability that good. I have a karcher 1800 psi with 1.5 gal/min flow. When ordering the product, you indicate what type of pressure washer you have and they send you the attachment with the foam lance.
I rarely use mine any longer. I have switched to using the pressure washer with hose water as a pre-wash. I then fill a 5 gal bucket with CR Spotless DI water and 3oz of ONR. I use a grout sponge soaked with ONR and then rinse with the pressure washer connected to the CR Spotless unit. When finished, I blow dry with a leaf blower.
I have found that method to leave my car cleaner, shinier and with no residue. The results in my opinion are substantially better than the foam lance. I have not found any new marring using this method. I just polished my car and have washed it about 4 times since and haven`t found any marring.
The foam cannon looked cool, but always left this light film on the car. I don`t believe it was from the foam lance, but just was merely the lack of cleaning ability of the foam. I experimented with different thickness in foam ranging from almost solid foam to liquidy foam to allow it to move across the car as it sat.
I found a simple pre-wash with a pressure washer sufficient to remove the larger debris and bugs that I wouldn`t want to remove using manual pressure. The ONR leaves a finish that in my opinion looks better than when I used the two bucket method and a sheepskin mitt except I have no marring from the ONR. I did have slight marring from the sheepskin mitt and two buckets.
Just as a background, my clear is extremely soft so you may not have the same issue. In the end, the setup above works as indicated providing tons of thick foam. I was able to obtain thick foam using regular hose water and either the sample soap they sent (DP Extreme), CG Wash and Clear (1oz mixed in the large bottle) and Meguiar`s Gold Class.
I hope this helps.
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