I use the two bucket method with a foam gun on garden hose.
I start off by:
-Rinse
-Foam gun with whatever soap I have laying around in the gun (armour all now)
-Rinse again
-Proceed with two wash bucket method and dry.
My question is, am I wasting time here since I`m just letting the suds from the foam gun sit for a bit then I rinse it off and proceed to do the hand wash. I guess I`m not too sure what the proper way is to wash with a foam gun here!
I foam dry with my awesome IK foamer 9, I don`t pre rinse... I feel the soap becomes too diluted if I pre rinse, and if I do pre rinse, its because there are CHUNKS of "sh_T" on that car. lol. Not sure if it truly makes a difference.
I don`t pre-foam anymore, didn`t find any benefits that i could notice unless I plan on scrubbing something(rubber trim etc but I just spray APC and that does the trick). Only time I use the foam gun is to do the Mike Phillips Aggressive wash method prior to polishing a car or if I want to be extra careful I`ll do the foaming and mitt gliding simultaneously as mentioned above . I used the technique to maintain my black SUV years ago and it worked like a charm every time, it is time consuming since i do it veeery gently.
I foam dry with my awesome IK foamer 9, I don`t pre rinse... I feel the soap becomes too diluted if I pre rinse, and if I do pre rinse, its because there are CHUNKS of "sh_T" on that car. lol. Not sure if it truly makes a difference.
Did you get the small foamer as well? Curious if it blows away the Kwazar, I need to place my order for the iK today!
Did you get the small foamer as well? Curious if it blows away the Kwazar, I need to place my order for the iK today!
Kwazar foamer = foam master
IK foamer = foam cannon
I love them, more than any foamer i`ve ever used. lol
I like foaming the car because in some situations, it just looks cool, I never really notice a real good benefit to it, but its just a preliminary rinse for me, I feel that some soap dwelling can loosen or soften some caked on road debris.
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I haven`t used a foam gun or even a traditional bucket wash in quite some time. Forget the foam canon. Wastes too much water and is a hassle. ONR weekly washes have taken over. Much more eco friendly for us So Cal drought folks.
But this is what I do when I used the foam gun.
Rinse
Foam
1 bucket wash
Rinse
Dry with DP car Dryer
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