Wash as you mini-seal-coat the car - HydroFoam

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mobiledynamics

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I`ve had a bottle of HydroFoam that was gifted to me. Been sitting around forever....used it twice post a thorough washing - sprayed out of my cannon.

Car was very lightly dirty so I decided to do a 2BM with HydoFoam as my shampoo.
Anyhow, maybe it`s the combo of the the fact that there is SIO2 in there, but the shampoo-mitt was very very lubricious. Then again, I did not even measure. I just poured what I wanted into the bucket....I def. probably went above the recommended dilution ratio but then again, I was doing full on bucket shampoo per panel as u go sorta deal..

And when I blew dried it, whew.....water flew off like a freshly coated car !

I`m not a fan of a sub par soap or sub par coating. But for a interim wash/seal/topper, it`s not too shabby in that respect I suppose
 
RESET is a amazing soap.

I have tested HydroFoam on what I would consider dirty panel - must clean shampoo cleanliness.
Hydrofoam does not hold a candle to it compared to reset...
 
They are 2 totally different soaps. Both are great, but there is no soap (that I’ve ever come across) that actually leaves legitimate protection behind like Hydrofoam.
 
Sorry. We`re on different paths-pov. Cause Hydrofoam is not a daily shampoo. And one IMO should not attempt to use Hydrofoam to clean a dirty car (even though the marketing instructions suggest it`s a shampoo + protector). To each his own.

It`s not effective as Reset nor does it protect as long a Hydr02. So WHY BOTHER. That is why I don`t use it in my arsenal. The car used was coated. I was simply stating that due to the

- the big --glug glug-- ratio I used in the bucket
and maybe due to the SIO2 activation, the surface tension or lack therof was uber lubricious cleaning on the panel.

I was not reporting it was a great soap or protection. It`s a nice topper, and IMO if should be applied on clean panels and not be used as a wash as you *sio2* solution.

I used it today as a shampoo as the car was recently washed (4 days ago), was driven locally for maybe 1 mile or less in some mild weather and has some slight residual dirt and scattered shower rainfall on it.


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If one had went to the trouble of using a real shampoo to clean the car and then hydrofoam it out of a cannon like I did just to trial it, you`re better off skipping step 2 and head straight to something like Hydr02 or Wetcoat is is longer lasting
 
I’ve got a bottle of Hydrofoam and have never used it. The bottle mocks me every time I go into my garage. One day it will get used, I promise. Maybe.
 
RLM - find some way to use it up....my POV of detailing products/change. I treat them like fruit. They have some level of shelf life to some degree...
 
mobiledynamics said:
RLM - find some way to use it up....my POV of detailing products/change. I treat them like fruit. They have some level of shelf life to some degree...
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We are still in the low 90s here. When it finally gets down to the low 80s I’ll get to use some of my products. I agree about shelf life, especially with the SiO2 products.
 
mobiledynamics said:
Sorry. We`re on different paths-pov. Cause Hydrofoam is not a daily shampoo. And one IMO should not attempt to use Hydrofoam to clean a dirty car (even though the marketing instructions suggest it`s a shampoo + protector). To each his own.

It`s not effective as Reset nor does it protect as long a Hydr02. So WHY BOTHER. That is why I don`t use it in my arsenal. The car used was coated. I was simply stating that due to the

- the big --glug glug-- ratio I used in the bucket
and maybe due to the SIO2 activation, the surface tension or lack therof was uber lubricious cleaning on the panel.

I was not reporting it was a great soap or protection. It`s a nice topper, and IMO if should be applied on clean panels and not be used as a wash as you *sio2* solution.

I used it today as a shampoo as the car was recently washed (4 days ago), was driven locally for maybe 1 mile or less in some mild weather and has some slight residual dirt and scattered shower rainfall on it.


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If one had went to the trouble of using a real shampoo to clean the car and then hydrofoam it out of a cannon like I did just to trial it, you`re better off skipping step 2 and head straight to something like Hydr02 or Wetcoat is is longer lasting
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Maybe I’m missing something - but HydroFoam isn’t even supposed to be used in a bucket unless you dilute 1:9. They recommend something like a 1:9 dilution for a foam cannon - so my math is telling me you would need to use like 1/2 a gallon of it to get a close to similar ratio.

I think the stuff is awesome for what I use it for - to clean wheels and other accessory parts. Of course, I’m using it as directed on the bottle.
 
Don`t think it`s recommended to use in a bucket wash. If no foamcannon is an option to use. You mix a spray bottle with 1:9 dilution. Then on a wet panel spray on the product and use a wash mitt and rinse off thoroughly. You could also apply a small concentrate on the soaked wash mitt and wash on a wet panel and thoroughly rinse after every panel. Have a rinse bucket to rinse the wash mitt in after every panel on all 3 methods.
 
SWETM said:
Don`t think it`s recommended to use in a bucket wash. If no foamcannon is an option to use. You mix a spray bottle with 1:9 dilution. Then on a wet panel spray on the product and use a wash mitt and rinse off thoroughly. You could also apply a small concentrate on the soaked wash mitt and wash on a wet panel and thoroughly rinse after every panel. Have a rinse bucket to rinse the wash mitt in after every panel on all 3 methods.
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Directions on bottle actual say you can use in a bucket. But says use 1:9 - which is ridiculous. I often wonder how stuff like that even gets on a product label... Like - who approved that? Do they think someone is going to use a half gallon of soap with 5 gallons of water? That`s prolly $100 worth of this stuff. Were they drunk? Do they even read their own labels???

But yeah, before saying the product is no good - people may wanna read the sig
 
Yes, per the OP. I did not follow manuf. guidelines at all. this was a product that was gifted to me. To me, it`s jack of all trades - master of none. Does not clean like Reset and does not last as long as Hydr02. So it sits on my shelf....rotting away. I am slowly just using it up now and then when I find the right window to use this sub-par product, and it was the perfect opportunity under the right conditions to use in via a bucket

- car was clean but had a brief 1 mile of very passing rain / road dust on it

I was just noting that maybe due to the fact it was a shampoo and ~SIO2 sealer~ all in the same bucket mix, the use of it during a traditional wash made the mitt feel very Very very lubricious.
 
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