Foam Cannons that work with Hoses?

Want to wash your car, eh? Below is all you will ever need - just add hose and water (buckets, cannon and pressure washer not needed):

Montana Original Tri-Angle Boar`s Hair Car Wash Brush & Handle

Dood Juice Supernatural Wookie`s Fist Wash Mitt

Chemical Guys HoneyDew Snow Foam 128 oz.

Autopia Quart Foamaster Foam Gun

Tip: fill jug with water half way and then add two/three ounces of soap, shake a little. Place output stem at three dots (half way point). Remove jug from sprayer and spray mitt and brush often to remove any dirt and debris. Piece of cake - have at it.
 
shortspark- I want to try that multi-angle BHB on undercarriages sometime! Wouldn`t work for *me* on the body-proper though.

I`d still need the pressure washer though, before I got mine I had to use a siphon-feed sprayer hooked to the compressor to get the winter-crusty stuff off and I gather those are hard to find these days.

On the shampoo mix, I still need a few gallons of concentrate (~7oz. shampoo:~121oz. water), fill the guns from that. But then I`m spraying it all the time, so I do go through a lot.

skibik- Heh heh, we could play "my pressure washer is crappier than yours!" Mine`s rated about like yours is, got it for Christmas a while back and never expected it to last this long.

I used blue LocTite on the Foamgun`s little threaded bits, having lost one before I wised up.
 
Accumulator said:
shortspark- I want to try that multi-angle BHB on undercarriages sometime! Wouldn`t work for *me* on the body-proper though.

I agree. The BHB is for the lower panels only, the wool mitt I mentioned is for the rest. The BHB is not even necessary except when you get my age - then it is like a gift from God! My rule of thumb is the BHB never goes above my knees. "Winter-crusty stuff"? I remember that stuff from growing up in upstate NY. But in 1975 I moved to Texas and never looked north again!! I wonder if that gravity feed gun compressor trick (with narrow needles on the gun) would work with applying tire dressing? I thought I read somewhere that it worked very well.
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shortspark- I`m a bit different from many (gee, big surprise there :o ) in that I use the same BHB/etc. on the whole vehicle. If I don`t use the BHB first I end up marring stuff a bit more with (only) the mitts as they just don`t free-rinse the way my BHBs do; something gets stuck in them for a few inches worth of travel and...oops... And holding the mitts the right way while spraying with the foamgun is tough work.

And heh heh, I suspect that living in *your* locale might really change me whole approach to detailing, at least a few months out of the year.

There`s no way I`d ever spray my tire-slime. I`m infinitely more careful with it than that. I apply it to the applicator and rub that against the sidewall, sometimes (depends on the tire) working it into tricky areas with a small brush, and then buff off any excess with a MF before inspecting. I either have to move the vehicle forward/back (stop, wash hands, start and move vehicle, apply/buff more..) or have it up on jackstands so I can spin the wheels in order to get the whole sidewall uniformly. Huge PIA, I utterly hate doing that part of the wash..

And note that my siphon-sprayer doesn`t use needles; its orifice is maybe 3/8" or more and it`s like a mini-pressure washer with chemical injection.
 
The Gilmour Foamaster 75QGFMR is the tried and true foam gun.
Parts will always be available as it is a long time industrial product.
Like the other poster had mentioned, I too had used a foam lance with a pressure washer many moons ago and find it an inconvenience dragging out the pressure washer each time which is a time hog when detailing professionally where you have to be mobile and don`t want to drag a pressure washer along.
I have had mine for over a decade and it is still like the day I got it.
I have a quick disconnect attached to it for fast switch over to my other hose accessories.

 
He was Meguiars poster boy the son Barry Meguiars never had !

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The Guz said:
A couple good write up from Mike Phillips on using a foam gun...
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Noting that **Mike and I GET ALONG FINE**...I can`t for the life of me figure out how somebody can wash that way without marring the paint, and I tried for *decades* before figuring out what does work for me.
 
Accumulator said:
Noting that **Mike and I GET ALONG FINE**...I can`t for the life of me figure out how somebody can wash that way without marring the paint, and I tried for *decades* before figuring out what does work for me.
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I would hose down or pressure wash to rid the larger pieces of grit and dirt first before using the foam gun before having any physical contact with the paint.
 
EdLancer said:
I would hose down or pressure wash to rid the larger pieces of grit and dirt first before using the foam gun before having any physical contact with the paint.
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Yeah, same here. That cheapie pressure washer I got for Christmas has been great. Prior to that I did OK with the siphon-feed sprayer hooked to the compressor, but !oh what a hassle! it was by comparison. And I never see that unit for sale any more...it was made by "Vacula" back in maybe the late `80s.
 
Accumulator said:
Yeah, same here. That cheapie pressure washer I got for Christmas has been great. Prior to that I did OK with the siphon-feed sprayer hooked to the compressor, but !oh what a hassle! it was by comparison. And I never see that unit for sale any more...it was made by "Vacula" back in maybe the late `80s.
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I got one of those siphon-feed sprayer to try from a local hardware store about nine years back, but a small 3 gallon compressor was not able to keep up with it, you need a huge 20 gallon+ compressor for it to work properly. Never had any luck with those cheap consumer pressure washers, I have 2-3 of them in the shed all with fractured pump housings and totally useless, I need to throw them out taking up space.
 
EdLancer- Yeah, I always have a pretty decent Air System in my shops, another area where I`m really spoiled (and know it). Got used to it decades ago and would now feel deprived without such stuff.

It`s funny about my pressure washers...this [crappy] thing I have now is lasting much longer than any of my Karchers did, including the really pricey commercial ones. I thought for sure I`d have replaced it by now, still think of it as a Disposable. Speaking of throwing away busted ones, I sure felt bad throwing those Karchers in the dumpster but I knew I`d never get `em fixed (nobody local, cost to ship, etc.). Did save all the hoses/etc., might figure out how to use `em on my AR some day.
 
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