Gilmour Foamaster vs Foamaster II

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jdthompson

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I think I'm going to get a Gilmour Gun.



It appears there are 2 models, the Foamaster II looks to be made almost entirely of plastic, the Foamaster appears to be made of plastic with lots more brass/metal on show.



Is there any reason to favour one over the other, and if so which, and why?



cheers,

Paul
 
I think they both work the same (dilution ratio), but the plastic one seems to be a newer version that has numbers on the plastic dial for the ratio setting. Most of the Gilmour guns we use (here on Autopia) have the brass adjuster, which I think would hold up better than the plastic dial.



Danase shows the five ratio settings on his site:



Gilmour Foamaster Foam Gun
 
atticdog said:
one hole showing on the left is the lowest setting right?
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Yes, if you look at the bottom of the brass slider (you can rotate it) you'll see the larger hole (= more foam) is on the right and the smallest hole is on the left.



Also, if you rotate the brass adjuster so the holes are not up/down it puts out plain water.
 
Eliot Ness said:
Most of the Gilmour guns we use (here on Autopia) have the brass adjuster, which I think would hold up better than the plastic dial.
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yep, and also the three main foam guns (pictured below) that ALL have the brass settings/adjuster are gilmour, simple green and the butchers foam guns, which by the way ALL use gilmour parts...



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imacarnut said:
yep, and also the three main foam guns that have the brass settings are gilmour, simple green and the butchers foam guns, which by the way all use gilmour parts...



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According to Gilmour, certain harsh chemicals can attack the brass pieces/fittings, so if you're working with these types of chemicals, use the plastic one. Otherwise, no differences; both will produce the same amount of foam.
 
I have had my brass parts stick when I haven't moved them for a while (starting to corrode green), so I actually think the plastic one would be better if everything else is equal.
 
Does anyone know if the Wolfgang-branded foamgun is a good buy in terms of quality? Options are limited here in Canada although eshine.ca sells one and I've dealt with them in the past (they are an amazing company)...



Here is a pic of the gun:



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My guess is that since it's called the "Wolfgang Foamaster Gun", then is a Foamaster and not a Foamaster II (plus it looks a LOT like the 3 in the post a few above this one)...
 
Conundrum said:
Does anyone know if the Wolfgang-branded foamgun is a good buy in terms of quality? .....................
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That is a Gilmour gun branded with the Wolfgang name, logo, and colors. As the pictures imacarnut posted show there are other foam guns that use Gilmour parts but are branded with a different name. My Simple Green FG (as pictured in the post by imacarnut) came with a replacement parts list from Gilmour.
 
IMO it's reasonable to assume that Gilmour makes them all and offers options with regard to the bottles and colors. All sorts of companies have their names on the things, but Wolfgang is the first detailing-centric name I can recall seeing.
 
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