I'm likin' the Foam-Shooter!!!

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imported_Luster

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I really like the new Gilmore Foam Gun!!!

You might as well have a little fun when your washing the family truckster!!!

E/F Auto Spa Shampoo
Hand washed with sheepskin mitt and EFAS Shampoo 2 bucket method
Rinsed with flooding method
Dried with leaf blower/Big Blue

Sorry, no after pics... got dark on me!!!

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So im a little confused by the foam gun. Is it just a pre soak and then you still wash your car with the two bucket method? Or if your car was washed once a week would you just use this as a wash? Sorry for the newb questions :D
 
John M. said:
So im a little confused by the foam gun. Is it just a pre soak and then you still wash your car with the two bucket method? Or if your car was washed once a week would you just use this as a wash? Sorry for the newb questions :D
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Yes, the foam gun is for the purpose of pre-soak.

Rinse after foaming, then use the traditional 2-bucket wash.

I don't really think the rinsing step is necessary unless the car is extremely dirty. I didn't rinse my GTP after foaming, just washed. It does give some nice thick suds!:)
 
In your pics I noticed your neighbor and his dog were looking at you, I think they like it too :hurray:
 
While foam attachments on a pressure washer look very cool, they offer little to no actual benefit over a regular foam gun, and from my discussion with several soap manufacturers may actually DECREASE the performance.

The key to a successful car soap is the surfactants in the soap. These are chemicals that 'break' the surface tension of the water, which make the water wetter, and allow it to penetrate and thus encapsulate dirt and grime.

The additional agitation that a pressure washer adds introduces more air (and thus creates more foam) but serves no real functional benefit.

To answer the earlier question, foam guns can be used as a presoak or to wash the car. If you use it to wash the car, I recommend still using a one bucket approach to rinse the wash media, and to keep to flush the surface with the soapy foam as you wash it.
 
to each their own, I have a foam gun, and a foam cannon/pressure washer, and I pretty much have no use for my foam gun anymore. The thing is with foam gun foam is gone off the car in 2-3 minutes, where with foam cannon it sits there up to 10 minutes, helping break off the dirt and grime. And consider a good pressure washer rinse after that, and most of the dirt and grime will be gone...Also it shots a nice snow foam which looks/sticks to the car like shaving cream.
 
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