Snow Foam

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I personally never heard of this until yesterday watching random videos on Youtube.
Snow Foam is a pre-washing method or in between washes to keep the car clean.
You basically pressure wash your car with suds 'snow foam' coats the car completely and lets the dirt just drip off, some people say this is a good method for cars with way too much dirt and rinsing it is just not enough, or in between washes that your car isn't too dirty but you would like to add another coat of wax or something on it

My explanation isn't the best, so i'll let these videos explain more
[video=youtube;V6vcAzVkJW0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6vcAzVkJW0[/video]
[video=youtube;nq6t8w-v-kU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq6t8w-v-kU&feature=related[/video]
[video=youtube;5AHqn--7j6M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AHqn--7j6M&feature=related[/video]

This seems like a touchless car wash at home ! lol
 
If i lived in a warm state i would do it all the time and stop taking my FX to the carwash.
 
I've never used a foam product (for tires or car) that delivered results close to a sponge and bucket. - Call me "ol fashioned".
 
MrMont08 said:
I've never used a foam product (for tires or car) that delivered results close to a sponge and bucket. - Call me "ol fashioned".
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I'm not old fashioned, and never had good results with foam.....I would do foam, then when drying, my microfiber towel would get dirty before I would get through a 1/4 of the car.....I don't see the point them?
 
& does it eat away the wax or sealant? Looks like more work than a bucket & water
 
It's kind of a new thing. I certainly never bought into it, though it does look cool. Basically, the idea is to coat the car with foam and let it slowly drip off. Hopefully it will take off some of the dirt and start the cleaning process without ever having to touch the paint, which would prevent swirls, scratches, etc. Once the foam is done then you can do a normal wash but you're starting with a cleaner slate, less things on there to mar the paint. Of course, it's like a touchless car wash in that it won't harm the paint, but it won't clean it as well also.
 
that looks cool .....just a thought I do my own wash also..... could we use garden hose end sprayer wihit some car wash
fluid that would create a similar effect? I think ill try that cuz i don't even have a pressure washer...
 
i had bought gilmors hose end sprayer..... similar to the foam wash... but makes the car wash more
bubbly but does not clean any better except when giving under car wash... i feel like the soaps are cleaning the
under car better...
 
I see a couple of odd things here. What is the difference between this and a lot of soap in your pressure washer attachment? What happens if you have harder water, less suds? All but the first car were clean to start. And why did the he rinse the Ferrari bottom up?
 
Ge0rge said:
I see a couple of odd things here. What is the difference between this and a lot of soap in your pressure washer attachment? What happens if you have harder water, less suds? All but the first car were clean to start. And why did the he rinse the Ferrari bottom up?
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Not 100% sure, but my guess on the last question: since water falls down the side of a car, starting from the bottom essentially rinses twice, since the water will run down the whole side once he gets to the top. Not the way I usually do, but I can see the idea behind it.
 
I use a snowfoam as a prewash. Cover all the car with foam and waiting for run down.
There are high pH or neutral SF. I use the secon option so all waxes stays.

one pic at work :P

aktywnapiananafx35.jpg



Ive seen a purple and blue snow foam ;) they look delicious :P
 
This isn't really a new thing but with enthusiasts it is spread more quickly in recent years.

In my last six months of, "detailing education", I've come across a lot of this type of thing. Foaming washes, many that just attach to the garden hose provide more lubricity than soapy water. The idea is that you still have to go over the car with a sponge or microfiber but the dislodged dirt is suspended in the foam rather than dragged across the surface of the paint.

Foam guns or sprayers should still be used with some form of "agitation" with a sponge or wash mitt. The last thing you want to do is leave contaminants on the surface of the paint, then grind them in with application and removal of the wax. The advantage to the foam is that you are not dipping a dirty sponge into clean wash water, then rubbing the paint. All the soap goes on, soaks, then with a little agitation, rinses. All you have to do is rinse out the sponge after each panel.

What I'm currently learning about are Rinse-less and Waterless washes. Rinse-less uses a bucket and water, but doesn't require rinsing. You just go straight to drying. Waterless wash is a high lubricity spray on, wipe off. Not meant for heavy soil but if you garage park I could see making it through most of the year without ever using a bucket wash.

Here's one from the detailing forum I'm on.

http://www.autogeek.net/foam-gun.html
 
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