rlb-a4 Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 I used my Snow foam lancer, with the Ph snow foam today on my audi and the Mrs tigra, Put about an inch of snow foam with a bit of AG shampoo conditioner, Topped it up with cold water. As you can see from the results, its not great, it seemed to run off after about 5 mins. It wasn't as thick snow as some of the videos i have seen on youtube. Anyone know why? However, it did wash about 60% of the dirt away, i did wash it over with a lambswool mitt and shampoo. All thoughts and feedback is welcome and grateful. Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busby Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 That doesn't look too bad at all to be honest. Try topping the bottle up with warm water rather than cold I did exactly the same thing when I first got one until I read about using warm water and the difference is pretty amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 You can also alter the concentration with the red knob on the side too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davyk31 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I keep the concentration up near the maximum, also find that adding shampoo gives more fluffy foam. If I just used the Snow Foam on its own it would give results like your pictures. What size is the bottle on your lance, either 0.5 litre or 1.0 litre? The measures I gave were for the 1.0 L bottles. Try a bit of experimenting with different mixes but I certainly get more foam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlb-a4 Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Thanks for the feedback, I used about 1 inch of snowfoam, and a squirt of shampoo, topped up with cold water on the 1ltr bottle I will have a go next time topping up with warm water, hopefully that will give me better results Thanks again Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelwind101 Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Hi! I would take the AG car shampoo out of the mix. There are lots of good and bad points of using the shampoo, if it has protective properties then it might throw some on there however shampoo if left to dwell esp. at too strong a mix will strip wax. Those points and many others aside....the AG shampoo is a low foam product which contains a rinse agent (one of the best parts about it!) it sheets really well and will interfere with your snow foam. If you wanted to add a shampoo i would put Duragloss 90X, Zymol Autowash etc. in there which are generally high foaming shampoos with out polymers or protective additives. Play around with your dilutions, there are a lot of different foams on the market too and they all play a bit differently. For maximum effect you want some thick foam, that should stick even if you have a really good wax or sealant on the car! Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac_Terrorist Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Good advice as usual from Geoff I live in a very hard water area and need an inch & a half of snow concentrate. Same as washing machine detergent - ad 50% more in hard water areas. It is trial & error imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlb-a4 Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Thanks alot Geoff, i can understand now, next time ill try just the snow foam. Also do you use warm water or cold? As i have been looking around and the answers are mixed! Thanks Again, Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlb-a4 Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Tarmac_Terrorist with your hard water area, do you top it up with warm water or cold? Cheers Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac_Terrorist Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Tarmac_Terrorist with your hard water area, do you top it up with warm water or cold? Cheers Ryan Warm water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlb-a4 Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Warm water Cheers mate, ill post the results up on sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelwind101 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hot/warm tap water here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjfbio2 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Is it parked under a tree ever? could be messing with the surfactants in the foam.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelwind101 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Hi Maybe a little, but it should just help remove that. Are you still having sloppy foam? Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergy Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 if you want a lon lasting foam to dwell try Autobrite Magifoam. It will hang on the paintwork for upto 20 minutes and wont strip LSP. Warning though it will need to be rinsed from the drive afterwards. I use approx 1/2 inch in a litre bottle to give a good clinging foam that lasts well and doesnt hand around the drive for ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikeyboy Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Are you using the Autobrite lance ? if so remeber that the dail works oposite to what you think - gives more foam and + gives less (they are actually how much water you are mixing with the snow foam). I usually add Megs hyper wash to my snow foam and get really good foam - although both my karcher washers are playing up so doesnt foam as good as it used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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