Can you use snow foam with a pressure washer?

Can you use snow foam with a pressure washer?

The best way to take advantage of snow foam’s pre-wash capabilities is to spray it onto your vehicle with a snow foam cannon or foam gun connected to a pressure washer. This ensures no physical contact with the vehicle surface, preventing scratches and swirls.

Can I use my pressure washer as a foam cannon?

Electric pressure washers are great because they are quieter, smaller, and easier to move around than gas pressure washers. Here at Detail Garage, we use both gas and electric pressure washers to shoot thick car washing foam, and all Chemical Guys foam cannons work with gas or electric pressure washers.

Do I need a snow foam lance?

A pressure washer is key for any budding foamer, but that won’t be enough on its own: you need a snow foam lance to generate the foam. These consist of a nozzle, a brass ‘body’ and a bottle to hold the solution, and will allow a certain level of adjustablity for the spray pattern and the thickness of the foam.

Does snow foam actually work?

Snow foam works by creating a thick, clingy foam that sticks to the surface of your car. Because of this increased contact time compared to regular soap and water, snow foam is better at breaking down dirt and lifting it off the surface of your car, which in turn makes your regular car wash much more effective.

Can you use snow foam without a pressure washer?

You can apply a snow foam to a car without a pressure washer by using a hand-held foaming pump sprayer or a foam cannon which attaches to directly to a garden hose. The snow foam can also be applied to the car using a regular spray bottle which will achieve the same cleaning effect, but without producing any foam.

Should you rinse car before snow foam?

The short answer is that snow foam is a pre-wash that you spray on your car before your ‘proper’ car wash. This helps loosen dirt, grime and traffic film so you can rinse most of it off, meaning using your car shampoo becomes much easier and more effective.

Is snow foam bad for paint?

Regular snow foam isn’t quite as good for your paintwork, but it is more effective at removing dirt. You can mitigate some of the effects on your paintwork by giving your car a proper wash and wax, though, which will put a new layer of protective wax onto your car.

How often should you snow foam your car?

A 5 litre bottle of snow foam should last you around 6-8 months if not more depending on how often you wash your car(s).

Is autoglym snow foam any good?

Overall: We are surprised it has taken this long for Autoglym to join the snow foam market but it is clear that a lot of research and development has gone into the performance of the product as an effective pre wash. On that front, it is one of the best performing snow foams we have tested.

Can you use a foam cannon with a garden hose?

Simply put a foam gun is meant to be used on a regular water (garden) hose. Both can be equipped with quick connect fitting to make for a quick swap to pure rinse water. Naturally, the foam gun on the garden hose is not going to generate near as much foam as the foam cannon on a pressure washer.