The Cheapest Snow Foam I Could Find.
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- This is my first time of using Snow Foam for cleaning a car. Is snow foam worth it? I also show my findings whilst cleaning the Mondeo ST220 and the Vauxhall Astra Convertible and we'll see what I found. I am not a car valeter or detailer, I just wanted to see how snow foam works so this is what I found out.
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This is only my opinion / experience after a year or two of snow foaming... Dont do the first off rinse, it just waters down the foam (even tho the internetz will melt down for even suggesting this). You should only need about 20% deteregent. You havent got a propper snow foam gun, it makes a LOT of difference. Look at bilt hamber auto foam its the only one ive tried actually removed that stuck on film pressure washers never get off... So bilt hamber in proper foamer, leave 10 min pressure wash off. Done... Only problem with bilt hamber is its so good it can dry the oil out of hinges on the door and petrol flap so keep an eye / greased
Top video Martin, loving your choice of music tracks as well, keep up your good work my friend.
Thanks 👍
The reason the snowfoam hasn't foamed up aswell as you may of hoped is because the pressure washer is diluting it as you go therefore always run the snowfoam neat and also a tioe for the wash and wax if you want a foamy result with the shampoo fill the bucket with shampoo first but fill it so the bottom is completely covered and I'd say has atleast risen a couple mill that bucket looks like it may be a 15-20 ltr bucket so may have to put double the amount of what the bottle says
Use a leaf blower and a descent drying towel (kiln) never let them air dry and the water marks will never be a problem unless the water you rise with is 100% pure the lime will dry to the paint and it’s a absolute nightmare to ever remove keep up the car cleaning content and we can all learn together 👍🏻
Martin, run the snowfoam NEAT on full mix and on LOW PRESSURE. Quality jetwashers have pressure setting, budget ones let you do it but pulling or pushing the nozzle - read the manual - crap ones don't even have a pressure setting
Yeah I like the way he gave Sharon's a quick one too
I went over the car with the pressure washer to get rid of all the grit and dirt, then coated it with a good layer of snow foam and then went over it with a sponge, rinsed it off, came up really well. Another good video 👍.
a good thing to do is to foam up the paint, then use the two bucket method and wash mitt, followed by hosing it off.
Make sure to dry the car after use a drying towel or blower
Lovley example of an st that. Some real rough ones about, nice to see some people still look after stuff
The idea of snow foam (as you alluded to) is to soften and loosen up dried-on dirt and help lift it (or some of it) away from the paint, so you do not have to rub at it as hard with the "touch" wash making it much less likely to leave scratches in the paint. It's not a replacement for the traditional wash process.
I don't know if that s a dedicated snow foam nozzle or just the detergent mixer one, but K'archer makes a snow foam nozzle/bottle for about £20 (the last time I looked).
I use Auto Finesse Avalanche Snow Foam, which doesn't foam up as much either (it looks very similar to yours), but I live in an area with very hard water, so I have put it down to that.
As a side note, personally, I try and not use products/shampoos that have "wax" in them as the added wax tends to get on black plastics and make them go white much, much quicker (it's a bit like when you wax your car you get some on the plastic and it's hard to get off). Not all shampoos foam up much and don't have to for them to work properly either. People tend to use too much trying to get them to foam up more.
Hi Martin, I have snow foamed all my cars every time they needed a wash for the past 10 years. Don't pre rinse with cold water. no need. I use Autobrite lance and Autobrite Magifoam. I can't recommend Autobrite as their customers service is dire and you have to wait weeks for an order. But with the right lance and good snowfoam you can get it so thick it will dwell for hours. It will also sit on the drive for days looking like real snow. But you don't need to go that thick, just thick enough for it to dwell for about 15 mins. Takes 75% of the dirt off and dead easy to wash then.
liking the time-lapse music .. really getting the funk out ( well soul really ) .. in my experience the snowfoam & lance you've got is ideal for cleaning works van / daily hack .. for a nice car ( like your St220 ) get Bilt Hamber snow foam & a pro lance , a bit pricy but lasts a long time & does a top job
Thanks for the tips!
There's 3 critical factors that contribute to how good the foam is;
1) Snow foam lance - unfortunately the Karcher branded one is a bit crap. I bought a cheap one from Amazon and it works much better. You can spend silly money on a lance, but if you look on Amazon and find that there's half a dozen that look the same, but with a different brand on it (ProKleen, Qooltek etc.) they're all the same. This is the main reason why you're foam isn't very thick, and would be the first thing I'd change.
2) Snow foam product - I've never heard of dirtbusters (and I'm not entirely sure why a pre-wash has wax in it). However, some foams (such as Autobrite Magifoam, Autoglym Polarblast) are designed to be really thick. Others, such as Bilt Hamber Autofoam, are not as thick. Worth noting that the Bilt Hamber Autofoam is arguably the best performing snow foam you can buy in terms of pre-cleaning ability. It's also one of the best priced per litre too!
3) Pressure washer- The higher the output pressure/flow of your jetwash, the thicker your foam will be. I haven't watched the whole video so idk if you mention what jetwash you have. The Karcher K4 can produce pretty thick foam, but something like a Kranzle K7 is a little better. You can still get decent results using a Karcher K2 if you get the other 2 points I mentioned dialled in.
Around 200ml and fill the rest with warm water is about the average ratio. Obviously you can tweak that accordingly, depending on what foam etc. you're using.
Definitely don't use it neat, that's just a massive waste of product.
Spot on about the sheeting having no wax vs beading having a layer of wax (15:05). Personally I'm not a fan of car shampoos containing wax, I find them to dull the finish of my existing wax and cause it to sheet rather than bead. Something like Autoglym Pure Shampoo is what I prefer.
immediately
I'm also not that anal about washing my car that I need to use 2 buckets (one to rinse the dirty wash mitt and the other with fresh suds). It's a bit of a waste of time as once your rinse bucket gets dirty (after the first "dunk") then all that dirt will just transfer to the clean bucket anyway.
I'm sure you'd figure out everything I've said here, but hopefully it cuts a few corners out for you.
Sorry for the long comment lol.
Good comment bud. Thanks
I always use 100ml of snowfoam and either 300ml or 400ml of hot water...depends how dirty the car is, the key is to get the water as hot as you can, I find this gives best results! 👍🏻
Thanks for sharing
Snow foam is just used as an agitation. That snow foam lance is probably the cheapest you can get. For a really good one you’ve got to spend around £40.00. Ask your detailer what he uses and he will give you some really good tips. One thing I will say though mate, is if you want to keep that paint scratch free, use the two bucket method. It will stop swirls and scratches. 👍🏼
Brilliant work Martin and thanks for sharing this with us take care
Your ST looks mint, very cared for. I've seen loads that have been thrashed and have rusty bodywork. I'd be proud to have one like yours.
Thanks 👍
I used to use auto ceramic snow foam and g3 from halfords on my subaru sti fantastic range
Hi Martin great video as always, I had the same stuff over my car in Norfolk in the middle of last week.
Love the channel and love that model of mondeo I used to have use of one at work years ago and it fantastic. Looking forward to more videos 👍🏻
Thanks 👍
Hi Martin, The St is looking great. I'm having mine valeted today.👍. Regarding the interior mirror camera you are going to fit. I looked at these, but the thing i didn't like is that u would lose the factory Auto dimming feature of the interior mirror. So i have fitted a Kenwood head unit, with reverse camera. And fitted a Next Base dash cam that records fnt and rear. Also regarding the handbrake. Common on these. I have replaced both rear calipers and both cables on mine.
Yes, I agree about the mirror I'll only be fitting it for the video and removing it afterwards.
Thank you Martin cars look great I enjoy watching your wonderful videos I am from South Africa
Martin ... I've got one of those mirror cameras in my van. Brilliant piece of kit.
To make it thicker you'll need another snowfoam cannon from ebay Kracher compatible. They're about £10/15. The end of the cannon also has an adjustable end as well as that knob you adjusted water to foam mix. The snowfoam you have is good, from memory it may be 100ml of foam to 900ml water. You'll get the foam to dwell longer thicker.
Great Sunday morning viewing Martin. 👍😎
love your content . continue to entertain and inform Martin . ty
Add a bit of snow foam in your wash and wax always works with me.
And hardshell turtle wax paste for waxing is easy to apply and easy to buff out and Last quite a long time.
And another product i Use is triple wax car shampoo works a treat
Hey martin hope ur well. I use Halfords own snow and it does say mix but i put it straight and let the machine mix it giving me a fairly decent density to my foam. As to is it making any difference then maybe it does make it easier by loosening things of but im pretty sure a pre soak then standard mitt wash would have the same result and it's the kid in me that just enjoys using snow foam
Auto brite super foam works a lot better does make a big difference on brand of foam another product that u may like is turtle wax dry and shine mist on after washed adds a good bit of gloss for week or 2 and very good water behaviour
Martin you can connect a reverse camera to your head unit. You can also get dash cams that connect to it too, giving you the same options as the rear view mirror one.
Personally I have found the rear view mirror ones very poor. I look forward to seeing the video and what you think of it.
I now use a Next base one after mine failing to record during an accident.
Nice video I did two 2 cars today top tip Martin put snow form half way then put hot water to top it it up. And ur best to get 1ltr bottle get more out off it.👍😎
Nice one
The snow foam lance for the Karcher is pants. The foam should cling to the car for about 10 mins and that time gives the foam a chance to lift all the crap off. Invest in a decent lance, it will make a huge difference. BTW, that's a very sweet car. Loved the music as well. You might want to check out a couple of the many detailing channels - they do have a lot of good tips to make things easier when cleaning a car.
We get that here in the spring. It looks as if it may be oak tree pollen, It even gets on my Harley when it is parked inside the garage!
ref wheels you can get some rim protectors , not very much cash and well worth it
Nice job the ST looks great
definately sand from the sahara desert brought up on the warm southerly winds...i washed mine monday. and it was dirty by wednesday again after a light shower overnight!
Hi Martin,I'm a bit of a weekend warrior,ave used countless snow foams and the best ave used is bilt hamber, really cheap but gives great results,p.s I had an st the same colour as yours mine was the diesel,great cars regret selling it😩
Good stuff
waterless wash and wax does me, ya cant see the scratches and swirl marks when ya driving it, or from 5 foot away lol, great video martin, BIG THUMBS UP
I feel your pain with the curb rash. My ST220 has gloss black alloys and I dread getting too close to curbs. But to help guard against curbing then I have tyres with built in rim protectors. It might be something worth considering when you next need new tyres. Mine are Dunlop Sportmax RT2 which were reasonably priced and seem pretty good. Ps. Bilt Hamber is my favourite snow foam as also recommended by others. 👍
Indicator light came on Astra at 10.37 ?
I saw that too.
The quality of snow foam really varies on how much you spend and dont rinse the car before snow foaming 👍
The reason the snow foam is not as thick is due to the water flow ratio. On Karcher K2 or equivalent pressure washers or if your water pressure is low you going to need a better Lance. I have a K2 pressure washer with average water pressure and my Karcher Lance did the same thing. I bought a Autobrite foam Lance which allows you narrow the spray pattern causing higher pressure and I get super thick snow foam
Your mower man has a good vid about this on his stampy's channel. Also you don't need the mixture to be neat I always follow the supplier instructions.
No Martin go for the autoglym products still need to sponge it though
Water filters are good Martin, and it doesn't leave watermarks so you don't have to towel dry them.
I passed my test in 1989, never curbed a wheel until last week. So chuffed when I realised it was just the tyre I caught. Next day curbed wheel...... It was just meant to be.....
It's the snow foam lance partly you are not getting thick foam and a 2 bucket when hand washing is recommended so 1 wash bucket and 1 rinse bucket just a little bit of advice.
Great review Martin not something i would use myself i prefer to g101 it all over then pre rinse and then a good wash wax and dry off with a leather 👍👍👍👍
Great video Martin
Can’t say that snow foam done a lot. But there in lies the problem the cheapest on eBay won’t be good. Not that impressed with the beading considering it was done 2 weeks ago but depends what exactly they done to it?
Great vid Martin 👍
Thanks 👍
Nice clean vid 😀😀😀😀🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗👍
Thanks 👍
Do you use an air fed mask when your painting 2K? Or just your standard mask. Would like to try 2K one day but going to start with Cellulose first. Cheers.
I use a charcoal filter mask.
@@retrorestore nice one cheers.
Get yourself some ceramic coating on it. Water still beads off a couple of months after application.
Was and wax is OK. The final stage is always a good rinse
They karcher foam cannons arnt the best mate. I recommend buying the auto bright foam cannon the foam will come out alot thicker. Check out G.W Prestige Valeting & Detailing for pics and videos using it.
For future reference aswell I recommend avalanche snow foam by auto finesse.
It’s the karcher Lance Martin there not very good as a jet wash there great but the snow foam Lance on it gets rubbish reviews I got a new one for mine think it was the auto bright one foam comes out really thick I’m looking for a st like yours is it for sale
Where's the rant Martin?😂👍
Where's your silver strips off the top of the doors martin?
This one is an early one and didn't have them.
Tidy motor Martin 😁 Thing is you could build a whole new workshop just for detailing products and probably still not have everything. Looks good though 👍
Looks good Martin 😊 you said there wasn't really that much foam your right ,Meguiars show foam is meant to be one of the best ,it's not that cheap it's £26.99 for 1.89 L /64 fl.oz from amazon 👍
I bought Meguiars, didn't really rate it, but it is only a 1/5 mix so doesn't work out that much more than the cheaper products that are 1/1.
Now use the stuff sold by a local detailers retail outlet, sticks far better, but a better gun would help as I'm on the cheapie karcher one too
Just to add weight to what's been said already, don't rinse 1st. Let the foam sit for 10 to 15 mins, them jet off the residue. That gets rid of 99% of the dirt. Wash as normal after.
What’s the song called on time lapse
Beautiful👌🏼😎
Thanks ✌️
Hi Martin nothing wrong with that lance I have one, I wouldn't water down your snow foam as per instructions I use mine neat. Much thicker foam. Personally I jet off with water, snow foam, then bucket and water with good shampoo then jet off with water. I get the beading. I use demon foam and can recommend. Great video I got some bilberry wheel cleaner based on one your videos. Forgot then I dry down with thick micro fibre cloth.
If you're having to use the foam neat then there's something wrong. You should only need 200ml of product to 800ml of warm water to get thick foam. Tbh both the demon foam and lance are about as bad as they get. Trust me when I say you'd get 10x thicker foam if you bought a better lance/ foam.
@@zXLuke4efcXz we all have a choice thats yours, but thanks for your comment i will do it my way.
Cool, thanks
Hiya Martin, i get that on my st all the time, the joys of living in the country side. Hows the folding mirror mod doing? The handbrake is in 3 parts easy to do, done mine and replaced both rear calipers and its holds good nice. The ST220s looks good after a good clean mate. Dirtbusters is about 5min from me mate i go there directly and get cleaning gear. And got a auto glym snow foam lance instead of using the k2 one.
admiring ur ST ,, looks like a well loved car & so it shld be ,,,, hang on to it as these are becoming rare! nice to see its a Scottish reg too,, Tayside I believe.
That's the plan!
Hi Martin don’t dilute if your foam is cheap or do what you did in this clip but after hand shampooing re-foam the car undiluted or very strong mix then just jet wash off Martin!
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Can u use that stuff on a moped
I always use a shamy leather
The karcher foam lance isn't very good I recommend the pro-kleen foam lance
Sorry Martin ,I put show foam ,it was meant to be snow foam 😊
try 3/4 soap to water makes it thicker washed my friends car and his dad told us put more soap then water with car shampoo
What's with the LH front indicator lighting up at 10:35 when jet washing the rear of the Astra? Did anyone else notice this?
It set the alarm off lol
Put more snow form in and less water it will be a lot thinker
Hi Martin, turning up the dial increases the amount of water mixing in so turning it down makes the foam thicker. 👍
Who’s is the black astra in the back?
Gary's
are you near an airport or on a flight path as i am and get the same gritty mess on my car.
Nowhere near one.
Lesser and,,,,,,, morer. Haha 😄 👍👍🌞🌞
Hiya mate I have a viking 248 with a ecv200 engine on it I got it running well cleaned the carburettor on it but I couldn't get the emulsion tube out every now and again hunts but most of the time it doesn't and its literally 2 or 3 seconds of Hunting then it goes away for away for a long time any tips
does it hunt at low speed or high speed. If low speed, the pilot jet will need possibly opening up a little, if high speed, the emulsion tube may be blocked starving the engine at full running speed.
High speed
That's what I thought I couldn't get out but might just need to keep putting it thought my ultra sonic
how much is it lowered and if so what mm and make sits perfect i rekon 👍
Not sure bud.
ok buddy not to worry 👍
G101 is best in my opinion for pre wash.. That snow foam is all smoke an mirrors with a heavy price tag
Yea the g101 is very good for pre wash I agree good stuff
@@liamwoodcock5417 good value for money and can use it on 101 different things too.. Probably why it's called G101
I use it on everything it's good for cleaning windows and plastic trims
Get some yum cars they are good
Did the valet fella wax the bodywork.
No Pete.
@@retrorestore Thought not Martin as the water did not bead.
Martin nice clean bucket cold water and a good shammy leather
Thanks 👍
Chamois leather? What year is it 😂😂
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@@chrislovett424 ???
Autobrite is the best snow-foam gun an prewash in my opinion 👍🏻 you’ll be shocked at how good autobrite product’s are an value for money 👌🏻 the st220 deserves quality 🤘🏻 awesome video as well looking forward to seeing the next instalment 😜
Dry it quickly 😅
Only way to clean properly is to wash with a cloth when covered
Don't wet car first
never used it myself my method is washing up liquid in hot water with a sponge and rinse with watering can taking water from water butt not the best but oh well lol
WASHING UP LIQUID. ARE YOU MAD? Washing up liquid isn't suitable for car bodywork as its strips and protection any waxes. You need a proper car shampoo.
@@priteshchampaneri5101 not to mention still using a sponge instead of a microfibre wash mitt...
@@priteshchampaneri5101 its a van and as long the worst of it is off its good enough for me im not stupid i know about car shampoo ect i just dont use it its my opinion my van how ever i respect others that use shampoo ect and like these vids
That is pollen all over your cars..🤔👍
How much are you charging ill bring em round in morning if its cheap lol 👍👌
do not rinse 1st martin and the snow foam would work alot better with a proper brass snow gun
It’s pollen!! 🤣
Try smoking it then
You need to get some showroom shine that will make water run off car .you can showroom shine off Amazon good stuff I use it all the time
It's quite expensive for what it is tho
@@truckerjosh2261 yea it is but i find it's good stuff for cars that have good paint work
@@liamwoodcock5417 ye it leaves a nice shine and protective layer. I like to use it after iv washed the car
I think snow foam is a bit of a con to be honest 😅
Put neat snow foam in the bottle the machine will mix it automatically
I’ve always run it neat as doesn’t really use much per wash
That sand is probably from the desert.
Add more snow foam to the bottle so it’s uneven skip the instructions then add water
You missed a bit.