The fact that foam and foam cannons are just flat out fun to use should not be overlooked either. Life is short, enjoy yourself man! *Let it foam baby!! Let. It. Foam.* 😁😁
Agreed. However this comment confirms to me that if you have a light-colored car ---> say tan, grey or white a powered rinse is more than sufficient. Especially if you wash your car regularly.
You know you're a car guy when you just spent 7 minutes listening to a guy explain why pre-foaming a car is superior than just pre-rinsing with water...
It is just nonsense!!! the car doesn't come clean by using a foam cannon but you get to waste lots of time and money. This announcer has no common sense nor logic.
If its warm enough I swear by foaming especially with my new favorite soap the Griots Garage Foaming Surface Wash. My car has 3 coats of CQuartz UK so if I wash it enough (say twice per week) foaming is all I have to do. Typically I foam the front end the back end and all lower parts of the panels. Let it dwell for 5-10 minutes and rinse. I then re-foam the entire car again waiting 5-10 minutes and blow dry with the master blaster. This gets the car 95%-98% clean the rest I take care of with a CarPro Reload/Ech20 mix using your Jack towels.
Nobody cares that you have all these products that u dnt really need lol And ocd cuz u shouldnt have to was a coated car twice a week which leads me to believe your car isn't even coated.. You're spewing out alot of stuff that it seems you heard on youtube and tryna sound cool... Do you even have a car?!
There is a channel by the name of "Teuku Alfie" in which he foams part of a white vehicle with a few different shampoos/cleaners. He lets it dwell for a few minutes then rinses. Very interesting results on some of them. Some soaps do add cleaning power as you can see in his videos while others do nothing. Check him out.
If my car or truck is really dirty, I foam, power rinse, foam again, contact wash, power rinse. I like how slick it is that way when doing the contact wash. The foam cannon is fun, so hey, what's not to like ? I don't do this for a living though. Retired and just maintaining my own vehicles is fun and relaxing for me.
The foam step is just a waste of time because you are going to have to contact wash with detergent to get it clean. You just wasted time and consider money playing with a foam cannon. Maybe you guys think there is something erotic about spraying foam on a car????
This makes a helluva lot of sense. I’ve sold appliances for 13 years. In our annual training, the trainers made a HUGE point about a problem that was occurring in the dishwasher industry- People were pre-rinsing their dishes and claiming that dishes were not being cleaned properly. They wanted us to drill into customers that they are NOT..TO..Pre-rinse dishes, but to simply scrape the dish, then place it into the dishwasher because the soap needed the food particles to react with....It makes sense to apply soap to react with the dirt particles to loosen, rinse off, then soap once more and take a wet mitt to it.
Scott, can you give insight as to your equipment set-up...Pressure washer, Hose, Gun, etc... Did you change out the orifice nozzle... Curious as to your set-up.
Great video and excellent taste in music! As a Canadian, I love “The Hip” as we call them. 🇨🇦 “50 Mission Cap” and “Wheat Kings” are my 2 favourite songs! Thank you for the informative videos!
Hey I like that you mentioned the tragically hip from Canada and you are using a Chevy equinox built in Canada you are being followed in Canada too. EH!
Demon Hunter is one of my favorite bands to listen to while detailing, and doing pretty much anything else really. They have a good blend of melody, energy, heaviness, solid lyrics, and not to mention that Ryan's vocals are amazing, especially in the later albums. A Fear I Used to Know, and Someone to Hate have been stuck in my head for the past week 😅 can't complain though 🤘 Great video as always Scott, I'll try foaming first when I get a pressure washer this summer and see how it goes :)
So its really about lubricity, which the foam/soap provides. So, as long as you can put some kind of soap/foam down prior to wiping/washing the car with a mitt or microfiber towel, that would be beneficial. That makes sense. What doesn't make sense to me at least, are these people who show putting massive amounts of foam down, like 1/2 inch to 1+ inch thick or so as if the thicker it is the better?? What is the foam doing that's not actually touching the paint? In other words, the foam that's furthest away from the paint, at the outside and never touches the paint, what exactly is that doing to help clean the paint? Simply, if the foam was say 2 feet thick, would that clean the paint better than 1 feet thick? Perhaps it needs to be 3 feet thick, 5 feet thick? Do you see how absurd this is? Put a small amount of soap/lubricity on the surface prior to wiping, I believe that's the point. This world will sell your own exhaled breath back to you if they could CON-vince you that you needed it, and sadly there are some who would actually buy it. The auto detail industry is no different, their goal is to sell products you don't really need.
So if foaming as a prewash is a benefit before power washing, why don’t we apply a second layer of foam right before a contact wash for extra lubrication? Seems to me like it’s fairly simple to mix enough solution in the foam cannon for two applications, instead of just one. It’s an extra step, but isn’t the extra 60 seconds it takes to apply the second foam application worth reducing the possibility of marring even more?
I had a Tragically Hip tape I bought somewhere in the 80's I forgot about that band. Thank you for reminding me....But the best band ever...Are ya ready...."THE CURE"
I don't even use buckets anymore thanks to the foam cannon! As per your suggestion, I use 6-8 mitts instead. Foam the car once, rinse, then foam each panel and mitt for the contact wash. 1 oz of soap for the cannon, 1 oz for the contact wash. I'm using less product, less water and getting far better results
@@latinace1981 using multiple wash mitts on one car. The idea is, the more you use one Mitt, the more it collects dirt and grime. If you use multiple wash mitts, you reduce the amount of swirls and scratches in the paint.
This is literally exactly how I wash vehicles now too, if I'm not doing an airless sprayer rinseless wash. Easy, simple, fast, safe and effective. I'm not as crazy with the mitts anymore though. At first I was using like 10, but I've reduced the number after I slowly tested, inspected and was satisfied that it was safe. Now I use 4 big double sided per vehicle in most cases, and I dry with a blower. Zero swirls, zero spots. 👍👌✌
@@leochanel1 we didn't have all this years ago and my car was gleaming all the time, you could see your face in it, so in my opion the advances your talking about have done nothing that jumps out at you and i could make my car cleaner without all this only working a bit harder for the end result so all i think these products do is make things a little easier. A good car shampoo and a bottle of MER car polish and i could make my car look better than using all these products. So i'am going to do a video to prove it on my cars.👍
Its frustrating seeing people throw logic right out the window and push their thoughts as facts. The logical understanding is that soap has emulsifiers which soften and break down the bond between the dirt and vehicle. Foaming first is extremely important! Great vid scott!
Agreed and whyNOT have more soap/lubrication to help minimize the chance at scraches? Soap is cheap, foam canons are cheap... for me it made HUGE difference on the back of the car where most dirt is kicked up and caked on. (The beadmaker helped too!!!)
I would have to say that it is not EXTREMELY important.. Before foam cannons came out people were getting amazing results without scratched and swirled paint.. Its just a tool to make things easier. Its not needed at all tbh..
And => a regular soap will not do a proper pre-soak. It's not about the amount of foam but about the active ingredients. Search for Nerta SKY WE64 or Nerta in general on Facebook. Grtz
Tragically Hip were definitely one of the greats. Huge in Canada, but never got their due in the US. I’m in L.A., but it’s nice to know their great music was appreciated in Dallas too. I really miss those guys: “I looked up to the Gord above and said, hey man thanks.” Thank you too Scott. Keep making the great videos and great products!
I have been hand washing all my cars since I graduated in 72 and as a thirty-year member of my Vette club, we understand how to maintain paint and not across contaminate grit during hand washing. I have a black 67 vette that I have owned since 76 it has been pressure rinsed and hand washed every other week and has little to no swirl marks. Car finish maintenance has come a long way with Ceramics, clay, foaming, and types of soaps from what we had in the seventies. I use foam on both of my Vettes and wifes Lexus too and all have been ceramic coated. I use the foam to help deslove the road tar, bugs, and ocean marine layer salt grime (Greasy film). I think it does help with those, But I'm not really seeing much if anything benefits as far as the dirt film. if the dirt has still adhered to the finish you still rub dirt across the surface just a little easier because not all the dirt is floating in the suds. I started using foam two years ago and really only find foaming helps with the bugs, tar, and ocean grime. My wife's black Lexus which was foamed since new has just as many swirl marks as my Vette.
I can believe this. I believe it would be similar to the effect of shaving cream. The benefit of shaving cream is that it keeps your skin & beard in contact longer with water, making the skin & beard softer so that it's easier to shave. With foaming your car, I bet that it's really the water that's doing the job, but it's the foam that keeps the water in contact with the car's surface for longer.
Don't worry about time, but I'd like to see you make a video for beginners who won't ask bc of the crude plp who make fun of them for their questions. Full prep to finish using clay and polish etc. How much clay, what to look for in clay. What the pads actually mean, foam, wool when to use them etc. I love your honesty. If someone don't like any video they can leave just as easy as they came no need for crudeness. Have a blessed day bro, be safe.
I like foam cannons just to get a good coverage so there is enough lubrication between the wash mitt and the panel, world of difference from using the bucket method. I love your 6 wash mitt video, completely sold me on the idea.
I'm not gonna ask about the soap. but, I do want to know where to get that short spray handle. My pressure washer still has the long wand on the end and it's awkward using the foam cannon on it.
@@JTSBMW LOL, I guess you answered my question. Which shows my question should have been "Where did you get that spray handle and what make is it?". I've seen a few on Amazon but his looks like it has a quick connect for the hose. Those I've found on Amazon have a threaded hose connection. So, JTSBMW, would you care to expand your answer for my now expanded question? LOL, I'll probably need to modify my question again...
Nice video.. I don't always do snow foaming for dusty cars.. I do Snow foawing when the car got a lot of road grimes and dirt really helps the contact wash with mitt easier, more slick..
2:01 - My “favourite” band changes constantly, but what is consistent is my belief that Led Zeppelin were the greatest band of all time. They had many different sounds, and tried many different styles, and they all worked. I’ve never heard any other band with the type of range that Zeppelin had, which didn’t sound forced or out of place. Actually, The Beatles could be included with that type of description, but I don’t think the Beatles did it the same way or at the same level that Zeppelin did. Robert’s voice sounded different in every song, Jimmy had a different guitar tone in every song, JPJ played so many different instruments on all the different songs, and Bonham was a monster on those drums with his sense of timing, rhythm and creativity. Physical Graffiti will always be my favourite album for sure.
Scott has an opinion that I do not agree with, and I am fine with that, Still one of my top go to RUclips's for detailing, please keep sharing your knowledge Scott
LOL, yes foam cannons are kind of worthless, thought so but been watching a plot and getting excited and bought one but knew and Theory but they were doing.. Not much. LOL.... if Nothing else they're cool looking, and impressive looking as if doing a lot to the eyes of others... Especially if you're doing any business or helping out people.
Scott, thanks for the great explanation and logical thought behind foam cannons! Not too long, and to the point! I just watched another video yesterday that almost had me convinced to pass on getting one, but you’ve put the logic back into it’s purpose for me. And like many said in the comments already, it just looks like fun to use! I mean, come on, it’s called a CANNON! Lol 👍🏼🚙
I prefer the foaming prior to micro fiber washing. Our vehicles drive on oily roads and once those roads become wet from a rain storm, the dirt stuck to them has a small concentration of random oils and fluids blended in. Plain water rinse cannot dissolve or break down those oils holding onto the grit. With a quality soap ph neutral and safe for all forms of vehicle finish, foaming will dissolve or breakdown the road oils prior to surface washing. Love the vid! Always a fan of foaming first.
What if adding the foam just adds another thing (chemicals and soap) stuck to the car.... that would explain why the just water side looks shinier & cleaner then the side he put the “foam cannon” lol on
For all detailer people around....tge point of foam gun is USE HOT WATER AND ON THE SHADE....that's the point of it plus you spray the car then rinse it...
Well for perfect cleaning before polishing you have to use contact fibre glove, becouse active foam cannot pull off whole micro dirty dust It just helps with oxidation . You have to use deironizers and claying for the next step before polishing. Waxes saving your time and coat in future.
Hi do you know if their are any foam cannons that will work on 1.3GPM ? My Pressure Washer is 1750 PSI but only 1.3GPM. It looks like most foam cannons require 2.0GPM! Hopefully I don’t have to buy a new Pressure Washer? Thanks very much Bill
I'm gonna start using 10w 40 in my foam cannon for better lubricity!!! Come on, stop selling unnecessary gear. Washing a car has become so complicated now that you just have to have a guy that calls him self a professional detailer to wash a car. For gods sake, really!!! Just don't buy a black car...
I can get 17 inches of foam thickness with my new foam cannon. The top 16.995 inches of foam makes me feel really good. No effect on the surface, but it makes me really happy.
My previous car was only washed at gas stations with car washes and I used a dirty towel stored in my trunk. It looked so awful before I sold it and wished I had gotten into car detailing but I only got into it after getting a new car. i'm guessing had I hand washed it the entire time via foam cannon, rinse, foam cannon and hand wash. it would have looked far nicer. Had I clayed. polish, and waxed it before selling it with a full interior detail, I likely would have gotten around $600-800 more on the resale. Oh well...
I'm just a car enthusiast, love the videos, because now I know the foam does remove a lot of the dirt without any agitation, my question is, would it make any sense too, foam the car, rinse it, then foam it again, use a mitt to agitate while the soap is on the panel, then rinse. I hate buckets!
Sort of glad I have a white car. Although it shows up bugs real good. To much work to clean a car. Find a car wash. I've thought of foaming and now I know it won't take off all the dirt. Had my car sit a few months under a tree. Took it to a touchless car wash. Dirty spots still there. Iust do a contact wash. Or soft touch car wash. I don't have a power washer to use a foam cannon. And u still have dirt. I was hoping no dirt after the foam job.
You asked about favorite bands so... Rush is my favorite band of all time as there has never been a band that puts out that much incredible music with just three musicians. Stevie Ray Vaughan is my favorite guitarist of all time and nobody has ever played with more passion and feeling in their playing. I miss him.
A neutral ph foam cannon soap may remove light dirt. But it will Not remove road film. A touchless low ph soap like Freaky Foam will remove road film. If there is nothing agitating the surface of the vehicle. You can use a low ph or high ph soap to remove road film. But you are Not going to remove road film without agitating the vehicle and using a neutral foam cannon or car wash soap. Which are pretty much the same product.
Do you not think that sometimes people just over think things , for instance my car was covered in dust and light rain drops mixed in , I soaked it with water from the hose not power then agitated it with my brush dried it out and job done in 10 minutes , also I see most professionals don't like brushes ! I don't know why , they're very soft and you can hose the dirt off better than a microfiber and 2nd bucket , my brush is a light color and you can see the dirt come right off so why the big no no with brushes? I've had my car for over 13 yrs and the paint is in great condition.
Most of the time I foam one side of the car, work one panel at a time with a mit flipping the mit each panel and rinsing it ever other panel. Top to bottom, rockers last. I call it a one bucket wash.
I have a black forerunner what do you think of the ceramic coating would it be worth it and I'm meaning the one that's like a $1,000 that's supposed to last 5 years or more
I guess if you are really trying to justify using a foam cannon versus just water then your argument works. However, foam canons are marketed as a way to clean your car not just loosen dirt. If I'm going to have to hand wash the car anyway their are many methods to do this without having to buy a foam cannon and a pressure washer.
The hell with foam crap....rinse the car.....microfiber with a good wash and wax wash....by hand.....anyway....to me...that foam is a waste of time and water....wash by hand...dry....hybrid turtle wax ceramic coating while wet....dry....spray again a second coat.....rinse off and dry
you feel smoother surface because it is lubricated by foam cleaner, lol. dirt that stayed on the paint is more or less the same, been tested and proven with scopes etc. funny, how foaming is always hyped by the car wash industry, so it can charge more..
This is what I'm talking about. Foam cannon is to loosen up more dirt and grime before you contact wash. Anything that without contact wash will not wash the dirt off. Like some one comment that foam cannon is fun way to wash it.
Pressure washing seems almost pointless for a black car. You're not going to get that shit off without a contact wash anyways so what's the point of going beyond a normal hose?
Sorry but this is just nonsense. If you wash the car with soap on the mitten, you get exactly the same effect. A water power rinse removes heavier mud and dirt and then while wet you use the soft mitten with soap. Scott, the foaming is just a fad and will disappear and the time you wasted foaming the car could have been used to really clean it with soap on a mitten. There is no benefit at all as the final result is the same.
Why did you not do a like for like? You should have given the power rinse side a rinse, then rinsed off at the same time as the foam giving the water a chance to soak the dirt. I feel you would still be correct but you need to be a little more scientific to remove doubt.
Soap or detergent attracts the dirt while water just pushes it. It may not be as visible on darker cars or cars that are semi clean anyways. There is a reason you have soap on your sink, in your laundry room, and in your garage... it works
The fact that foam and foam cannons are just flat out fun to use should not be overlooked either. Life is short, enjoy yourself man!
*Let it foam baby!! Let. It. Foam.* 😁😁
Agreed. However this comment confirms to me that if you have a light-colored car ---> say tan, grey or white a powered rinse is more than sufficient. Especially if you wash your car regularly.
lol so true.. I use it for the fun of it mostly
It's like a chainsaw....they are just fun a hell to use.
Let it waste money lol
Haha yeah, I let my son foam cannon the car, he loves it. Makes washing the car a fun job for him.
You know you're a car guy when you just spent 7 minutes listening to a guy explain why pre-foaming a car is superior than just pre-rinsing with water...
It is just nonsense!!! the car doesn't come clean by using a foam cannon but you get to waste lots of time and money. This announcer has no common sense nor logic.
@@48Ballen You're a genius. Can you back up your mouth with fact and not just talking out ya ass?
@Kai Kai I am confused
@phil erup
Nailed it lol
Crown victoria?
This is why I love your videos. You’re not concerned about headlines and clickbait, instead, you deliver truth and logic. Keep up the good work!
100% agree Austin, Thanks Alot Scott for your videos from Germany. I look and love every one.
If its warm enough I swear by foaming especially with my new favorite soap the Griots Garage Foaming Surface Wash. My car has 3 coats of CQuartz UK so if I wash it enough (say twice per week) foaming is all I have to do. Typically I foam the front end the back end and all lower parts of the panels. Let it dwell for 5-10 minutes and rinse. I then re-foam the entire car again waiting 5-10 minutes and blow dry with the master blaster. This gets the car 95%-98% clean the rest I take care of with a CarPro Reload/Ech20 mix using your Jack towels.
Nobody cares that you have all these products that u dnt really need lol And ocd cuz u shouldnt have to was a coated car twice a week which leads me to believe your car isn't even coated.. You're spewing out alot of stuff that it seems you heard on youtube and tryna sound cool... Do you even have a car?!
There is a channel by the name of "Teuku Alfie" in which he foams part of a white vehicle with a few different shampoos/cleaners. He lets it dwell for a few minutes then rinses. Very interesting results on some of them. Some soaps do add cleaning power as you can see in his videos while others do nothing. Check him out.
Thanks to listening to The Tragically Hip.
Sincerely...a Canadian.
If my car or truck is really dirty, I foam, power rinse, foam again, contact wash, power rinse. I like how slick it is that way when doing the contact wash. The foam cannon is fun, so hey, what's not to like ? I don't do this for a living though. Retired and just maintaining my own vehicles is fun and relaxing for me.
matt caser that’s how I wash my car every week lol
I piss on my car to wash it. Great results
The foam step is just a waste of time because you are going to have to contact wash with detergent to get it clean. You just wasted time and consider money playing with a foam cannon. Maybe you guys think there is something erotic about spraying foam on a car????
I do something similar I will pre-rinse the car, foam it up with cannon then go at it.
@@48Ballen You're an idiot.
Love Tragically Hip....but another Canadian band that is my favorite is Rush. Good day eh?
RIP Neil...
This makes a helluva lot of sense. I’ve sold appliances for 13 years. In our annual training, the trainers made a HUGE point about a problem that was occurring in the dishwasher industry- People were pre-rinsing their dishes and claiming that dishes were not being cleaned properly. They wanted us to drill into customers that they are NOT..TO..Pre-rinse dishes, but to simply scrape the dish, then place it into the dishwasher because the soap needed the food particles to react with....It makes sense to apply soap to react with the dirt particles to loosen, rinse off, then soap once more and take a wet mitt to it.
Scott, can you give insight as to your equipment set-up...Pressure washer, Hose, Gun, etc... Did you change out the orifice nozzle... Curious as to your set-up.
Great video and excellent taste in music! As a Canadian, I love “The Hip” as we call them. 🇨🇦
“50 Mission Cap” and “Wheat Kings” are my 2 favourite songs!
Thank you for the informative videos!
Anyone else notice newer cars paint chips and scratches easier than old cars?
It's the epa they are pretty strict on what's allowed on cars now
Thats why you should power rinse first and then foam
Hey I like that you mentioned the tragically hip from Canada and you are using a Chevy equinox built in Canada you are being followed in Canada too. EH!
Great vid Scott!! Very well explained👍
Personally I listen to Snow.. from Canada...when foaming a car😎
Listen to Triumph from Canada.
R King Rush also!
Love Triumph!!
Hello from Canada man! The Tragically Hip and Rush! Great vid, very informative. Thick ass foam!
Demon Hunter is one of my favorite bands to listen to while detailing, and doing pretty much anything else really.
They have a good blend of melody, energy, heaviness, solid lyrics, and not to mention that Ryan's vocals are amazing, especially in the later albums.
A Fear I Used to Know, and Someone to Hate have been stuck in my head for the past week 😅 can't complain though 🤘
Great video as always Scott, I'll try foaming first when I get a pressure washer this summer and see how it goes :)
So its really about lubricity, which the foam/soap provides. So, as long as you can put some kind of soap/foam down prior to wiping/washing the car with a mitt or microfiber towel, that would be beneficial. That makes sense. What doesn't make sense to me at least, are these people who show putting massive amounts of foam down, like 1/2 inch to 1+ inch thick or so as if the thicker it is the better?? What is the foam doing that's not actually touching the paint? In other words, the foam that's furthest away from the paint, at the outside and never touches the paint, what exactly is that doing to help clean the paint? Simply, if the foam was say 2 feet thick, would that clean the paint better than 1 feet thick? Perhaps it needs to be 3 feet thick, 5 feet thick? Do you see how absurd this is? Put a small amount of soap/lubricity on the surface prior to wiping, I believe that's the point. This world will sell your own exhaled breath back to you if they could CON-vince you that you needed it, and sadly there are some who would actually buy it. The auto detail industry is no different, their goal is to sell products you don't really need.
So if foaming as a prewash is a benefit before power washing, why don’t we apply a second layer of foam right before a contact wash for extra lubrication? Seems to me like it’s fairly simple to mix enough solution in the foam cannon for two applications, instead of just one. It’s an extra step, but isn’t the extra 60 seconds it takes to apply the second foam application worth reducing the possibility of marring even more?
Sounds legit
Foam cannon is the only way to go in my opinion. Two bucket method is all hype and unnecessary.
I use one bucket. Power rinse>foam>power rinse>foam>contact wash>power rinse.
I had a Tragically Hip tape I bought somewhere in the 80's I forgot about that band. Thank you for reminding me....But the best band ever...Are ya ready...."THE CURE"
I don't even use buckets anymore thanks to the foam cannon! As per your suggestion, I use 6-8 mitts instead. Foam the car once, rinse, then foam each panel and mitt for the contact wash. 1 oz of soap for the cannon, 1 oz for the contact wash. I'm using less product, less water and getting far better results
Yes. Foam it, rinse, then foam again and use several mitts.
💀 8 mitts
@@deasttn what does using several mits mean?
@@latinace1981 using multiple wash mitts on one car. The idea is, the more you use one Mitt, the more it collects dirt and grime. If you use multiple wash mitts, you reduce the amount of swirls and scratches in the paint.
This is literally exactly how I wash vehicles now too, if I'm not doing an airless sprayer rinseless wash.
Easy, simple, fast, safe and effective.
I'm not as crazy with the mitts anymore though. At first I was using like 10, but I've reduced the number after I slowly tested, inspected and was satisfied that it was safe. Now I use 4 big double sided per vehicle in most cases, and I dry with a blower. Zero swirls, zero spots. 👍👌✌
Linkin park really speeks to me thanks for the video really helped expected connons
Pink Floyd. Because I’m old enough to be your fatha.
Dark Side of the Moon is by gar their best album. Yes....I said album.
Thanks for this. I have always rinsed first but now I am going to foam first. I agree and it makes sense to do it this way. Will report back!
So..
Why has washing a car become so complicated? ...... answer it's big business now and worth a fortune.
Because time advances and we start finding out new issues and techniques
@@leochanel1 we didn't have all this years ago and my car was gleaming all the time, you could see your face in it, so in my opion the advances your talking about have done nothing that jumps out at you and i could make my car cleaner without all this only working a bit harder for the end result so all i think these products do is make things a little easier. A good car shampoo and a bottle of MER car polish and i could make my car look better than using all these products. So i'am going to do a video to prove it on my cars.👍
@@jph710 Well?
Its frustrating seeing people throw logic right out the window and push their thoughts as facts. The logical understanding is that soap has emulsifiers which soften and break down the bond between the dirt and vehicle. Foaming first is extremely important! Great vid scott!
Agreed and whyNOT have more soap/lubrication to help minimize the chance at scraches? Soap is cheap, foam canons are cheap... for me it made HUGE difference on the back of the car where most dirt is kicked up and caked on. (The beadmaker helped too!!!)
I would have to say that it is not EXTREMELY important.. Before foam cannons came out people were getting amazing results without scratched and swirled paint.. Its just a tool to make things easier. Its not needed at all tbh..
And => a regular soap will not do a proper pre-soak.
It's not about the amount of foam but about the active ingredients.
Search for Nerta SKY WE64 or Nerta in general on Facebook.
Grtz
I spray soap using a garden pump sprayer. It’s not foamy at all but boy does it release the dirt
And road salt.
Tragically Hip are Canadian icons; RIP Gord Downie. We love you all.
Great video! Please. What pressure whaser and foam cannon do you use? ps: sorry for my English; i'm still learning
you are the Jerry Seinfeld of car detail
Tragically Hip were definitely one of the greats. Huge in Canada, but never got their due in the US. I’m in L.A., but it’s nice to know their great music was appreciated in Dallas too. I really miss those guys: “I looked up to the Gord above and said, hey man thanks.” Thank you too Scott. Keep making the great videos and great products!
What pressure washer, hose, and gun setup are you using?
I want to know what the small pistol grip handle portion is myself.
@@rdp2370 i found that hand nozzle on chemical guys and adams polishes
I pressure wash then soap cannon and wash what are your thoughts on that
I usually rinse then foam then Power rinse then wash
I have been hand washing all my cars since I graduated in 72 and as a thirty-year member of my Vette club, we understand how to maintain paint and not across contaminate grit during hand washing. I have a black 67 vette that I have owned since 76 it has been pressure rinsed and hand washed every other week and has little to no swirl marks. Car finish maintenance has come a long way with Ceramics, clay, foaming, and types of soaps from what we had in the seventies. I use foam on both of my Vettes and wifes Lexus too and all have been ceramic coated. I use the foam to help deslove the road tar, bugs, and ocean marine layer salt grime (Greasy film). I think it does help with those, But I'm not really seeing much if anything benefits as far as the dirt film. if the dirt has still adhered to the finish you still rub dirt across the surface just a little easier because not all the dirt is floating in the suds. I started using foam two years ago and really only find foaming helps with the bugs, tar, and ocean grime. My wife's black Lexus which was foamed since new has just as many swirl marks as my Vette.
Can i use a power blower instead of manual wiping after the wash?
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I can believe this. I believe it would be similar to the effect of shaving cream. The benefit of shaving cream is that it keeps your skin & beard in contact longer with water, making the skin & beard softer so that it's easier to shave. With foaming your car, I bet that it's really the water that's doing the job, but it's the foam that keeps the water in contact with the car's surface for longer.
Don't worry about time, but I'd like to see you make a video for beginners who won't ask bc of the crude plp who make fun of them for their questions. Full prep to finish using clay and polish etc. How much clay, what to look for in clay. What the pads actually mean, foam, wool when to use them etc. I love your honesty. If someone don't like any video they can leave just as easy as they came no need for crudeness.
Have a blessed day bro, be safe.
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What pressure washer are you using and foam cannon it looks cool lol
Regardless of all the science and evidence of foaming being better, it makes washing my car 10x easier than before!
I like foam cannons just to get a good coverage so there is enough lubrication between the wash mitt and the panel, world of difference from using the bucket method. I love your 6 wash mitt video, completely sold me on the idea.
That gun is used with the pressure washer or can be used with air compressor?
that's what i am wondering..and,where did he get it??
I'm not gonna ask about the soap. but, I do want to know where to get that short spray handle. My pressure washer still has the long wand on the end and it's awkward using the foam cannon on it.
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@@JTSBMW LOL, I guess you answered my question. Which shows my question should have been "Where did you get that spray handle and what make is it?". I've seen a few on Amazon but his looks like it has a quick connect for the hose. Those I've found on Amazon have a threaded hose connection.
So, JTSBMW, would you care to expand your answer for my now expanded question? LOL, I'll probably need to modify my question again...
@@woolval1793 MTM foam gun with a quick disconnect
@@JTSBMW Thank you. You're better than Scott now! Don't tell him I said that...
Nice video.. I don't always do snow foaming for dusty cars.. I do Snow foawing when the car got a lot of road grimes and dirt really helps the contact wash with mitt easier, more slick..
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Your a Damn good man Scott . Thanks for keeping it real .
Scott has an opinion that I do not agree with, and I am fine with that, Still one of my top go to RUclips's for detailing, please keep sharing your knowledge Scott
LOL, yes foam cannons are kind of worthless, thought so but been watching a plot and getting excited and bought one but knew and Theory but they were doing.. Not much. LOL.... if Nothing else they're cool looking, and impressive looking as if doing a lot to the eyes of others... Especially if you're doing any business or helping out people.
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Scott, thanks for the great explanation and logical thought behind foam cannons! Not too long, and to the point! I just watched another video yesterday that almost had me convinced to pass on getting one, but you’ve put the logic back into it’s purpose for me. And like many said in the comments already, it just looks like fun to use! I mean, come on, it’s called a CANNON! Lol 👍🏼🚙
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whered u buy the foam cannon u used? thanks🍻🍻
Would like to know also
I prefer the foaming prior to micro fiber washing. Our vehicles drive on oily roads and once those roads become wet from a rain storm, the dirt stuck to them has a small concentration of random oils and fluids blended in. Plain water rinse cannot dissolve or break down those oils holding onto the grit. With a quality soap ph neutral and safe for all forms of vehicle finish, foaming will dissolve or breakdown the road oils prior to surface washing. Love the vid! Always a fan of foaming first.
What if adding the foam just adds another thing (chemicals and soap) stuck to the car.... that would explain why the just water side looks shinier & cleaner then the side he put the “foam cannon” lol on
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Great video Scott. Please tell us what's your pressure washer set up please. God bless
it's set at to blow the paint off the car ...so U can start from the begining
For all detailer people around....tge point of foam gun is USE HOT WATER AND ON THE SHADE....that's the point of it plus you spray the car then rinse it...
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Well for perfect cleaning before polishing you have to use contact fibre glove, becouse active foam cannot pull off whole micro dirty dust It just helps with oxidation . You have to use deironizers and claying for the next step before polishing. Waxes saving your time and coat in future.
great video again buddy. lookn fwd 2 next video.
Hi do you know if their are any foam cannons that will work on 1.3GPM ? My Pressure Washer is 1750 PSI but only 1.3GPM. It looks like most foam cannons require 2.0GPM! Hopefully I don’t have to buy a new Pressure Washer? Thanks very much Bill
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I'm gonna start using 10w 40 in my foam cannon for better lubricity!!! Come on, stop selling unnecessary gear. Washing a car has become so complicated now that you just have to have a guy that calls him self a professional detailer to wash a car. For gods sake, really!!! Just don't buy a black car...
I can get 17 inches of foam thickness with my new foam cannon. The top 16.995 inches of foam makes me feel really good. No effect on the surface, but it makes me really happy.
My previous car was only washed at gas stations with car washes and I used a dirty towel stored in my trunk. It looked so awful before I sold it and wished I had gotten into car detailing but I only got into it after getting a new car. i'm guessing had I hand washed it the entire time via foam cannon, rinse, foam cannon and hand wash. it would have looked far nicer. Had I clayed. polish, and waxed it before selling it with a full interior detail, I likely would have gotten around $600-800 more on the resale. Oh well...
I've missed you, Scott! You've been doing excellent videos. Congrats on your line, too.
I'm just a car enthusiast, love the videos, because now I know the foam does remove a lot of the dirt without any agitation, my question is, would it make any sense too, foam the car, rinse it, then foam it again, use a mitt to agitate while the soap is on the panel, then rinse. I hate buckets!
I wash my car with ONR. Would using a foam help or is the ONR enough?
Sort of glad I have a white car. Although it shows up bugs real good.
To much work to clean a car. Find a car wash.
I've thought of foaming and now I know it won't take off all the dirt.
Had my car sit a few months under a tree. Took it to a touchless car wash. Dirty spots still there. Iust do a contact wash. Or soft touch car wash. I don't have a power washer to use a foam cannon. And u still have dirt. I was hoping no dirt after the foam job.
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Is your handle an upgrade? If so what brand is it? I'm sure it's in one of your vids but it's quicker for me to ask 😁
A neutral ph foam cannon soap may remove light dirt. But it will Not remove road film. A touchless low ph soap like Freaky Foam will remove road film. If there is nothing agitating the surface of the vehicle. You can use a low ph or high ph soap to remove road film. But you are Not going to remove road film without agitating the vehicle and using a neutral foam cannon or car wash soap. Which are pretty much the same product.
Do you not think that sometimes people just over think things , for instance my car was covered in dust and light rain drops mixed in , I soaked it with water from the hose not power then agitated it with my brush dried it out and job done in 10 minutes , also I see most professionals don't like brushes ! I don't know why , they're very soft and you can hose the dirt off better than a microfiber and 2nd bucket , my brush is a light color and you can see the dirt come right off so why the big no no with brushes? I've had my car for over 13 yrs and the paint is in great condition.
Most of the time I foam one side of the car, work one panel at a time with a mit flipping the mit each panel and rinsing it ever other panel. Top to bottom, rockers last. I call it a one bucket wash.
Is it really common sense and logic, when most other people don't see it the same way some do?
Why not leave the snowfoam on there to add lubricity and contact wash...?
Another good thing about foam cannons is that you can use them on your house siding to put on the soap before rinsing. They work great.
I have a black forerunner what do you think of the ceramic coating would it be worth it and I'm meaning the one that's like a $1,000 that's supposed to last 5 years or more
I guess if you are really trying to justify using a foam cannon versus just water then your argument works. However, foam canons are marketed as a way to clean your car not just loosen dirt. If I'm going to have to hand wash the car anyway their are many methods to do this without having to buy a foam cannon and a pressure washer.
The hell with foam crap....rinse the car.....microfiber with a good wash and wax wash....by hand.....anyway....to me...that foam is a waste of time and water....wash by hand...dry....hybrid turtle wax ceramic coating while wet....dry....spray again a second coat.....rinse off and dry
you feel smoother surface because it is lubricated by foam cleaner, lol. dirt that stayed on the paint is more or less the same, been tested and proven with scopes etc. funny, how foaming is always hyped by the car wash industry, so it can charge more..
This is what I'm talking about. Foam cannon is to loosen up more dirt and grime before you contact wash. Anything that without contact wash will not wash the dirt off. Like some one comment that foam cannon is fun way to wash it.
I have a 4gpm 4400 psi and a 2.5 gpm pressure washers but is those pressure too high? I don’t wanna damage my clear coat
I think it all has to do with weather a car has been corrected or weather the owner cares about micro imperfections...
Pressure washing seems almost pointless for a black car. You're not going to get that shit off without a contact wash anyways so what's the point of going beyond a normal hose?
I just pull my garden hose out, rinse the car, fill up a bucket with water and soap mix, take a sponge and clean the damn thing
Ok Scott, confession time - you’re not a native Texan with that accent. East Coast originally?
So should I foam and rinse. Or should I foam, rinse, foam, scrub and rinse?
Sorry but this is just nonsense. If you wash the car with soap on the mitten, you get exactly the same effect. A water power rinse removes heavier mud and dirt and then while wet you use the soft mitten with soap. Scott, the foaming is just a fad and will disappear and the time you wasted foaming the car could have been used to really clean it with soap on a mitten. There is no benefit at all as the final result is the same.
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Why did you not do a like for like?
You should have given the power rinse side a rinse, then rinsed off at the same time as the foam giving the water a chance to soak the dirt. I feel you would still be correct but you need to be a little more scientific to remove doubt.
If you still have to use a wash mitt, why not use the wash mitt with the foam applied? Clearly the foam isn't removing any appreciable dirt
Well done Scott,.....with both the foam and musically!🇨🇦
Q: What pressure washer and foam cannon are you using?
Thank you!
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Soap or detergent attracts the dirt while water just pushes it. It may not be as visible on darker cars or cars that are semi clean anyways. There is a reason you have soap on your sink, in your laundry room, and in your garage... it works