Wash the car with foam

[stef787]

Hi, I bought some elite foam from elitecarcare and a karscher foam lance. Can I use the foam to wash the car every week? the car has been polished last week, and i applied a few coats of wax. Also, what is the recommended dosage?

 

[Anonymous]

You wash your car every week?!!

 

[mmm-five]

You can use the foam as often as you like, but it's only meant to be a pre-shampoo treatment to help lift & loosen the dirt before you get to the shampooing stage.

 

[stef787]

You wash your car every week?!!

I bought my z4 last week and im planning to wash it every week/two weeks...

You can use the foam as often as you like, but it's only meant to be a pre-shampoo treatment to help lift & loosen the dirt before you get to the shampooing stage.

thanks for your reply

 

[Anonymous]

You wash your car every week?!!

I bought my z4 last week and im planning to wash it every week/two weeks...

Ahh okay. Yeah I done mine every 2-3 weeks when I first got it. Only washed it once this year so far, but plan to give it an awesome clean this weekend whilst I retro my cruise control!

 

[pvr]

Dilution is 1:20 for the foam. You will soon know if it is ok ...

This is on my X5 so you can see what you are looking for:

 

[stef787]

is it better to cover it with foam on a dry or wet car?

 

[PaulN]

You can add a little in with shampoo for your bucket wash, but dont use it on its own to wash your car.

Best on a dry car.

 

[mmm-five]

is it better to cover it with foam on a dry or wet car?

It won't stick to a wet car so will not absorb/loosen any dirt.

 

[pvr]

And leave it for 10 minutes to drip the dirt off ...

 

[MikeS]

I tried snow foam for the first time last week. Got it all working OK and had the 'right' consistency. However, not sure it was worth the effort as could not really see any benefit over just using the 2 bucket method and some effort!

 

[Spooky]

Ive just ran out of Meg's Gold class Car Wash Shampoo & Conditioner, I found i needed to use a lot to get the suds up, should I just go buy a load more or can anyone recommend a better make for a wash every 3-4 weeks?? ( I try to wax with Meg's gold class liquid wax every other wash so some thing that is compatible please)

 

[+49]

is it better to cover it with foam on a dry or wet car?

It won't stick to a wet car so will not absorb/loosen any dirt.

Used my foam lance today.. on a wet car...Humm that's why the sud's weren't sticking...

 

[daveg]

I tried snow foam for the first time last week. Got it all working OK and had the 'right' consistency. However, not sure it was worth the effort as could not really see any benefit over just using the 2 bucket method and some effort!

The real benefit is a year later when you don't have as many swirls. Removing all the crap and leaving just road film means there is less dirt in the mitt as you wash the car.

 

[+49]

I tried snow foam for the first time last week. Got it all working OK and had the 'right' consistency. However, not sure it was worth the effort as could not really see any benefit over just using the 2 bucket method and some effort!

The real benefit is a year later when you don't have as many swirls. Removing all the crap and leaving just road film means there is less dirt in the mitt as you wash the car.

Exaxtly ....

 

[noxas]

You only! wash your car once a week?

 

[peddy]

If you leave the car dirty for more than a week then the dirt,etc starts bonding to the car's paint... that's where a claybar comes into the picture.

Other than the 1 month of really bad weather and it was impossible to clean the car (i wish i had my car cover then) we had i've only slipped up a couple of times where it's dragged to two weeks.