I recently got both. I had bought the foam gun and then came across a really really god deal in a 1800 psi elec pw so I then bought a foam cannon. I used DP extreme foam soap in each. I found there to be little difference in the foam consistency. To me, the gun is easier to use; less setup and time. However, I do like using the pw bc after foaming the car it's nice to have to power of the pressure to clean the bugs off the grill and windshield, spray the wheels/wheel wells. So I don't know what I like better. But they are both equally effective.
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I agree. I use a foam cannon so that there's more lubrication on the paint before I put my mitt on it rather than just water alone. Some say that foaming the car lifts the dirt off the surface but I don't really buy into that. Both are good options and only depend on what equipment you have/want to use.
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You'd be surprised how true it is. Especially if the car is dusty. I parked my previous Infiniti; with its stupid super soft CC in a car park undergoing maintenance. Cement dust all over it, foamed it down and rinsed, clean as a whistle. Getting a matte/satin finished car, foam gun/cannon is the only way to go.
Your foam consistency comes down to how much soap there is in the gun/cannon. I find CG honeydew and Mr. Pink work terrific in a cannon. While other soaps including Xtreme foam work better in the gun. I use both with a quick release attachment the handle and the pressure washer.
Overall, cannon is good at dense foam, gun is good at water, bubbly foam
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:iagree: i also use honey dew from CG i love it and super suds is pretty good from them. Megs hyper wash is ok, but it was my first purchase before i got introduced into CG
Just goes to show you that there are many variables with these foam cannons. I have used Honey Dew, Optimum Car Wash and Hyper Wash. Optimum and Megs both produce wicked thick foam and were both better than CG. I might give DG 902 a try at my next purchase.
For me there is a huge difference between using and not using a cannon. I live next to a horse trail and have eucalyptus trees all around me so dust and junk blowing off the trees is a constant problem. I foam, rinse then 2 mitt 2 bucket wash. Rarely do I have anything in the bottom of my buckets afterwards.
For me there is a huge difference between using and not using a cannon. I live next to a horse trail and have eucalyptus trees all around me so dust and junk blowing off the trees is a constant problem. I foam, rinse then 2 mitt 2 bucket wash. Rarely do I have anything in the bottom of my buckets afterwards.
Without a mitt to agitate? If it was a light dust thats one thing but what about caked on dust or a car that just got rained on?
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it could be your GPM that is causing the problem of low foam. i can have a super washer with great psi but thats nothing if the GPM is 1.0.
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my pw has lower specs than yours, 1500 psi 1.2 gpm and this is what I get:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL0pjwyNPUw]Foam Cannon - 2010 Camaro - YouTube[/video]
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btw welcome to AG lim3
Lim3
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'thanks man. btw your foam set up it great. what soap and cannon did you use again ?
ihaveacamaro
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MTM Hydro.
That video was CG Wash N Gloss at 10 oz per gallon, but I get better now with my Maxisuds at 10 oz per gallon.
If I remember correctly, you had a 3xxx PSI washer. That will make AMAZING foam with the right soap. I know I've said this over and over but I'll tell you again, Maxisuds is awesome
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MTM Hydro.
That video was CG Wash N Gloss at 10 oz per gallon, but I get better now with my Maxisuds at 10 oz per gallon.
If I remember correctly, you had a 3xxx PSI washer. That will make AMAZING foam with the right soap. I know I've said this over and over but I'll tell you again, Maxisuds is awesome
Oh damn, I forgot you mentioned maxi suds. For your dilution you say 10oz per gallon. So with your dilution, I would put 2.5-3 oz of soap in the 32oz cannon canister ?
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This is what I was thinking.
ihaveacamaro
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Yeah that's what I would do. Also, if you use warm or hot water, you will get better suds as well.
I would put in 30 oz water and 2 oz soap, and have at it!
It's a heck of a lot easier to go out and buy a 88 cent distilled or deionized (same thing for our purposes) gallon of water, pour out 10 ozs, and fill to the top with maxisuds. Mix it up, and then whenever you need soap solution, just pour it into the container. That way you have a stock and don't have to constantly remake it.
2 questions:
1) Does your foam cannon shoot better than the one I showed in my video?
2) Why can't you use a foam cannon while washing? I do sometimes...
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1) basically about the same. depeding on the soap and how much you use it will vary as well as your pressure washer...
2) with the foam gun, you can spray each panel and follow with the wash media as it flushes away the soap/dirt not leaving it on the surface...
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