Just watched a video on Demon Foam and it looks like Foam Guns are going mainstream...
Autogeek carries and sells both foam guns and foam cannons and the soaps that go with them, so this method of washing a car isn't new to this online detailing community.
I'm a fan of foaming a car, in fact for the most part I foam every car I wash.
The idea behind foam is that unlike water foam offers,
Dwell Time
That is the foam or suds will cling to car body panels longer than soapy water and by dwelling on the surface this gives the cleaning agents time to loosen and dissolve any road film or dirt on the finish.
Here's my article on Road Film.
Road Film - If you drive your car in the rain your car has road film
And here's a foam gun in action...
Note I still have to use something that will touch the piant. The foam won't do everything by itself.
So you don't save any steps.
How to wash a car with a foam gun
After allowing the Auto Finesse Iron Out Iron Remover to do it's thing the next step is to wash the car to remove any loose dirt plus the iron particles dissolved by the Auto Finesse Iron Out Iron Remover.
For this step I'm using the
Detailer's Half Gallon Foammaster Foam Gun with Detailer's
Xtreme Foam Formula Auto Shampoo.
Start at the top just like you would wash normally by spraying the roof down with foam.
Move down the windshield...
And then down the hood...
Foam down one side and work around to the back of the car...
Then foam down the back of the car...
Foam dwells on paint allowing the soap solution to go to work loosening road film and dirt...
Loosen dirt with wash mitt...
Or in this case the new
Lake Country Wash Wedge...
The most important thing about using a wash mitt, sponge or brush is to NOT scrub the paint more than what's needed to loosen the bond of any surface dirt so that it can be rinsed off. I cover this in my how-to book also.
And here's the Mercedes-Benz after rinsing and drying using a single
Ultimate Guzzler
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