Foam cannon anyone?

[jo.jacques]

Foam cannons are cool. I use mine intermittently . Remember, to avoid swirl marks, the most important thing is to religiously use a two bucket system and constantly rinse your soft wash sponge/rag in the clean water and then dip back into the soap bucket. If you do this for each quarter panel, door, fender, etc..., you will avoid a ton of swirl marks. The dirtier the truck, the more you need to rinse and re-soap your rag. You will be amazed how dirty the water bucket gets and how much you avoided grinding dirt into your paint.

I personally use the inserts for the bottom on my bucket and that allowed me to trap all dirt at the bottom of the bucket. But agreed that 2 buckets is always better

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[iammacey]

I use this one:

https://www.obsessedgarage.com/collections/foam-cannons/products/mtm-pf22-2-foam-cannon

I also have two bottles. One for Brake Buster to foam the wheels/tires and one for Adam's Car Wash Soap.

Rinse
Foam
Sit
Rinse
Foam
Wash - Two buckets/Two mitts
Dry
Top with Bead Maker

 

[bsd103]

I tried Chemical Guys Honeydew. Was not impressed.

hmm I use chemical guys honeydew with a modified foam canon and it comes out like shaving cream. Works great. Something isn't right with your setup

 

[Bantam]

It’s a soap applicator, so expectations shouldn’t exceed that.

I like it, but wasn’t expensive. Still don’t feel like I’m getting that real thick suds, but not bad.

Might have to pull the pressure washer out and do some work today, come to think of it.

 

[Boogerman]

I bought a cheap one off of Amazon. Does Ok. I'm not convinced these things do any better than hand washing. I mean unless it's just light dust you are still going to have to do some hand washing. This just puts a base of soap and rinse off some of the dirt. It's not a spray and done by any means.

MATCC Foam Cannon

You need the proper soap. Check out chemical guys foam cannon honeydew. I love it. Plus washing with this method (presssure washer and foam cannon) protects the paint from swirls. Over a year with mine and she’s never been touched by a mitt or a touch car wash

 

[cort43202]

I think of the foam cannon as a way to protect the paint from scratches. The way I do it does add time and another step but I believe it's worth it if you want to minimize the chance of scratching the paint. I rinse with a pressure washer, spray soap from the foam cannon, let it sit a couple minutes, rinse with pressure washer and then I hand wash using a two bucket method with a mitt.

I agree with others, that alone, the foam cannon won't clean your car perfectly. I've even had ceramic coated cars that I felt needed to be hand cleaned even after I used the foam cannon.

I still use mine every time I wash any of my cars.

 

[BigC1066]

I use the Griots Garage boss cannon little pricy but worth it no measuring out soap or anything plus they have a Gloss that looks amazing

 

[Garemlin]

You need the proper soap. Check out chemical guys foam cannon honeydew. I love it. Plus washing with this method (presssure washer and foam cannon) protects the paint from swirls. Over a year with mine and she’s never been touched by a mitt or a touch car wash

That is honeydew I was using.

 

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[MPMB]

"See, Russ - you can't see the swirl marks!" - C. Griswold

 

[NeilsD]

I use an PF22 foam cannon - https://www.amazon.com/MTM-Hydro-PF22-2-Auto-Detailing/dp/B083QTGTBM with Adams soap (or you can chose some else https://carhelpo.com/best-foam-cannon/ etc. ). I am satisfied. My car is completely clean.

Like "hjdca" said:

"Remember, to avoid swirl marks, the most important thing is to religiously use a two bucket system and constantly rinse your soft wash sponge/rag in the clean water and then dip back into the soap bucket."


For what it`s worth, I`ve gotten very good foam from Griots Surface Wash, MTM Perfoamance Soap, Chemical Guys Honeydew, Masterson`s Mystic snow Foam and Jay Leno`s Garage Vehicle Wash.

 

[Biggy]

I think of the foam cannon as a way to protect the paint from scratches. The way I do it does add time and another step but I believe it's worth it if you want to minimize the chance of scratching the paint. I rinse with a pressure washer, spray soap from the foam cannon, let it sit a couple minutes, rinse with pressure washer and then I hand wash using a two bucket method with a mitt.

I agree with others, that alone, the foam cannon won't clean your car perfectly. I've even had ceramic coated cars that I felt needed to be hand cleaned even after I used the foam cannon.

I still use mine every time I wash any of my cars.

This is the proper way to use a cannon.

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