Snow Foam & New Exhaust (pics)

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    Young Pup 1 Bazthemod's Avatar
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    Snowfoam comes highly recommended not only does it do a good job its loads of fun too!

    Ohh and pics of new playmini exhaust aswell!

    Excuse the awful winter wheels, cant wait to get my R105's on again :(






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    that looks wicked Baz, does the foam just strip all the dirt off the car without the need for a sponge??

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    Nice one ickle dude! Something else for you to keep shiny now!

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    Baz...I use snow foam as well from time to time...

    I read somewhere that snow foam can strip wax if over used...so get some advice if you plan to use it every wash.

    I use ordinary car shampoo in my foam gun....sometimes add a wee drop snow foam as well...

    Hope this helps!

    mark

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    looks great Baz. Just remember to keep that exhaust shiny.... inside and out. :)

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    Very nice Baz. Very shiny.

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    Well its not designed to replace a washmit and bucket but if you are after a quick touchless wash it does a fairly good job on its own.

    It is mainly designed to take the bulk of dirt off the car - spray on foam and leave to dwell for 5-10 mins... as the foam runs off you can see it taking the dirt with it.

    Therfore it should reduce swirls when washing with the mit.

    Re wax stripping i havent noticed any difference, still beads nicely after washing when it starts pissing down :mad:

    I wax my car once a month anyway as i love it being glossed up, you will rarely see my car dirty haha

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    So what is it you actually use to make the snow effect? I know you use the Snowfoam product, but how do you get it on the car?

    Baz it looks like you have a Karcher pressure washer. We have one too... Is it an attachment for that?

    And can you just use your normal shampoo to get the snow effect?

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    Yeh you need a foam lance but not the karcher one this is mine...

    http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/washin.../prod_371.html

    I dare say you could use normal carwash but im unsure of how much it would foam

    With snowfoam you use 2-3mm in bottom of the container and fill rest with water. You can also adjust how much foam you want

    Hope that helps :)

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    Looks Cool Baz.

    Going to need to hook myself up with some of this stuff. Its to cold for the buckets and Mit!

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