Fun: Fuzion video and Foam Cannon HP Pics

[Emile]

Hi,

I know this is not a show and shine but because of requests, I decided to put this here in its own thread.

First up is a video of the beading and sheeting action from Wolfgang Fuzion. The car has two coats of Fuzion sitting on top of Wolfgang Paintwork Polish Enhancer. The combination is only a week old at this point and the car wasn't too dirty. As usual, YouTube wrecked the quality but I don't blame them since the original size of the video is 96MB.

YouTube video link:
- Wolfgang Fuzion wax beading

Now onto the other topic, the Foam Cannon HP Kit. I have a Karcher K367M Pressure Washer with the kit, and the car wash mixture used for these images is around 6oz of Eagle One Nano Wash & Wax Shampoo, 2oz of Optimum No Rinse, and the rest is water. The Eagle One shampoo is unbelievably NOT sudsy but the foam cannon still manages to give decent results. If I use Meguiar's Gold Class Shampoo, it turns my car into a total snowball but I like the Wash & Wax Shampoo/ONR mixture as it gives some additional protection during the wash process. Onto the pictures:

Karcher Pressure Washer with the Foam Cannon HP Kit hooked up and ready to go!
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image01.JPG

The car has been pre-rinsed with the pressure washer to remove any loose dirt.
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image02.JPG

The front end lightly sprayed down.
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image03.JPG

The side of the vehicle lightly sprayed. Btw, the bucket is filled with Meguiar's Gold Class, and YES I am FINALLY using the two-bucket method with twin Grit Guards and it rocks!
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image04.JPG

Getting cocky with that foam! You can't tell, but the Foam Cannon HP nicely coats the wheels, tires, wheel wells, and inner wheel barrels in a thick layer of foam.
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image05.JPG

Letting the foam dwell.
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image06.JPG

Again...I think I just keep re-spraying and taking pictures because it was hard to spray and then dry my hands and snap a good picture.
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image07.JPG

Very nice white blanket on the rear end. When I used the free 2oz sample of DP Xtreme Foam, I wasn't able to read my license plate or the emblems/logos on the back of the vehicle!
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image08.JPG

After having washed the vehicle, I refilled the bottle with the same car soap/ONR mixture and let it dwell for a few minutes. I'm letting the ONR and Wash & Wax shampoo get absorbed by the paint to add some more protection.
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image09.JPG

Foam slowly fading away.
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image10.JPG

More fading...a lot of whiteness is gone now.
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image11.JPG

I like to thoroughly spray the wheels and wheel wells during this last soak process. It gives the rims and the wheel barrels a nice shine and some added protection without much effort on my part.
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image12.JPG

The hood and the windshield are still getting owned by the foam. I guess on horizontal surfaces, the foam has nowhere to go. So much foam on the driveway!
http://www.amirsaleh.com/FuzionandFoam/Image13.JPG


Thanks for looking. I will do my best to answer questions and comments.

Thanks,
Emile

[unclestu]

Hi Emile,
I am a fellow jersey guy and that looks awesome. What dilution do you mix the shampoo in the bottle of the foam canon when you use a regular shampoo instead if the onr?
Thanks for always being so informative on the forum.
Stu

[Emile]

Hi Stu, thanks for the kind words. I usually use between 2 to 4 ounces of car wash soap, whether it's the Foam Cannon HP or the regular Foam Cannon, and the rest of the bottle is filled with water. I use 6 ounces of the Eagle One Wash & Wax shampoo because it is not very sudsy. A quality car shampoo like DP Xtreme Foam or Optimum Car Wash will only need 2 or 3 ounces to get amazingly nice foam from a foam cannon. Even Meguiar's Gold Class can deliver solid foam with 2 or 3 ounces.

[VISITOR]

Hi Stu, thanks for the kind words. I usually use between 2 to 4 ounces of car wash soap, whether it's the Foam Cannon HP or the regular Foam Cannon, and the rest of the bottle is filled with water. I use 6 ounces of the Eagle One Wash & Wax shampoo because it is not very sudsy. A quality car shampoo like DP Xtreme Foam or Optimum Car Wash will only need 2 or 3 ounces to get amazingly nice foam from a foam cannon. Even Meguiar's Gold Class can deliver solid foam with 2 or 3 ounces.

that's strange, it must not like the foam cannon LOL. the regular EO1 car wash is one of the best car soaps (foams very well) that i've used with the foam gun...

[ScottB]

very nice indeed ... I think you are liking that cannon huh ??

[supercharged]

gotta love foam cannon!!!

[A4 1.8tqm]

Foam cannons are awesome... but I really like your driveway Im the MAN

[ICEMAN]

good way to clean ur driveway!! just foam a car on a different spot of the driveway everytime!! lol

now i have some questions on foam. never used or heard of it til i got on this forum. Are you supposed to let the foam sit for a while and hose off, or wash the foam? what about in sunlight?

[Meghan]

Very nice, and thank you for taking the time to put this up for everyone.

[Emile]

good way to clean ur driveway!! just foam a car on a different spot of the driveway everytime!! lol

now i have some questions on foam. never used or heard of it til i got on this forum. Are you supposed to let the foam sit for a while and hose off, or wash the foam? what about in sunlight?

That depends on your preference and I have been trying different combinations of methods.

You can either rinse the car and then foam it up and then start washing your vehicle while the foam is sitting, or you can foam it up, rinse off, and then wash the car. Or foam it up, rinse off, foam up again, and then wash. It's really an endless amount of combinations and depends on whatever process you would like and how much soap you are willing to use up in a single wash process.

A lot of people, including myself, prefer to initially foam up the vehicle and let the foam sit for a minute or two, letting the soap break down any loose dirt and then washing it all off and then washing the car normally.


Finally, I have been playing around with different wash soaps. I have been able to get ridiculous amounts of frothy foam with the following car wash soaps:
-Dodo Juice Sour Power
-Meguiar's Gold Class
-DP Xtreme Foam Formula
-Citrus Wash & Goss
-Citrus Wash & Clear

Once my new order of DP Xtreme Foamula arrives, I will grab some more pictures for you guys so you can see how it is SUPPOSED to look. Looking back at the pictures with the Eagle One Nano Wash & Wax, the foam is a joke compared to the potential.

I turned my dad's Mercedes into a fluffy cloud on Saturday afternoon, wish I had the camera handy!

[ICEMAN]

awesome thanks!!!