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Foams soap?
Does foam soap remove dirt? Or
Is this technique just for cosmetic purposes?
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Re: Foams soap?
Nothing removes dirt except for washing with a wash mitt. It might remove "some" dirt, but it's not going to clean road grime off your car. All those videos where they tell you that it emulsifies dirt and make it slide right off the car are pretty much just bold face lies. But the foam does serve a couple purposes. First, it gives you good lubricity for cleaning the car properly. Second it provides a good marker for areas you've already done because it's pretty easy to see where you have and haven't cleaned with the foam on the car.
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Re: Foams soap?
In theory, the foam is supposed to lift and encapsulate dirt so that it can easily be rinsed away. In some cases that will work such as dust or light pollen. In reality you need to remove the dirt and road slop with a wash mitt.
I no longer use a wash bucket. I double foam the vehicle and use multiple wash mitts.
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Re: Foams soap?
I like to use a foam Cannon but I've yet to find a pH neutral soap that does much. My favorite is a residue free laundry detergent that is about pH 10. This even attacks break dust and doesn't damage lsp.
Optimum Power Clean is another good product for a foam Cannon.
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Re: Foams soap?
If you have a high pH soap, it'll remove some dirt if you pressure rinse it. This is how commercial touchless (AKA "laser) car washes work. But high pH soap will degrade sealant/wax. This will work for lose dirt but not dirt that was ever wet (road from from wet roads, mud) in my experience and it never cleans it enough that I would feel safe drying it by touching it with a towel.
I just use foam for extra lubricity and convenience so instead of a bucket with soapy water, I foam half my car and clean that half with wash towels that I just saturate with foam and then foam the other half and clean it - this makes it so I have plenty of soap and don't have to keep dipping my wash towel to keep it soapy (slippery) enough. And since I use several towels instead of a wash mitt, I don't even need a rinse bucket! And since I don't presoak with the foam, I actually end up using a little less than half the amount of soap I used in a two bucket wash so that will eventually save me as much money as I spent on the foam gun.
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