Soak car before using foam gun?

[ymc226]

Just ordered the Tornador Foamer HP foam gun using an air compressor.

Do I need to give the car a complete soak with the hose prior to spraying the foam on or will the pre-soak make the foam less clingy and just slide down he vertical panels?

[wdmaccord]

I prefer to foam first, power rinse, then 2BM.

[ymc226]

Can you please clarify what is a power rinse and 2BM?

[trekkeruss]

Most people use a foam cannon with a pressure washer, not a foam gun with an air compressor. A power rinse would be done with a pressure washer. 2BM is doing a two bucket wash after the foaming, to remove road grime that can't be removed by foam or a pressure wash.

[J Cole]

I've used both the Tornador foam gun and a foam lance on my pressure washer. The foam gun will produce much thicker foam but in my experience it doesn't last longer than the foam from a pressure washer.

I usually use my foam gun on tires and by the time I've hit the fourth tire the foam on the first tire has died down. However, of course, this may vary depending on what you put in your foam gun. I usually mix some degreaser, sonax full effect, and APC.

In my foam lance I mix Iron X snow soap, degreaser, APC, poor boy's bug squash, and some Meguiar's hyperwash. I find that it works pretty well as a pre wash soak. But you don't get a lot of soaking time. A lot of the foam and what not runs off the car. But I'd say you get a good five minutes. So I usually hit the car once, work on the bugs up front, or some tar or something, hit it again, maybe hit some spots with Iron X, then I rinse it all off, so I get about 10 minutes of good soaking time and it does seem to help during my 2BM wash.

In my opinion I would use your foam gun before rinsing the car if it has a moderate to low amount of contaminants on it. But if it's really dirty, such as mud, I would definitely rinse it first.

[Mask]

Rinse with pressure wash follow by Foam party ^^ and rinse again.
Then... choose your like:
- 2 bucket wash
- rinseless wash
- waterless wash

Regards

[Ccrew]

Can you please clarify what is a power rinse and 2BM?

2BM = 2 Bucket Method

[SameGuy]

J Cole: I'm not knocking whatever works for you, but that does seem like an awful lot of chemicals to mix in a foam cannon solution. Have you checked the various compositions and pH numbers? I'd think a few of them probably neutralize the others.

[FUNX650]

I always hose down a vehicle before washing it...That's
washing it using the 2-Bucket/Grit-Guard/Wash-Mitt
System.


Don't be too disappointed if "foaming" does not
get your vehicle as clean as you expect it should.


Bob

[Souldetailer]

I always hose down a vehicle before washing it...That's
washing it using the 2-Bucket/Grit-Guard/Wash-Mitt
System.


Don't be too disappointed if "foaming" does not
get your vehicle as clean as you expect it should.


Bob

I agree with Bob on this one, although I DO foam after the hitting it with the PW. I don't know why, I guess I'm one of the folks that thinks it helps. I mean, come on, who doesn't like a ton of foam to make things fun. That's reason enough! Then 2 bucket and proceed as usual. Take care.

Peace,

Darrin