Foamgun dosing question - help

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Inzane

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Hi Guys,



I'm about to use my Wolfgang foamgun for the first time. The soap I was going to use is Chemical Guys Citrus Wash n' Gloss.



My question is how to set the appropriate dose/dilution ratio. The foamgun itself has 5-6 setings on the brass fitting (1oz/gal, etc.). However I thought you are also suppose to dilute the soap in the resourvoir/container.



So my question is, do you fill the container with full-strength soap and let the eductor on the foam gun give you the right amount. Or are you first diluting the soap with water and then letting the gun dilute it AGAIN with the stream of water?



The reason I ask is the instructions with the gun aren't clear. Depending how you interpret it, you could be dumping full strength soap in the jar, which I image could get expensive and possibly wasteful.



If I dilute the soap first, what ratio should I use? ~1/2 oz per jar?



Thanks!
 
to answer your question . . . setting the dilution ratio will depend on you really. There is no right and wrong way to have that set.



You don't fill up the container with full strength soap. You dilute the soap in the container on board the foam gun. I have never used the CG Citrus Wash n' Gloss but i heard that it is a very good product.



Don't use it near full strength on that CG Wash n' Gloss though as that is what some of my buddies use as a LSP stripper.
 
I definitely don't want to be stripping LSP.



I just want to use the foam step as a pre-soak for my normal wash.
 
someone please correct me if i am wrong but i believe close to full strength is what will strip LSP.



According to their site 1 cap full should mix with 5 gal of water, but if you are using it to foam i'm sure you will want to use a little more then that. I have been dying to try that stuff. Let me know how you like it.
 
Is this the one with the sliding adjustment pin?



If so, I use the middle pin (one hole showing on the right hand side) with a ratio of 15:1 in the container (2oz CWG, 30 oz water). Which I believe would be the 'C' setting on the dial kind.



Thanks to Denzil of DB/AZ.



*This is for the quart. For half-gallon, just double.*
 
If you want a ratio of 1oz/ gal, fill the container with 3 parts water and 1 part soap, then set the slider to the 3rd hole from the left (4:1)
 
gofastman said:
If you want a ratio of 1oz/ gal, fill the container with 3 parts water and 1 part soap, then set the slider to the 3rd hole from the left (4:1)
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He certainly doesn't want that with CWG.



OP, see my first post.
 
The CWG is the wildcard here, I suspect the mix will have to be very different from what you'd use with a conventional shampoo.



No matter what the product, I'd mix up a gallon jug of concentrate and then fine-tune it with the different foamgun settings.
 
Thanks everyone.



I went ahead and used my foamgun last night and kind of winged it. I have the Wolfgang foammaster gun (as per eshine.ca's site). I'm not sure on the exact volume of the container. I'm going to guess it's about 30-32 oz.



I mixed approximately 1 oz (maybe a tad less... ~3/4 oz?) of CWG with enough water to fill the container about 3/4s. Then with the foamgun initially set to one end of the brass rod/pin I had practically ZERO foam. I'm assuming that must've been the 1oz/gal setting. Bumped it up one or two settings and didn't see much improvement. When I finally slid the pin to the other end (presumably the 12oz/gal setting), NOW I finally got some foaming action!! :cool:



I gave the entire car a good going over with the foam and basically kept going until I emptied the container. Then let the foam dwell while I readied my conventional buckets and car soap to proceed with my normal 2-bucket car wash.



Once I finally got the foaming action I was looking for, I enjoyed the novelty of it. Very cool.



So my question would be, based on what I described above, was I using an appropriate regular car wash dose/concentration. Or was I using LSP-stripping levels?



Thanks!



PS - It looks like I used roughly half the concentration that CocheseUGA says he uses, but I used a higher flowrate on the gun.
 
OK, if my math isn't wrong, then if you used approx 1oz to 23oz of water, you'd be looking at a 5.56oz/gal ratio of product in the container. Resulting in a .70oz/gal ratio overall.



Wash: .25oz/gal

Strip:2oz/gal



And to check my math... 2:30 in the container = 8.53/gal * 4oz/gal spray = .0293 oz/gal final ratio.



So you're a bit high, but shouldn't be to wax stripping levels.



Someone check my math.
 
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