Richardhaunter
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Hi dudes, where is the cheapest online site to buy a Gilmour Foam Gun???
Gilmour Foam Gun
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'I was just researching the Gilmour form guns today. Since I had the link I\'ll just include it here. \r\n\r\nAmazon.com: Gilmour Foamaster II Cleaning, #95QGFMR: Home Improvement\r\n\r\nThis one is the Foamaster II. As far as I\'ve found, the only difference between the Foamaster 1 and 2 is that the 1 is made with brass and the Foamaster 2 is plastic.'
Guys, I have had my Gilmour Foam Gun just a week and to be honest Im not that impressed. What am i doing wrong?. Is my mains water pressure too low?, am i using the wrong product, so far ive tried bog std Simoniz, then used some Poorboys but yet to use my Duragloss. All with the same result, I dont get a good thick, clinging foam at all, it just runs straight off the car?
keesue
San Francisco Bay Area
I got mine late last year. I have been using Meguairs super soap undiluted with the lowest setting. It uses about what I would use in a bucket - 2ozs. for my small car - foams and clings nicely. I am at the last drop on my water line, a half inch pipe from a 3/4 main. Not bad at all. I wonder if the water quality may have something to do with it? Our water is very soft and well filtered by EBMUD.
distrbd
all in the details
If you guys want "clinging" foam perhaps a foam cannon is the answer.
Accumulator
Well-known member
Distrbd said:
Yeah, or maybe a different shampoo.
I for one don't *want* a thick, clinging foam (well, it'd be OK for a presoak); that's not how I use the foamgun. But to each their own and I recognize that different people use these things in different ways. I use mine to provide constant lubrication and flushing, to better facilitate my "dislodge and flush" approach to washing.
I *want* everything (especially the dirt
) to run off the vehicle. Last time I washed the A8 it was *DIRTY*, with lots of really nasty winter filth; at the end of the wash my rinse buckets were still quite clean (if very soapy), telling me that the dirt/etc. wasn't sticking to my wash media (which coulda resulted in marring as said media moved across the paint). Rather, the dirt was getting flushed away and ended up going down the floor drain.Accumulator said:Yeah, or maybe a different shampoo.
I for one don't *want* a thick, clinging foam (well, it'd be OK for a presoak); that's not how I use the foamgun. But to each their own and I recognize that different people use these things in different ways. I use mine to provide constant lubrication and flushing, to better facilitate my "dislodge and flush" approach to washing.
I *want* everything (especially the dirt
What brand of foam gun do you use?
imported_shine
New member
Accumulator said:Yeah, or maybe a different shampoo.
I for one don't *want* a thick, clinging foam (well, it'd be OK for a presoak); that's not how I use the foamgun. But to each their own and I recognize that different people use these things in different ways. I use mine to provide constant lubrication and flushing, to better facilitate my "dislodge and flush" approach to washing.
I *want* everything (especially the dirt
I'm finding this is the best method to use the foam gun.
TheJeepGuy
New member
I had a cheapie Campbell Hausfeld pressure washer with that foamer attatchment on it, and it was ok, but on a perfectly waxed/sealed surface, any soap I tried actually slid right off the vertical surfaces! I used to chuckle at that...You know you've got a slick surface when the soap won't stick to it!
The pressure washer turned out to be a POS, but I wish I'd have saved that foamer attatchment to possibly adapt to a different pressure washer.
The one I have at work has a chemical injector (downstream, low pressure) that produces a halfway foamy froth, but uses a profuse amount of chemical in the process. It drank down the better part of a half gallon of soap doing two vehicles!
The pressure washer turned out to be a POS, but I wish I'd have saved that foamer attatchment to possibly adapt to a different pressure washer.
The one I have at work has a chemical injector (downstream, low pressure) that produces a halfway foamy froth, but uses a profuse amount of chemical in the process. It drank down the better part of a half gallon of soap doing two vehicles!
I found mine on amazon for $28. I bought something else and together I got free S&H.
Get the one with the brass fittings and quick connect.
You have to play with the settings, brand of soap, and soap/water concentrate you put in the mix container.
I have extremely hard water so I do not get "foam that clings". I can get pretty decent foam action, a LOT BETTER that the presoak chemical attachment on my pressure washer (like "thejeepguy" mentioned on his).
I use the Meg's Gold Class wash.
Get the one with the brass fittings and quick connect.
You have to play with the settings, brand of soap, and soap/water concentrate you put in the mix container.
I have extremely hard water so I do not get "foam that clings". I can get pretty decent foam action, a LOT BETTER that the presoak chemical attachment on my pressure washer (like "thejeepguy" mentioned on his).
I use the Meg's Gold Class wash.
Accumulator said:Yeah, or maybe a different shampoo.
I for one don't *want* a thick, clinging foam (well, it'd be OK for a presoak); that's not how I use the foamgun. But to each their own and I recognize that different people use these things in different ways. I use mine to provide constant lubrication and flushing, to better facilitate my "dislodge and flush" approach to washing.
I *want* everything (especially the dirt
agreed, and all the more reason why a foam gun has more of an advantage/uses over the foam cannon/lance...