couple questions before i buy a foam cannon setup.

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craZdetailer

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i am going to buy a pressure washer and foam cannon setup but i am on a budget.



is the karcher the easiest pressure washer to hook up the cam spray cannon on? which attachments do i need to hook it up to the karcher gun?



also does the amount of PSI affect how much foam will come out?



TIA :xyxthumbs
 
If you're on a budget, I'd recommend spending money on something else. IMO, your money would be better spent on something more useful. FWIW, I have a Karcher electric PW and a camspray foam cannon with the special adapter to fit my Karcher from AutoBrite. The AutoBrite adapters are junk because they don't fit correctly. There are days when I just cannot put on or take off the foam cannon to/from my wand. The fix is to drill out the adapter, but I shouldn't have to mod my adapter in the first place to make it fit.
 
BlackElantraGT said:
If you're on a budget, I'd recommend spending money on something else. IMO, your money would be better spent on something more useful. FWIW, I have a Karcher electric PW and a camspray foam cannon with the special adapter to fit my Karcher from AutoBrite. The AutoBrite adapters are junk because they don't fit correctly. There are days when I just cannot put on or take off the foam cannon to/from my wand. The fix is to drill out the adapter, but I shouldn't have to mod my adapter in the first place to make it fit.
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too late. i just ordered the cam spray. now looking for a pressure washer.:woot2:
 
I think the GPM has more to do with the amount of foam, but most should be able to produce decent thick foam with the right mixes, just check some of those youtube videos. If you get a pw with separate hose and gun (as opposed to the units that have the hose permanently attached) then you could always just buy a new gun. If you get one with the hose and gun together you need a new hose and a new gun.



You can grab the gun from lowes or hd for about 40, 25' hose costs 16 if you go that route.
 
just got my foam cannon and attachments today.:woot:



pics will come soon of the attachments recommended on this site worked perfectly. crazy foam with meguiars gold class.:woot2:
 
D&D Auto Detail said:
Crazy foam with megs gold class, you havent seen foam yet then. Unless you're using a ton of it.
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What soap is good for foaming in either a cannon or just a foam gun? I thought I got decent results with Meg's Gold Class in my foam gun, but I am always looking for something better. CG CWG?
 
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i used a bit more soap because this is new and i havent tested what levels are good. i am also using the original bottle.



What do you use to measure the oz that you put in?



How many ounces is the original bottle?
 
craZdetailer said:
How many ounces is the original bottle?
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Don't you have some info that came with it?



Also, I'm not sure if it's the same for pressure washer foamers but the ones that you use with a plain garden hose need the viscosity of the liquid in the container to be near the viscosity of water which means you use X liquid to X ounces of water which makes the solution more fluid and less syrup like.
 
So what kind of pressure washer did you end up with... Karcher? I used 3 oz of Meguirs NXT to 29 oz of water and I get thick foam, thicker than that, or at least it seems like it's thicker, at the highest thickness. The original bottle is small, I would guess 16 oz but I haven't measured it. Just got some CG CWG which I'll try out soon.
 
ptirmal said:
So what kind of pressure washer did you end up with... Karcher? I used 3 oz of Meguirs NXT to 29 oz of water and I get thick foam, thicker than that, or at least it seems like it's thicker, at the highest thickness. The original bottle is small, I would guess 16 oz but I haven't measured it. Just got some CG CWG which I'll try out soon.
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Lately I've been kinda disappointed with Chemical Guys, but I have to admit, CG's CW&G is, by far, my favorite car soap.
 
I actually don't have a foam cannon, but the way I have my pressure washer set-up it is somewhat like a foam cannon.........



I have a Kracker pressure washer (gas, 2800 psi). For people who have this, if you look, most models have a tube attached. This is to suck in degergent, or soap, for example :)



I use a 65* tip (barely any pressure, just a wide degree tip) And I use a concentrated soap mix. (Still trying to expirement on ratios). Anyways, I stick the tube in the soap, and then from a couple inches away from the pain, the soap/water mix hit the car, and foam up instantly........It works for me, and I've had pretty darn good results
 
SuperBee364 said:
Lately I've been kinda disappointed with Chemical Guys, but I have to admit, CG's CW&G is, by far, my favorite car soap.
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Oh man. I've yet to try CG CW&G, but I can't imagine anything better than Z7. I love that stuff. I want to try Duragloss #901 (#902 gallon size).. since that gets a lot of good marks too.



I'm amassing too many products.
 
Mindflux said:
Oh man. I've yet to try CG CW&G, but I can't imagine anything better than Z7. I love that stuff. I want to try Duragloss #901 (#902 gallon size).. since that gets a lot of good marks too.



I'm amassing too many products.
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I've been mixing Z7 and CW&G together in the foam cannon bottle. It's my favorite mix, but Z7 is so darn expensive. I wish Sal would sell it in a one gallon size at a reasonable price. One of those two foam cannon videos I have shows Z7 mixed with CW&G. I'd post a link to it again, but I think everyone is sick of it by now. :)



Oh, and btw... Ultima's car soap is (as Elliot Ness said it was) *very* good stuff. Quite similar to Z7. I'm gonna have to price shop it vs. Z7...



And there's no such thing as "amassing too many products". Pffffftt. ;)



Edit: Ultima Paint Guard Wash is almost twice the price per ounce as Z7. *sigh*
 
SuperBee364 said:
I've been mixing Z7 and CW&G together in the foam cannon bottle. It's my favorite mix, but Z7 is so darn expensive. I wish Sal would sell it in a one gallon size at a reasonable price. One of those two foam cannon videos I have shows Z7 mixed with CW&G. I'd post a link to it again, but I think everyone is sick of it by now. :)



Oh, and btw... Ultima's car soap is (as Elliot Ness said it was) *very* good stuff. Quite similar to Z7. I'm gonna have to price shop it vs. Z7...



And there's no such thing as "amassing too many products". Pffffftt. ;)



Edit: Ultima Paint Guard Wash is almost twice the price per ounce as Z7. *sigh*
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Then it's time to make a new one!



I definitely want to pick up some DG 901 since everyone compares it with z7, and it's still very reasonably priced...
 
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