[flybigjet]

I just got a foam cannon and haven't ever used one before.

Looking for suggestions for soap that can be used for both ceramic coated and traditionally waxed vehicles?

And if I can get it on Amazon, so much the better.

TIA.

R.

[Throttleblip]

Originally Posted by flybigjet

I just got a foam cannon and haven't ever used one before.

Looking for suggestions for soap that can be used for both ceramic coated and traditionally waxed vehicles?

And if I can get it on Amazon, so much the better.

TIA.

R.

Chemical Guys Honeydew Snow Foam 👍🏻

[nioh_lbbm2]

For the foam gun I use Adams shampoo.

Then with Ethos Ceramic Shampoo in two bucket method.

Every few weeks I mix it up and use the Ethos in the foam gun instead. I find this maintains my ceramic coating very well.

Both available on amazon but I personally stock up when they do their individual sales

[cncmastr]

I'm a fan of the griots system myself. They have three types of foam soaps.

[Conissah]

My go to is Meguiar's Gold Class. Not super expensive and can be had on Amazon (LINK HERE). Fill the spray bottle about 1/8-1/4 full with the soap and fill the rest with water and then give her a good shake. Depending on which canon you bought, turn the water all the way down OR turn the soap all the way up. Should come out THICK!

My old car for reference. It's purple and orange with polished wheels. Can't see any color.

[5.M0NSTER]

Damn dog, it must have been a while and you must have been really excited!

Just kiddin

[2PUTT]

Here is a link to my usual wash process. for the foam cannon, i use Fictech Bubble.

https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...6&postcount=40

[NEfan508]

Originally Posted by Conissah

My go to is Meguiar's Gold Class. Not super expensive and can be had on Amazon (LINK HERE). Fill the spray bottle about 1/8-1/4 full with the soap and fill the rest with water and then give her a good shake. Depending on which canon you bought, turn the water all the way down OR turn the soap all the way up. Should come out THICK!

My old car for reference. It's purple and orange with polished wheels. Can't see any color.

Meguiar's Gold Class not because it's the best but because it's all over, almost every store has it and it's all around a very good quality/value imo

Walmart/target yes, almost every auto parts store yes and amazon too if your ordering

warm water helps make some nice suds
Edit: photo is from last year, cold water, WARM does add about 10% more sud volume THICKER in my experience (updated photo soon) car is still in hibernation, snowed here last Friday...

[3t3p]

Bilt hamber foam. Actually works unlike so many that look pretty but do nothing.

[pz619]

Ive been using Chemical Guys Snow Foam and now more recently Adams Mega Foam. Really like the latter.

[detroitm2]

Any good quality pH neutral shampoo will work fine. As a couple others have mentioned, I use meguiers gold class.

[flybigjet]

Thanks for the replies, guys.

After talking to the guys who did the paint correction, PPF and ceramic coating on my M2C, I went with what they recommended: Gyeon Q2M Pre-Wash, followed by Gyeon Quartz Bathe Plus and finished with Gyeon Wet Coat.

For my wife's Miata RF, I went with Griot's Foaming Surface Wash and Foaming Poly Gloss since it was a package deal on sale on Amazon.

We'll see how things work out-- I'm probably overthinking soap, but I've never had a good power washer or foam cannon to play with.

Thanks again to all for the suggestions.

R.

[Gabhart]

Blue soap from Adams!

[Vulpe]

Originally Posted by flybigjet

We'll see how things work out-- I'm probably overthinking soap, but I've never had a good power washer or foam cannon to play with.

Pretty much but I understand. For the most part you can use any soap you want in a foam cannon. As others said PH neutral is the important part to keep from removing protection. I've seen multiple different products used in a foam cannon: Dish soap, wheel/tire cleaner, all purpose cleaners. Depending on dilution ratio all of those would foam well.

One thing to be mindful of is the cost. I was using 4oz of Meguiars Hyper Wash ($28 a gallon) in my foam cannon, that was like $.81 per foam cannon full. I've since switched to Adam's Shampoo ($39 a gallon) at 4oz a bottle and now that's $1.20 per. I've decided to try out Adam's Mega Foam ($55 a gallon), they say it foams better so hopefully I can drop to 2oz a bottle even though Mega Foam costs more per oz I'll be using less and can save money. That would end up being $.86 a bottle.

Of course you can just not give an F of costs of stuff.

Also depending on your pressure washer, look at changing the size of the orifice in your foam cannon. If you have one of the lower end electric machines then check if you have a 1.1mm orifice, if not it'll help with more foam.

[NEfan508]

it is enjoyable, almost a little therapeutic to clean your cars/trucks


"idle hands are the devil's playthings"

[flybigjet]

Here's what I ended up with:

MATCC Foam Cannon III: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Ryobi 3000 PSI 2.3-GPM Honda Gas Pressure Washer: https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-30...3001/303316335

[Detailers Domain]

These are some good ones

Fictech Foam Bubble PH
Nanolex Pure Shampoo
Nextzett Lotus
Aenso Polaris