I’ve put some extra info about which pressure washer, office size, snow foam and the dilution ratio I was using at each point in the video in the description along with all the product links. Thanks for watching!
If I may offer up a suggestion for anyone who thinks about changing the jet in the lance. If your high pressure washer don't have a pressure gauge built in, get an inline one to install between your handle and hose. That will tell you where your pressure is at. As long as you don't exceed what the machine is rated for, you can keep making the orifice smaller. It's also handy to make sure that your nozzles don't create too much pressure. Some 25 and 15 degree nozzles are quite "tight" and can raise the pressure quite a bit. What flow that comes out of your tap also greatly affect your pressure. My Stihl RE150 Plus is rated for 150 bars and 685 lr/h. That is obviously more than enough for my MTM, but here's the catch. If the flow from your tap is not adequate, it will not create those numbers. I can get it there with my MTM and a 1.25 jet when it is hooked up in my wash bay which has a dedicated high flow tap that bypasses the house. When connected to this tap, it will easily run 150 bars with a 25 degree nozzle and 140+ with my MTM. And when running the 15 degree nozzle I turn it down a bit to get it at 150. It does not pulse, but I don't want to hurt it. How if I hook it up to my tap for my garden hose, which is actually not that bad. fat chance of getting those numbers. Best it will do with the nozzles is 125 bars and even with a 1.1mm jet in my MTM, it only gets to 135 bars, and with a 1.25 it's below 100. So there's many things at play, and what jet you need in the lance, can only really be determined by knowing the actual pressure. Few homes actually have enough capacity flow to max out bigger machines, so the chance of a 1.1 being too small, is really low unless your machine is massive.
Great tip about unscrewing the lance off when you still have product left and flush it out Heather👍. Snow foam the best part of the wash for me, gets the neighbors curtains twitching "what's he doing now" 🤔🤣🤣
Same here. I'm surprised so many people have never seen snowfoam. Anyway, the weather's great today so I'm looking forward to seeing the neighbours curtains moving when they see me drying my car with a vacuum cleaner (blow function).
I've converted my Ryobi EZ Clean battery washer (600 psi) to 1/4" quick connect and i'm now running a foam cannon with a 0.8 orifice, This is so much better than the Ryobi foam blaster. I've also started using 2.0 nozzles and they have improved the pressure washing no end.
Hi Heather, great vid and very informative. One tip you missed is for people in hard water areas. Hard water really kills foam, so using an in-line Resin filter with hard water specific resin, or use rainwater which is generally soft water can make a massive difference to foam thickness and longevity.
Hi Ian and Heather. Great tip! I'm in a very hard water area of the country, and I've found that filling the snowfoam canister with deionised water or distilled water significantly increases the suds. I'm sure rainwater or bottled drinking-water will do the same so I'm going to be having a go at those because rainwater is free afterall!
So true about leaks. I had to join 3 hoses together at my parents to get to where the cars are parked and each joint was leaking a little, the thickness of the foam decreased.
I use Autoglym Polar Blaster and Polar Blast and it seems to do a very good job. Very happy with the combo. I have had to stop my snow cannon once to clean out and get back to top performance
I got the Autoglym lance and snowfoam from Halfords when they reduced the price by mistake. I've got 7.5 liters to use up then I'm looking forward to try Bilt-Hamb or Garage therapy. Clear and informative video to watch.
A very useful video Heather, I've yet the give my new pressure washer a try yet but I've got the Mjjc V2 so that should suit the machine as it's a little down on pressure from my previous pressure washer, can't wait for the weekend to give it a try 😀
Another great video! Very informative and effectively summarises many of the variables associated with snowfoams and lances. I do the same as you and flush out the cannon and pick up pipe with water after every use and it seems to keep the clogging at bay.
Excellent and “gap filling” video Heather! You really have covered all aspects and arguments around this subject in the video. I personally love thick foams, however I noticed that if the density is too thick, the weight of the foam pulls the foam down too quickly, as you just mentioned, and in my particular testing that did hurt the performance of cleaning. Recently used an IK foamer, that showed the same lack of cleaning when I compared a shaving type density to a thinner, milkshake kind density with the same dilution (only changed the color stuff around). Looking forward to your next vid! 🔥
Thanks Viktor! That's really interesting, I've never tested the cleaning power when using the same foam but adjusting the cannon to affect the consistency side by side but it does make sense!
Hi, Heather, good tips 👍🏻 I use a K4 and recently swapped both lance orifices for 1.1mm and got good results but definitely the product makes a difference, like you said. From the experiences I’ve had I’d definitely recommend buying a decent foam first, then using tips like this to try to improve the lance. My spare lance is just a cheap Amazon one but I’m trying a few things currently to get the best foam from it but recently changing to a better product has made noticeable difference!
Now that's a brilliant video Heather. I have the MJJC Pro 2 jobby and it's a major improvement on my old one. I've never taken mine apart but now I know how to thanks! I'm not a fan of thick snowfoam although it does look awesome, I find it just sits on the ground for yonks afterwards and is a bit of a pain tbh. It's Bilt Hamber Auto Foam or Touch-less for me every time. Great work Heather, keep them coming 👍👍
Cheers Steve! It's dead easy to take apart should you ever need to, mine's been going for a year now though and I haven't had any problems with it clogging yet I think because I rinse it through after every wash!
I think I must drop lucky on snowfoam because no matter what what product, prressure washer, or canister I use the foam is pretty much perfect every time. The only thing I probably do different to most peeps is putting deionised water in the snowfoam bottle.
Great advice for this Heather. not many videos around explaining snow foams. currently use a autobrite lance but think i will take the plunge into a mjjc foam, first though need to upgrade to some garage therapy products ☺
VERY VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO BY YOU HEATHER GOT TO LEARN A LOT FROM THIS AND OF COURSE YOU. I'M VERY POSITIVE THIS VIDEO WILL HELP Novice and professional 🙌🙌👌👏👏
I don’t have access to a hose due to where I live. So I wash my car with two buckets filled from the petrol station next door and use two IK 1.5 foam sprayers. I have a JCW mini and find that the two foam sprayers are more than enough to snow foam the entire car. I then have a large IK spray bottle and lance to rinse. I may have to fill that sprayer again but it’s enough. I do get odd looks, especially the first time I was washing my car but now I’m constantly asked if I’m a car valet or if I could ‘do’ their car etc. my car is immaculate and has won a tiny plastic trophy occasionally. So you can do it with no hose or tap, pressure washer , if you have a friendly petrol station who lets you fill buckets etc from their tap any time of the day 😂👌
I have a new pressure washer 8.3 litre per minute 18650psi And i thought i was going to get thick foam but was using a cheap foam lance I'm going to strip and check, but have a purchased a more expensive one to try
Would using soft water or distilled water make a difference? I'll have to give that a try. Granted my water supply through the hose delivers neither of those, so it may be just useless as it mixes with tap water hardness.
It actually does. Not because it means less hard water, because most of the water is from the tap anyway, but because it does not break down the soap as much when you initially mix it.
Great video were useful, but to warn everyone too thick and heavy foam, it run down faster and its less efficient, so you need to choose the right consistency
What foam cannon do I need to use to marry me? Joking…. I have a kartcher k2 and the foam it generates is very bad. I just saw that hole 1.1 would make a difference due to the lack of flow of the pressure washer but I will check the other points you mentioned. Thanks for the information, it will help many people because I had not seen on video that they mentioned the change of the hole 1.1
Thanks for watching :) It could be possible that the flow rate/ pressure has a decreased if you've had the pressure washer for a decent amount of time. I had an 7+ year-old K4 and swapped it for a new one last year and despite them having the same specifications the foam was a lot thicker with the newer one! A lot of the clips I filmed here were with a K2 that I borrowed and 1.25 mm orifice but I don't think it's been used that much really so probably is closer to the manufacture specs
Harder water foams less than softer water....Fit a in-line hose filter before your p-washer or simpler and much cheaper...fill your foam bottle with filtered or spring water.
Hi Heather. just have a quick question for you. I use bilt hamber auto wash in bucket. was just wondering would it b possible to use the shampoo in the snow foam cannon as oppose to adding it in the bucket 🪣? just to save time and make the cleaning process quicker. I use the same foam cannon as here, the mjjc
I’ve tried it before with auto wash and it doesn’t seem to foam up as much as some other shampoos I’ve tried in the foam cannon unfortunately. I did try it with a cheaper lance though so it might still be worth giving a go with the MJJC 😊
Any idea what the 2 small red rubbery plugs in the MJJC lid are for Heather? They are replaceable and some spares came with mine but without knowing their purpose I have no idea if or when they need changing!
@@billykeenan1108 blimey I didn't know that! I feel a comparison test coming on 😂 Thanks for the info Billy, you are the first person I've heard who actually knows. You would think it would tell you in the manual really
We state use of warm water generally to encourage the chemical to mix better in the bottle. It's more appropriate for shampoo products when setting up.
I’ve put some extra info about which pressure washer, office size, snow foam and the dilution ratio I was using at each point in the video in the description along with all the product links. Thanks for watching!
The Bilt Hamber snow foam isn’t very thick at all but it’s brilliant as a non contact cleaner, easily the best I’ve used! 👍🏼
If I may offer up a suggestion for anyone who thinks about changing the jet in the lance.
If your high pressure washer don't have a pressure gauge built in, get an inline one to install between your handle and hose. That will tell you where your pressure is at. As long as you don't exceed what the machine is rated for, you can keep making the orifice smaller. It's also handy to make sure that your nozzles don't create too much pressure. Some 25 and 15 degree nozzles are quite "tight" and can raise the pressure quite a bit. What flow that comes out of your tap also greatly affect your pressure. My Stihl RE150 Plus is rated for 150 bars and 685 lr/h. That is obviously more than enough for my MTM, but here's the catch. If the flow from your tap is not adequate, it will not create those numbers. I can get it there with my MTM and a 1.25 jet when it is hooked up in my wash bay which has a dedicated high flow tap that bypasses the house. When connected to this tap, it will easily run 150 bars with a 25 degree nozzle and 140+ with my MTM. And when running the 15 degree nozzle I turn it down a bit to get it at 150. It does not pulse, but I don't want to hurt it.
How if I hook it up to my tap for my garden hose, which is actually not that bad. fat chance of getting those numbers. Best it will do with the nozzles is 125 bars and even with a 1.1mm jet in my MTM, it only gets to 135 bars, and with a 1.25 it's below 100. So there's many things at play, and what jet you need in the lance, can only really be determined by knowing the actual pressure.
Few homes actually have enough capacity flow to max out bigger machines, so the chance of a 1.1 being too small, is really low unless your machine is massive.
Great tip about unscrewing the lance off when you still have product left and flush it out Heather👍. Snow foam the best part of the wash for me, gets the neighbors curtains twitching "what's he doing now" 🤔🤣🤣
Cheers Kevin :) Haha my neighbours definitely think the same, getting my car dryer won't have helped either 😂
Same here. I'm surprised so many people have never seen snowfoam. Anyway, the weather's great today so I'm looking forward to seeing the neighbours curtains moving when they see me drying my car with a vacuum cleaner (blow function).
I've converted my Ryobi EZ Clean battery washer (600 psi) to 1/4" quick connect and i'm now running a foam cannon with a 0.8 orifice, This is so much better than the Ryobi foam blaster. I've also started using 2.0 nozzles and they have improved the pressure washing no end.
Very knowledgeable young lady 👍
Thanks, came to this late, but some handy tips for my cheap Karcher snow foam gun
Hi Heather, great vid and very informative. One tip you missed is for people in hard water areas. Hard water really kills foam, so using an in-line Resin filter with hard water specific resin, or use rainwater which is generally soft water can make a massive difference to foam thickness and longevity.
Thanks Ian! That’s a really good tip! I’m lucky I’m in a soft water area but those are great ideas
Hi Ian and Heather. Great tip! I'm in a very hard water area of the country, and I've found that filling the snowfoam canister with deionised water or distilled water significantly increases the suds. I'm sure rainwater or bottled drinking-water will do the same so I'm going to be having a go at those because rainwater is free afterall!
So true about leaks. I had to join 3 hoses together at my parents to get to where the cars are parked and each joint was leaking a little, the thickness of the foam decreased.
I use Autoglym Polar Blaster and Polar Blast and it seems to do a very good job. Very happy with the combo. I have had to stop my snow cannon once to clean out and get back to top performance
Great video, and well explained. Too many variables to get perfect foam every time nowadays. As long as they clean. 👍🏼
Thanks for watching David!
thank you lovely for all the help and advice looking too my foam cannon 😊
I got the Autoglym lance and snowfoam from Halfords when they reduced the price by mistake. I've got 7.5 liters to use up then I'm looking forward to try Bilt-Hamb or Garage therapy. Clear and informative video to watch.
Thank you! I saw that on Halfords actually I wish I'd have got some at the time!
A very useful video Heather, I've yet the give my new pressure washer a try yet but I've got the Mjjc V2 so that should suit the machine as it's a little down on pressure from my previous pressure washer, can't wait for the weekend to give it a try 😀
Solid advice - thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Another great video! Very informative and effectively summarises many of the variables associated with snowfoams and lances. I do the same as you and flush out the cannon and pick up pipe with water after every use and it seems to keep the clogging at bay.
Thanks very much for watching!
Excellent and “gap filling” video Heather! You really have covered all aspects and arguments around this subject in the video. I personally love thick foams, however I noticed that if the density is too thick, the weight of the foam pulls the foam down too quickly, as you just mentioned, and in my particular testing that did hurt the performance of cleaning. Recently used an IK foamer, that showed the same lack of cleaning when I compared a shaving type density to a thinner, milkshake kind density with the same dilution (only changed the color stuff around). Looking forward to your next vid! 🔥
Thanks Viktor! That's really interesting, I've never tested the cleaning power when using the same foam but adjusting the cannon to affect the consistency side by side but it does make sense!
Another excellent video Heather with some great tips thank you for sharing enjoyed watching
Cheers Sam!
Hi, Heather, good tips 👍🏻
I use a K4 and recently swapped both lance orifices for 1.1mm and got good results but definitely the product makes a difference, like you said.
From the experiences I’ve had I’d definitely recommend buying a decent foam first, then using tips like this to try to improve the lance.
My spare lance is just a cheap Amazon one but I’m trying a few things currently to get the best foam from it but recently changing to a better product has made noticeable difference!
Cheers Craig! Yep you're right the foam makes such a difference!
Now that's a brilliant video Heather. I have the MJJC Pro 2 jobby and it's a major improvement on my old one. I've never taken mine apart but now I know how to thanks! I'm not a fan of thick snowfoam although it does look awesome, I find it just sits on the ground for yonks afterwards and is a bit of a pain tbh. It's Bilt Hamber Auto Foam or Touch-less for me every time. Great work Heather, keep them coming 👍👍
Cheers Steve! It's dead easy to take apart should you ever need to, mine's been going for a year now though and I haven't had any problems with it clogging yet I think because I rinse it through after every wash!
I think I must drop lucky on snowfoam because no matter what what product, prressure washer, or canister I use the foam is pretty much perfect every time. The only thing I probably do different to most peeps is putting deionised water in the snowfoam bottle.
Awesome video. Thank you for dropping knowledge
Thank you!
Another great video Heather 👍🏼
Thanks Mark!
Great advice for this Heather. not many videos around explaining snow foams. currently use a autobrite lance but think i will take the plunge into a mjjc foam, first though need to upgrade to some garage therapy products ☺
Thank you! I definitely recommend picking some GT bits up when you get chance!
VERY VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO BY YOU HEATHER GOT TO LEARN A LOT FROM THIS AND OF COURSE YOU. I'M VERY POSITIVE THIS VIDEO WILL HELP Novice and professional 🙌🙌👌👏👏
Thanks very much Sanil!
Brilliant tips, thanks for sharing. 👍🙏
Thanks for watching!
Great video,i use a solo foamer for my washes and im satisified with the choice :D
Thanks for watching!
Another great vid 👍🏼
Cheers Jack!
I don’t have access to a hose due to where I live. So I wash my car with two buckets filled from the petrol station next door and use two IK 1.5 foam sprayers. I have a JCW mini and find that the two foam sprayers are more than enough to snow foam the entire car. I then have a large IK spray bottle and lance to rinse. I may have to fill that sprayer again but it’s enough. I do get odd looks, especially the first time I was washing my car but now I’m constantly asked if I’m a car valet or if I could ‘do’ their car etc. my car is immaculate and has won a tiny plastic trophy occasionally. So you can do it with no hose or tap, pressure washer , if you have a friendly petrol station who lets you fill buckets etc from their tap any time of the day 😂👌
If Bilt Hamber whuch is a thin runny foam yet possibly the best that you can buy is thickness realy an issue
Good tips, can vouch for the mjjc one! One if not the best one @ the moment. Valetpro have some pro quality snow foams as well :)
Thanks for watching! The MJJC cannon is brill!
Great informative video
Thanks Mike!
I have a new pressure washer 8.3 litre per minute 18650psi
And i thought i was going to get thick foam but was using a cheap foam lance
I'm going to strip and check, but have a purchased a more expensive one to try
Would using soft water or distilled water make a difference? I'll have to give that a try. Granted my water supply through the hose delivers neither of those, so it may be just useless as it mixes with tap water hardness.
It actually does. Not because it means less hard water, because most of the water is from the tap anyway, but because it does not break down the soap as much when you initially mix it.
God I wish my wife was as verbally articulate as this young ladyn
Great video were useful, but to warn everyone too thick and heavy foam, it run down faster and its less efficient, so you need to choose the right consistency
Thanks! Completely agree, it can certainly get to a point where it's so thick that it's counter-productive
What foam cannon do I need to use to marry me?
Joking…. I have a kartcher k2 and the foam it generates is very bad. I just saw that hole 1.1 would make a difference due to the lack of flow of the pressure washer but I will check the other points you mentioned. Thanks for the information, it will help many people because I had not seen on video that they mentioned the change of the hole 1.1
Thanks for watching :) It could be possible that the flow rate/ pressure has a decreased if you've had the pressure washer for a decent amount of time. I had an 7+ year-old K4 and swapped it for a new one last year and despite them having the same specifications the foam was a lot thicker with the newer one! A lot of the clips I filmed here were with a K2 that I borrowed and 1.25 mm orifice but I don't think it's been used that much really so probably is closer to the manufacture specs
Harder water foams less than softer water....Fit a in-line hose filter before your p-washer or simpler and much cheaper...fill your foam bottle with filtered or spring water.
Hi Heather! Is Nilfsik snow foam good for 140 bar!?
I've not used a Nilfisk but 140 bar sounds good!
Hi Heather. just have a quick question for you. I use bilt hamber auto wash in bucket. was just wondering would it b possible to use the shampoo in the snow foam cannon as oppose to adding it in the bucket 🪣? just to save time and make the cleaning process quicker. I use the same foam cannon as here, the mjjc
I’ve tried it before with auto wash and it doesn’t seem to foam up as much as some other shampoos I’ve tried in the foam cannon unfortunately. I did try it with a cheaper lance though so it might still be worth giving a go with the MJJC 😊
ok thanks for that wi give it try next time
Any idea what the 2 small red rubbery plugs in the MJJC lid are for Heather? They are replaceable and some spares came with mine but without knowing their purpose I have no idea if or when they need changing!
I'm not actually sure I'm afraid! Pretty sure mine didn't come with any spares so I doubt they're too important!
@@AutoCareHQ I'll make it my mission to find out and let you know
@@steverabbits if you remove them it'll draw more air in and create thicker foam
That’s very interesting cheers Billy
@@billykeenan1108 blimey I didn't know that! I feel a comparison test coming on 😂 Thanks for the info Billy, you are the first person I've heard who actually knows. You would think it would tell you in the manual really
Warm water myth debunked! I can’t say I have ever noticed a difference either but never used side by side like that to check 👍🏼
We state use of warm water generally to encourage the chemical to mix better in the bottle. It's more appropriate for shampoo products when setting up.
@@GarageTherapyOfficial a very good point!
Up :D
U r nice person but your English is brutal