The fact that foam and foam cannons are just flat out fun to use should not be overlooked either. Life is short, enjoy yourself man! *Let it foam baby!! Let. It. Foam.* 😁😁
Agreed. However this comment confirms to me that if you have a light-colored car ---> say tan, grey or white a powered rinse is more than sufficient. Especially if you wash your car regularly.
You know you're a car guy when you just spent 7 minutes listening to a guy explain why pre-foaming a car is superior than just pre-rinsing with water...
It is just nonsense!!! the car doesn't come clean by using a foam cannon but you get to waste lots of time and money. This announcer has no common sense nor logic.
Great video and excellent taste in music! As a Canadian, I love “The Hip” as we call them. 🇨🇦 “50 Mission Cap” and “Wheat Kings” are my 2 favourite songs! Thank you for the informative videos!
This makes a helluva lot of sense. I’ve sold appliances for 13 years. In our annual training, the trainers made a HUGE point about a problem that was occurring in the dishwasher industry- People were pre-rinsing their dishes and claiming that dishes were not being cleaned properly. They wanted us to drill into customers that they are NOT..TO..Pre-rinse dishes, but to simply scrape the dish, then place it into the dishwasher because the soap needed the food particles to react with....It makes sense to apply soap to react with the dirt particles to loosen, rinse off, then soap once more and take a wet mitt to it.
Tragically Hip were definitely one of the greats. Huge in Canada, but never got their due in the US. I’m in L.A., but it’s nice to know their great music was appreciated in Dallas too. I really miss those guys: “I looked up to the Gord above and said, hey man thanks.” Thank you too Scott. Keep making the great videos and great products!
Scott, thanks for the great explanation and logical thought behind foam cannons! Not too long, and to the point! I just watched another video yesterday that almost had me convinced to pass on getting one, but you’ve put the logic back into it’s purpose for me. And like many said in the comments already, it just looks like fun to use! I mean, come on, it’s called a CANNON! Lol 👍🏼🚙
Great video! I have changed my whole outlook on washing a car! Thanks! Oh...BTW, I have been a hard core fan of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band since their first album in 73. Now at 65, I still listen to Skynyrd all the time. It never gets old!
Hi . I don't even wash. I only foam. Then rinse. Then pat dry. I think it has to do with the ceramic spray Ive applied. It helps keep dirt off the car enabling me to keep it spotless with only a foam wash.
If my car or truck is really dirty, I foam, power rinse, foam again, contact wash, power rinse. I like how slick it is that way when doing the contact wash. The foam cannon is fun, so hey, what's not to like ? I don't do this for a living though. Retired and just maintaining my own vehicles is fun and relaxing for me.
The foam step is just a waste of time because you are going to have to contact wash with detergent to get it clean. You just wasted time and consider money playing with a foam cannon. Maybe you guys think there is something erotic about spraying foam on a car????
Demon Hunter is one of my favorite bands to listen to while detailing, and doing pretty much anything else really. They have a good blend of melody, energy, heaviness, solid lyrics, and not to mention that Ryan's vocals are amazing, especially in the later albums. A Fear I Used to Know, and Someone to Hate have been stuck in my head for the past week 😅 can't complain though 🤘 Great video as always Scott, I'll try foaming first when I get a pressure washer this summer and see how it goes :)
I like foam cannons just to get a good coverage so there is enough lubrication between the wash mitt and the panel, world of difference from using the bucket method. I love your 6 wash mitt video, completely sold me on the idea.
I lived in northern New York (St. Lawrence county to be exact) and we ALL love the Hip up there!!! Also, great video… Thank you for the clear explanation on why foaming a car before a wash just makes good sense!
I don't even use buckets anymore thanks to the foam cannon! As per your suggestion, I use 6-8 mitts instead. Foam the car once, rinse, then foam each panel and mitt for the contact wash. 1 oz of soap for the cannon, 1 oz for the contact wash. I'm using less product, less water and getting far better results
@@latinace1981 using multiple wash mitts on one car. The idea is, the more you use one Mitt, the more it collects dirt and grime. If you use multiple wash mitts, you reduce the amount of swirls and scratches in the paint.
This is literally exactly how I wash vehicles now too, if I'm not doing an airless sprayer rinseless wash. Easy, simple, fast, safe and effective. I'm not as crazy with the mitts anymore though. At first I was using like 10, but I've reduced the number after I slowly tested, inspected and was satisfied that it was safe. Now I use 4 big double sided per vehicle in most cases, and I dry with a blower. Zero swirls, zero spots. 👍👌✌
WOW a bang in playing in your head while doing a foam video lolol!!!! I love it. Scott can you do a video on your AIO? I noticed you haven't talked about it at all. Love to see what it can do, espon that black chevy. Thanks Scotty my man
Nice shout out man didnt see that coming.. Canadian here from BC. Have seen Hip live 5 times or so. Gift shop is great. Thompson Girl and as wind down pines personal fav. Thx for vid and insight.
Completely agree. My go to is to thoroughly power rinse the car then foam as a presoak. If I have time rinse, foam, rinse, foam + hand wash, rinse then dry. If slightly short on time rinse, foam with hand wash while foam is active, rinse and then dry. Great video
I prefer the foaming prior to micro fiber washing. Our vehicles drive on oily roads and once those roads become wet from a rain storm, the dirt stuck to them has a small concentration of random oils and fluids blended in. Plain water rinse cannot dissolve or break down those oils holding onto the grit. With a quality soap ph neutral and safe for all forms of vehicle finish, foaming will dissolve or breakdown the road oils prior to surface washing. Love the vid! Always a fan of foaming first.
There is a channel by the name of "Teuku Alfie" in which he foams part of a white vehicle with a few different shampoos/cleaners. He lets it dwell for a few minutes then rinses. Very interesting results on some of them. Some soaps do add cleaning power as you can see in his videos while others do nothing. Check him out.
Nice video.. I don't always do snow foaming for dusty cars.. I do Snow foawing when the car got a lot of road grimes and dirt really helps the contact wash with mitt easier, more slick..
Love it... listing to him talk about foaming a car and a then at 1:41 a guy from Dallas TX throws out one of the best Canadian bands ever... The Hip. Next time don't forget to mention Three Pistols and Fiddlers Green ! Two of the best.
i think it absolutely makes sense, weather you use a carsoap or an apc or some sort of traffic film remover, they all say it has to sit on the panel for a small amount of time it loses up the dirt. same logic can be applied to cleaning a fabric seat, if you spray it in with an apc but not brush it(which i normally do) it will remove alot more dirt as to when you only use water in your extractor.
Dance Gavin Dance is my favorite band! Melodic/quirky/intense/beautiful. Your vid was awesome brother! I’m actually working on a foam wash video myself.
Scott, can you give insight as to your equipment set-up...Pressure washer, Hose, Gun, etc... Did you change out the orifice nozzle... Curious as to your set-up.
Tragically Hip. Right on.!I have the same Black Equinox except mine has Chrome Roof rack,mudflaps,chrome mirrors,chrome handles. Plus mine was built in Canada in my small town. Great videos.
I have been hand washing all my cars since I graduated in 72 and as a thirty-year member of my Vette club, we understand how to maintain paint and not across contaminate grit during hand washing. I have a black 67 vette that I have owned since 76 it has been pressure rinsed and hand washed every other week and has little to no swirl marks. Car finish maintenance has come a long way with Ceramics, clay, foaming, and types of soaps from what we had in the seventies. I use foam on both of my Vettes and wifes Lexus too and all have been ceramic coated. I use the foam to help deslove the road tar, bugs, and ocean marine layer salt grime (Greasy film). I think it does help with those, But I'm not really seeing much if anything benefits as far as the dirt film. if the dirt has still adhered to the finish you still rub dirt across the surface just a little easier because not all the dirt is floating in the suds. I started using foam two years ago and really only find foaming helps with the bugs, tar, and ocean grime. My wife's black Lexus which was foamed since new has just as many swirl marks as my Vette.
Scott your vidieos are great thank you for your wisdom sir. Personaly I pressure rinse off as much grit as achieveable then foam with an acid based detergent to emusify the bonded contamination followed by a high pressure Akaline solution to balance the PH . Furthermore I rinse once more with ph neutral water as close to distiled as avalible to remove the Acid and Alkaline residues . This does Two things firstly it decreases the risk of having abrasives on the substrate and secondly decreases the staic cling of the contamination making it a more achiveable process to decontaminate with out ever making contact with the surface. The goal is to reduce the process of abrading the substrate and to decontaminate it for either further protection or correction. In the instance there are containiments that are not removed by this process a more mechanical and abrasive process is required such as mulitpul wash mits with a high lubricant ph neutral solution followed by a light clay bar. I see no flaws in your process. Ultimately not all vehicle are the same its not a perfect world and who the fuck cares what your car looks like dont drive a like a dick or act like some spoild prepatory bastured. Be happy you dont have to walk and dont be so vain .
I can believe this. I believe it would be similar to the effect of shaving cream. The benefit of shaving cream is that it keeps your skin & beard in contact longer with water, making the skin & beard softer so that it's easier to shave. With foaming your car, I bet that it's really the water that's doing the job, but it's the foam that keeps the water in contact with the car's surface for longer.
I'm just a car enthusiast, love the videos, because now I know the foam does remove a lot of the dirt without any agitation, my question is, would it make any sense too, foam the car, rinse it, then foam it again, use a mitt to agitate while the soap is on the panel, then rinse. I hate buckets!
Well for perfect cleaning before polishing you have to use contact fibre glove, becouse active foam cannot pull off whole micro dirty dust It just helps with oxidation . You have to use deironizers and claying for the next step before polishing. Waxes saving your time and coat in future.
Hey I like that you mentioned the tragically hip from Canada and you are using a Chevy equinox built in Canada you are being followed in Canada too. EH!
If its warm enough I swear by foaming especially with my new favorite soap the Griots Garage Foaming Surface Wash. My car has 3 coats of CQuartz UK so if I wash it enough (say twice per week) foaming is all I have to do. Typically I foam the front end the back end and all lower parts of the panels. Let it dwell for 5-10 minutes and rinse. I then re-foam the entire car again waiting 5-10 minutes and blow dry with the master blaster. This gets the car 95%-98% clean the rest I take care of with a CarPro Reload/Ech20 mix using your Jack towels.
Nobody cares that you have all these products that u dnt really need lol And ocd cuz u shouldnt have to was a coated car twice a week which leads me to believe your car isn't even coated.. You're spewing out alot of stuff that it seems you heard on youtube and tryna sound cool... Do you even have a car?!
LOL, so Direct. That's funny. I enjoy his videos, skipping every minute, two or three.. and that much progressing. You got to watch his video on elevating the car tires to dresm
I had a Tragically Hip tape I bought somewhere in the 80's I forgot about that band. Thank you for reminding me....But the best band ever...Are ya ready...."THE CURE"
Its frustrating seeing people throw logic right out the window and push their thoughts as facts. The logical understanding is that soap has emulsifiers which soften and break down the bond between the dirt and vehicle. Foaming first is extremely important! Great vid scott!
Agreed and whyNOT have more soap/lubrication to help minimize the chance at scraches? Soap is cheap, foam canons are cheap... for me it made HUGE difference on the back of the car where most dirt is kicked up and caked on. (The beadmaker helped too!!!)
I would have to say that it is not EXTREMELY important.. Before foam cannons came out people were getting amazing results without scratched and swirled paint.. Its just a tool to make things easier. Its not needed at all tbh..
And => a regular soap will not do a proper pre-soak. It's not about the amount of foam but about the active ingredients. Search for Nerta SKY WE64 or Nerta in general on Facebook. Grtz
Don't worry about time, but I'd like to see you make a video for beginners who won't ask bc of the crude plp who make fun of them for their questions. Full prep to finish using clay and polish etc. How much clay, what to look for in clay. What the pads actually mean, foam, wool when to use them etc. I love your honesty. If someone don't like any video they can leave just as easy as they came no need for crudeness. Have a blessed day bro, be safe.
Great video and new to this foam cannon concept. Sounds like one still has to contact wash the vehicle.....is there a foam application that would negate the need of contact washing afterwards?
Very useful, thank you. P.S. You are also correct on another count … The Tragically Hip was an exceptional band. The passing of Gord Downie was a catastrophic loss.
where did you get the wand that the foam cannon connects to? another great video. the less contact we make with the finish,the longer it will remain swirl/scratch free!!
Scott, thanks to you, I never simply rinse my black car first. I always foam, rinse, then foam again before the wash mitts come out. To you or anyone who can offer advice, I just picked up Meguiar's Ultimate Finish and Hybrid Ceramic Wax (on sale so it was too good to pass up). Can these 2 products be used together? If so, would I apply the UF first then top it with HCW? I imagine I'd want to keep the SiO2 product on top for the beading and protection. After this bottle, I'm going to purchase DPC Please to compare!
I use a ceramic spray on my car which prevents dirt building up like it has in this clip. I use the foam spray when the car is dry ( not wet) and then I high pressure rinse off. I pat dry it with a towel and I'm done. Apart from the drying method it's a contactless wash and my car is spotless.
They work when you use a dedicated snow foam or traffic film remover. So many detailing vloggers just put regular car wash shampoo in them and then complain they don’t remove any visible dirt
I can get 17 inches of foam thickness with my new foam cannon. The top 16.995 inches of foam makes me feel really good. No effect on the surface, but it makes me really happy.
I had never heard of Tragically Hip before until I watched all seasons of Trailer Park Boys, and they featured one of their songs at the end of an episode!
I can confirm this, I usually pre foaming a car, I tried water rinsing only during my last wash, oh man, I feel like I'm destroying the paint when doing the contact wash, the dirt just so hard to move, I can clearly feel the difference.
Depends a lot on what soap you use to pre soak also. Normal car wash soap doesn't really do much without a contact wash. I use a special soap just for this purpose, esp in the winter, gets the car 90% clean without touching the paint.
My method has always been gentle rinse, soap, pressure wash, rinse. Granted I don't have a foam cannon but seeing how much lubrication they provide I'd probably skip the initial rinse step if I owned one. Far to paranoid to jump directly to the high-powered "Soap" settings most car washes use.
My equinox looks jus like yours but mine is silver and I love to keep my car clean washed and waxed I just started using that McGuires ceramic wax and I love it I would love to get more tips from u to help me keep my car looking great
The fact that foam and foam cannons are just flat out fun to use should not be overlooked either. Life is short, enjoy yourself man!
*Let it foam baby!! Let. It. Foam.* 😁😁
Agreed. However this comment confirms to me that if you have a light-colored car ---> say tan, grey or white a powered rinse is more than sufficient. Especially if you wash your car regularly.
lol so true.. I use it for the fun of it mostly
It's like a chainsaw....they are just fun a hell to use.
Let it waste money lol
Haha yeah, I let my son foam cannon the car, he loves it. Makes washing the car a fun job for him.
This is why I love your videos. You’re not concerned about headlines and clickbait, instead, you deliver truth and logic. Keep up the good work!
100% agree Austin, Thanks Alot Scott for your videos from Germany. I look and love every one.
You know you're a car guy when you just spent 7 minutes listening to a guy explain why pre-foaming a car is superior than just pre-rinsing with water...
It is just nonsense!!! the car doesn't come clean by using a foam cannon but you get to waste lots of time and money. This announcer has no common sense nor logic.
@@48Ballen You're a genius. Can you back up your mouth with fact and not just talking out ya ass?
@Kai Kai I am confused
@phil erup
Nailed it lol
Crown victoria?
Great video and excellent taste in music! As a Canadian, I love “The Hip” as we call them. 🇨🇦
“50 Mission Cap” and “Wheat Kings” are my 2 favourite songs!
Thank you for the informative videos!
I've missed you, Scott! You've been doing excellent videos. Congrats on your line, too.
This makes a helluva lot of sense. I’ve sold appliances for 13 years. In our annual training, the trainers made a HUGE point about a problem that was occurring in the dishwasher industry- People were pre-rinsing their dishes and claiming that dishes were not being cleaned properly. They wanted us to drill into customers that they are NOT..TO..Pre-rinse dishes, but to simply scrape the dish, then place it into the dishwasher because the soap needed the food particles to react with....It makes sense to apply soap to react with the dirt particles to loosen, rinse off, then soap once more and take a wet mitt to it.
Tragically Hip were definitely one of the greats. Huge in Canada, but never got their due in the US. I’m in L.A., but it’s nice to know their great music was appreciated in Dallas too. I really miss those guys: “I looked up to the Gord above and said, hey man thanks.” Thank you too Scott. Keep making the great videos and great products!
Scott, thanks for the great explanation and logical thought behind foam cannons! Not too long, and to the point! I just watched another video yesterday that almost had me convinced to pass on getting one, but you’ve put the logic back into it’s purpose for me. And like many said in the comments already, it just looks like fun to use! I mean, come on, it’s called a CANNON! Lol 👍🏼🚙
Thanks for this. I have always rinsed first but now I am going to foam first. I agree and it makes sense to do it this way. Will report back!
So..
Great video! I have changed my whole outlook on washing a car! Thanks! Oh...BTW, I have been a hard core fan of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band since their first album in 73. Now at 65, I still listen to Skynyrd all the time. It never gets old!
Another great video, honest and straight forward. Getting a song stuck in your head can be the best and worst :)
Just foamed for the first time the other day. Don’t think I’ll wash without doing again. Fantastic results. Love your video’s.👍
Hi . I don't even wash. I only foam. Then rinse. Then pat dry. I think it has to do with the ceramic spray Ive applied. It helps keep dirt off the car enabling me to keep it spotless with only a foam wash.
I dont even wash cars for a living but i love videos THANK YOU!!!
If my car or truck is really dirty, I foam, power rinse, foam again, contact wash, power rinse. I like how slick it is that way when doing the contact wash. The foam cannon is fun, so hey, what's not to like ? I don't do this for a living though. Retired and just maintaining my own vehicles is fun and relaxing for me.
matt caser that’s how I wash my car every week lol
I piss on my car to wash it. Great results
The foam step is just a waste of time because you are going to have to contact wash with detergent to get it clean. You just wasted time and consider money playing with a foam cannon. Maybe you guys think there is something erotic about spraying foam on a car????
I do something similar I will pre-rinse the car, foam it up with cannon then go at it.
@@48Ballen You're an idiot.
Demon Hunter is one of my favorite bands to listen to while detailing, and doing pretty much anything else really.
They have a good blend of melody, energy, heaviness, solid lyrics, and not to mention that Ryan's vocals are amazing, especially in the later albums.
A Fear I Used to Know, and Someone to Hate have been stuck in my head for the past week 😅 can't complain though 🤘
Great video as always Scott, I'll try foaming first when I get a pressure washer this summer and see how it goes :)
Well done Scott,.....with both the foam and musically!🇨🇦
I like foam cannons just to get a good coverage so there is enough lubrication between the wash mitt and the panel, world of difference from using the bucket method. I love your 6 wash mitt video, completely sold me on the idea.
Your a Damn good man Scott . Thanks for keeping it real .
I lived in northern New York (St. Lawrence county to be exact) and we ALL love the Hip up there!!! Also, great video… Thank you for the clear explanation on why foaming a car before a wash just makes good sense!
I don't even use buckets anymore thanks to the foam cannon! As per your suggestion, I use 6-8 mitts instead. Foam the car once, rinse, then foam each panel and mitt for the contact wash. 1 oz of soap for the cannon, 1 oz for the contact wash. I'm using less product, less water and getting far better results
Yes. Foam it, rinse, then foam again and use several mitts.
💀 8 mitts
@@deasttn what does using several mits mean?
@@latinace1981 using multiple wash mitts on one car. The idea is, the more you use one Mitt, the more it collects dirt and grime. If you use multiple wash mitts, you reduce the amount of swirls and scratches in the paint.
This is literally exactly how I wash vehicles now too, if I'm not doing an airless sprayer rinseless wash.
Easy, simple, fast, safe and effective.
I'm not as crazy with the mitts anymore though. At first I was using like 10, but I've reduced the number after I slowly tested, inspected and was satisfied that it was safe. Now I use 4 big double sided per vehicle in most cases, and I dry with a blower. Zero swirls, zero spots. 👍👌✌
Thanks for posting Scott.
Once again I'm glad I tuned in. Subscribed this time
thanks Scott, learned a lot from you, especially about those 2 dumb buckets , filling up with more water and soap
WOW a bang in playing in your head while doing a foam video lolol!!!! I love it. Scott can you do a video on your AIO? I noticed you haven't talked about it at all. Love to see what it can do, espon that black chevy. Thanks Scotty my man
Love all these videos. It’s not easy to fool this man
Nice shout out man didnt see that coming.. Canadian here from BC. Have seen Hip live 5 times or so. Gift shop is great. Thompson Girl and as wind down pines personal fav. Thx for vid and insight.
Completely agree. My go to is to thoroughly power rinse the car then foam as a presoak. If I have time rinse, foam, rinse, foam + hand wash, rinse then dry. If slightly short on time rinse, foam with hand wash while foam is active, rinse and then dry. Great video
Same here 💪🏼
I prefer the foaming prior to micro fiber washing. Our vehicles drive on oily roads and once those roads become wet from a rain storm, the dirt stuck to them has a small concentration of random oils and fluids blended in. Plain water rinse cannot dissolve or break down those oils holding onto the grit. With a quality soap ph neutral and safe for all forms of vehicle finish, foaming will dissolve or breakdown the road oils prior to surface washing. Love the vid! Always a fan of foaming first.
There is a channel by the name of "Teuku Alfie" in which he foams part of a white vehicle with a few different shampoos/cleaners. He lets it dwell for a few minutes then rinses. Very interesting results on some of them. Some soaps do add cleaning power as you can see in his videos while others do nothing. Check him out.
Road Apples. Their best album. I miss Gord Downie. Seen The Hip live many times. Thanks for giving them a shout out!
Nice video.. I don't always do snow foaming for dusty cars.. I do Snow foawing when the car got a lot of road grimes and dirt really helps the contact wash with mitt easier, more slick..
Great vid Scott!! Very well explained👍
Personally I listen to Snow.. from Canada...when foaming a car😎
Hey you heard Bob Cageon.. i like that song. Reminds me of when I was finishing studies and heading back to home country.
The Hip. Scott , you're a honorary Canadian for loving The Tragically Hip
Love it... listing to him talk about foaming a car and a then at 1:41 a guy from Dallas TX throws out one of the best Canadian bands ever... The Hip. Next time don't forget to mention Three Pistols and Fiddlers Green ! Two of the best.
Thanks Scott great video.
love this helpful and honest video. I also love the Tragically Hip. Definitely my favourite music band!
i think it absolutely makes sense, weather you use a carsoap or an apc or some sort of traffic film remover, they all say it has to sit on the panel for a small amount of time it loses up the dirt. same logic can be applied to cleaning a fabric seat, if you spray it in with an apc but not brush it(which i normally do) it will remove alot more dirt as to when you only use water in your extractor.
Another good thing about foam cannons is that you can use them on your house siding to put on the soap before rinsing. They work great.
Dance Gavin Dance is my favorite band! Melodic/quirky/intense/beautiful. Your vid was awesome brother! I’m actually working on a foam wash video myself.
70's and 80's Rock and Roll!
Your word of experience is all l need.
I also believe that it works as a pre- soak on the dirt and grime.
Scott, can you give insight as to your equipment set-up...Pressure washer, Hose, Gun, etc... Did you change out the orifice nozzle... Curious as to your set-up.
Tragically Hip. Right on.!I have the same Black Equinox except mine has Chrome Roof rack,mudflaps,chrome mirrors,chrome handles.
Plus mine was built in Canada in my small town.
Great videos.
I have been hand washing all my cars since I graduated in 72 and as a thirty-year member of my Vette club, we understand how to maintain paint and not across contaminate grit during hand washing. I have a black 67 vette that I have owned since 76 it has been pressure rinsed and hand washed every other week and has little to no swirl marks. Car finish maintenance has come a long way with Ceramics, clay, foaming, and types of soaps from what we had in the seventies. I use foam on both of my Vettes and wifes Lexus too and all have been ceramic coated. I use the foam to help deslove the road tar, bugs, and ocean marine layer salt grime (Greasy film). I think it does help with those, But I'm not really seeing much if anything benefits as far as the dirt film. if the dirt has still adhered to the finish you still rub dirt across the surface just a little easier because not all the dirt is floating in the suds. I started using foam two years ago and really only find foaming helps with the bugs, tar, and ocean grime. My wife's black Lexus which was foamed since new has just as many swirl marks as my Vette.
Great videos man. Keep them up thanks for then info
Glad I found you sir on You Tube! Favorite band is Mazzy Star (Hope Sandavol)!
Scott your vidieos are great thank you for your wisdom sir.
Personaly I pressure rinse off as much grit as achieveable then foam with an acid based detergent to emusify the bonded contamination followed by a high pressure Akaline solution to balance the PH . Furthermore I rinse once more with ph neutral water as close to distiled as avalible to remove the Acid and Alkaline residues .
This does Two things firstly it decreases the risk of having abrasives on the substrate and secondly decreases the staic cling of the contamination making it a more achiveable process to decontaminate with out ever making contact with the surface.
The goal is to reduce the process of abrading the substrate and to decontaminate it for either further protection or correction.
In the instance there are containiments that are not removed by this process a more mechanical and abrasive process is required such as mulitpul wash mits with a high lubricant ph neutral solution followed by a light clay bar.
I see no flaws in your process.
Ultimately not all vehicle are the same its not a perfect world and who the fuck cares what your car looks like dont drive a like a dick or act like some spoild prepatory bastured. Be happy you dont have to walk and dont be so vain .
great video again buddy. lookn fwd 2 next video.
I can believe this. I believe it would be similar to the effect of shaving cream. The benefit of shaving cream is that it keeps your skin & beard in contact longer with water, making the skin & beard softer so that it's easier to shave. With foaming your car, I bet that it's really the water that's doing the job, but it's the foam that keeps the water in contact with the car's surface for longer.
OK Scott, I'll give it a shot. I'm starting out small first with a pump foamer. Quick areas, light dirt.
I'm just a car enthusiast, love the videos, because now I know the foam does remove a lot of the dirt without any agitation, my question is, would it make any sense too, foam the car, rinse it, then foam it again, use a mitt to agitate while the soap is on the panel, then rinse. I hate buckets!
Van Halen(dance the night away), toto (Africa, hold the line), John Campbell (southern nights), just some of the best I love.
I have always foamed, rinsed, foamed, washed, and I never really knew why. I just did it. Now I realize why. Great video! Very interesting!
Tragically Hip are Canadian icons; RIP Gord Downie. We love you all.
Well for perfect cleaning before polishing you have to use contact fibre glove, becouse active foam cannot pull off whole micro dirty dust It just helps with oxidation . You have to use deironizers and claying for the next step before polishing. Waxes saving your time and coat in future.
Hey I like that you mentioned the tragically hip from Canada and you are using a Chevy equinox built in Canada you are being followed in Canada too. EH!
If its warm enough I swear by foaming especially with my new favorite soap the Griots Garage Foaming Surface Wash. My car has 3 coats of CQuartz UK so if I wash it enough (say twice per week) foaming is all I have to do. Typically I foam the front end the back end and all lower parts of the panels. Let it dwell for 5-10 minutes and rinse. I then re-foam the entire car again waiting 5-10 minutes and blow dry with the master blaster. This gets the car 95%-98% clean the rest I take care of with a CarPro Reload/Ech20 mix using your Jack towels.
Nobody cares that you have all these products that u dnt really need lol And ocd cuz u shouldnt have to was a coated car twice a week which leads me to believe your car isn't even coated.. You're spewing out alot of stuff that it seems you heard on youtube and tryna sound cool... Do you even have a car?!
Holy shit, you are so direct and to the point with no bullshit!!! Omg my hero!!! 😍😘😍😘😍😘😍
LOL, so Direct. That's funny. I enjoy his videos, skipping every minute, two or three.. and that much progressing. You got to watch his video on elevating the car tires to dresm
Great video! Please. What pressure whaser and foam cannon do you use? ps: sorry for my English; i'm still learning
I had a Tragically Hip tape I bought somewhere in the 80's I forgot about that band. Thank you for reminding me....But the best band ever...Are ya ready...."THE CURE"
Its frustrating seeing people throw logic right out the window and push their thoughts as facts. The logical understanding is that soap has emulsifiers which soften and break down the bond between the dirt and vehicle. Foaming first is extremely important! Great vid scott!
Agreed and whyNOT have more soap/lubrication to help minimize the chance at scraches? Soap is cheap, foam canons are cheap... for me it made HUGE difference on the back of the car where most dirt is kicked up and caked on. (The beadmaker helped too!!!)
I would have to say that it is not EXTREMELY important.. Before foam cannons came out people were getting amazing results without scratched and swirled paint.. Its just a tool to make things easier. Its not needed at all tbh..
And => a regular soap will not do a proper pre-soak.
It's not about the amount of foam but about the active ingredients.
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I spray soap using a garden pump sprayer. It’s not foamy at all but boy does it release the dirt
And road salt.
Don't worry about time, but I'd like to see you make a video for beginners who won't ask bc of the crude plp who make fun of them for their questions. Full prep to finish using clay and polish etc. How much clay, what to look for in clay. What the pads actually mean, foam, wool when to use them etc. I love your honesty. If someone don't like any video they can leave just as easy as they came no need for crudeness.
Have a blessed day bro, be safe.
Hello from Canada man! The Tragically Hip and Rush! Great vid, very informative. Thick ass foam!
The first three Roxy Music albums; "Roxy Music", "For Your Pleasure" and "Stranded" are all masterpieces of rock music.
Great video. Why not power rinse, then foam and rub it down with the foam, before final rinse?
Great video and new to this foam cannon concept. Sounds like one still has to contact wash the vehicle.....is there a foam application that would negate the need of contact washing afterwards?
Very useful, thank you. P.S. You are also correct on another count … The Tragically Hip was an exceptional band. The passing of Gord Downie was a catastrophic loss.
Thanks to listening to The Tragically Hip.
Sincerely...a Canadian.
Great video scott
where did you get the wand that the foam cannon connects to?
another great video. the less contact we make with the finish,the longer it will remain swirl/scratch free!!
Scott, thanks to you, I never simply rinse my black car first. I always foam, rinse, then foam again before the wash mitts come out. To you or anyone who can offer advice, I just picked up Meguiar's Ultimate Finish and Hybrid Ceramic Wax (on sale so it was too good to pass up). Can these 2 products be used together? If so, would I apply the UF first then top it with HCW? I imagine I'd want to keep the SiO2 product on top for the beading and protection. After this bottle, I'm going to purchase DPC Please to compare!
Is your handle an upgrade? If so what brand is it? I'm sure it's in one of your vids but it's quicker for me to ask 😁
Great tip ! Yes I do a pre wash all the tome as well but yes what cars wash is this I see no water spots
I use a ceramic spray on my car which prevents dirt building up like it has in this clip. I use the foam spray when the car is dry ( not wet) and then I high pressure rinse off. I pat dry it with a towel and I'm done. Apart from the drying method it's a contactless wash and my car is spotless.
They work when you use a dedicated snow foam or traffic film remover. So many detailing vloggers just put regular car wash shampoo in them and then complain they don’t remove any visible dirt
I Get it!!!! I'm heading up to town to look for a foam cannon. I hope not too expensive!
What’s your thoughts on waterless washes or quick detailing sprays between contact washes with soap?
Hi Scott, is it oke to just use the washmitt after you have foamed the car or do recommend to rinse it off with water first?
Scott, Are you using stock foam cannon or have you changed out the nozzle inside ?
The Tragically Hip is what keeps Canadians warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
I really enjoy your videos, keep up the good work!
80's Steven Segal with Allen Alda's voice...great videos!
Alan Alda voice.. That's what I've been saying. LOL
I can get 17 inches of foam thickness with my new foam cannon. The top 16.995 inches of foam makes me feel really good. No effect on the surface, but it makes me really happy.
Anyone else notice newer cars paint chips and scratches easier than old cars?
It's the epa they are pretty strict on what's allowed on cars now
What pressure washer are you using? Sorry if you've answered this question in the past. Looks like it works excellent. I'm interested.
I had never heard of Tragically Hip before until I watched all seasons of Trailer Park Boys, and they featured one of their songs at the end of an episode!
Green Day for sure. Great video!
Hey Scott, what pressure washer are you using with untreated water. My electric doesn't make foam like that, thanks, Dave.
I love your attitude
I can confirm this, I usually pre foaming a car, I tried water rinsing only during my last wash, oh man, I feel like I'm destroying the paint when doing the contact wash, the dirt just so hard to move, I can clearly feel the difference.
WHAT DID YOU COME UP WITH ON THE SOAP YOUR WORKING ON , OR DO YOU RECOMMEND ONE ?
Scott, what pressure washer are you using? I have a gas, but want to swap to electric for ease of multiple starts and stops.
Do you have video on small portable pressure washers
Hey. Which power washer is it that you're using. It's great!
Depends a lot on what soap you use to pre soak also. Normal car wash soap doesn't really do much without a contact wash. I use a special soap just for this purpose, esp in the winter, gets the car 90% clean without touching the paint.
What kind of soap do you use
My method has always been gentle rinse, soap, pressure wash, rinse. Granted I don't have a foam cannon but seeing how much lubrication they provide I'd probably skip the initial rinse step
if I owned one.
Far to paranoid to jump directly to the high-powered "Soap" settings most car washes use.
Great vid...Rush!
My equinox looks jus like yours but mine is silver and I love to keep my car clean washed and waxed I just started using that McGuires ceramic wax and I love it I would love to get more tips from u to help me keep my car looking great
Scott great informative video...could you tell use what pressure washer, hose, and quick connects your using?
Nothing huh?
What about just pre soaking with either onr or super clean ?? Then rinsing and then either using the foam and mitt or onr again and mitt?