The foam cannons are the way to go, no need to fill up buckets with water, coat the vehicle with more soap than a full service car wash, let it sit and lift the dirt,

Use a clean wash mitt, soaked with soap from the cannon as well to clean the vehicle.

Finally rinse and then dry with an electric blower removes most of the water then towel dry.

https://www.autogeek.net/auqufofogun.html

I've looked at those online. It appears that Chemical Guys offers a very similar (might even be the same manufacturer) version called the Torq 6.

I know the serious detailers swear by their real pressure washer foam cannons. But I don't have a pressure washer. So are these lesser garden hose foam guns really worth the $50ish bucks over the traditional two bucket method?

Seems like it's the same concept, only with a soap gun plus a rinse bucket for the mitt, rather than a soap bucket for the mitt plus a rinse bucket for the mitt.

One bucket, not two, at the cost of $50ish?

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I just got this foam cannon and it seems to do the job for me at a fraction of the cost. I will be testing the harbor freight garden hose foam attachment once it stops raining.



https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You can get a foam cannon at Wal-Mart for $15, it is a foam cannon, but it isn't very good, In fact I had two that had to go back because they failed after a couple of uses.

The Autogeek has 20% to 25% off discounts that you get in the email, sign up get the 25% off and buy it, or you can find a similar unit on Amazon.

As to the worth it? Depends, if you like washing vehicles but don't like the process of washing a car, buckets, multiple mitts, etc the foam cannon cuts the work down significantly.

Load the soap in the container, screw it on, turn on water, soap the crap out of the vehicle,
wash with mitt, rinse. Cuts the time down as well.

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Originally posted by bonfire:
I just got this foam cannon and it seems to do the job for me at a fraction of the cost. I will be testing the harbor freight garden hose foam attachment once it stops raining.



https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Just yesterday used one of those for the first post Winter wash to remove any salt. It works very well.

Wax in the Fall, just water washes over Winter to not strip the wax.

I use the meguiars spray wax and the meguiars fast finish about once a month. I have great results with this plan. They have a new hybrid ceramic wax I want to try next.

I did just go out and try the harbor frieght soap nozzle. Nothing near a foam cannon but it would do for a quick rinse.


https://www.meguiars.com/autom...g18309-85-oz-aerosol

https://www.meguiars.com/autom...-g17516-152-oz-spray

https://www.harborfreight.com/...sh-nozzle-60773.html

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
I've looked at those online. It appears that Chemical Guys offers a very similar (might even be the same manufacturer) version called the Torq 6.

I know the serious detailers swear by their real pressure washer foam cannons. But I don't have a pressure washer. So are these lesser garden hose foam guns really worth the $50ish bucks over the traditional two bucket method?

Seems like it's the same concept, only with a soap gun plus a rinse bucket for the mitt, rather than a soap bucket for the mitt plus a rinse bucket for the mitt.

One bucket, not two, at the cost of $50ish?

I can’t suggest investing in an inexpensive power washer enough.
I have the cheap $15 Amazon foam cannon above and it is very adjustable.
Granted I already had a power washer but at 2 cars a week as weather allows the time savings is worth every penny.



I rinse with the power washer, spray with the foam cannon, let soak, wipe down with a microfiber mit, then rinse off again with the power washer.
I don’t get many water spots.

I use one bucket with a touch of soap and a dirt trap in the bottom.
I do the heavy dirt areas (Wheel wells and running boards) last and I will spray the mit with the hose to rinse the grit off.
Very quick wash. Off course if I have caked on stuff takes a little extra time.

Probably takes more time to get the power washer out, fill the bucket, then clean everything up then the actual wash.

Chemical Guys CWS_101 - Cherry with MATCC Adjustable Foam Cannon

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Originally posted by bonfire:
I use the meguiars spray wax and the meguiars fast finish about once a month. I have great results with this plan. They have a new hybrid ceramic wax I want to try next.

Have used Meguiars Ultimate Spray wax all of last summer with good results. It's been my go to product until I tried the Hybrid Ceramic wax (only twice) and I'm very impressed. The initial application takes a little elbow grease but not as much as using the Ultimate Spray wax which as waxes go is pretty easy too. Subsequent applications are a breeze requiring only spray on a washed and still wet car, then hose off (pressure washer recommended but not necessary if you have good pressure from your hose) and dry.

I used the autogeek foam cannon that hooks up to a regular hose a few times last week before all this rain came. It's not bad, it foams up pretty nice. I'm using Chemical Guys Citrus as the foamer. I'm washing with the hydrosilex soap now.

I had to clay bar my roof on Thursday before I had it wrapped. It was too slick.

I'm going to invest in one of the electric pressure washers and get a pressure washer foam cannon.

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Originally posted by NavyGuy:

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Originally posted by bonfire:
I use the meguiars spray wax and the meguiars fast finish about once a month. I have great results with this plan. They have a new hybrid ceramic wax I want to try next.

Have used Meguiars Ultimate Spray wax all of last summer with good results. It's been my go to product until I tried the Hybrid Ceramic wax (only twice) and I'm very impressed. The initial application takes a little elbow grease but not as much as using the Ultimate Spray wax which as waxes go is pretty easy too. Subsequent applications are a breeze requiring only spray on a washed and still wet car, then hose off (pressure washer recommended but not necessary if you have good pressure from your hose) and dry.

I uaws the Meguiars ceramic wax several months ago. So far in the South Florida sun, it has held up really well. It goes on and off pretty easily and you wipe it off before it even dries.

Update: I bought another gallon of Meguiars Gold Class soap. I'll try to get a sample of the Chemical Guys stuff to try, but my usual stuff works well, and it's tough to beat the price.


I did grab a cheap garden hose foam gun from Amazon. It's reportedly the OEM version of the Chemical Guys branded model, and almost half the price. Today was my first time to try it out.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My verdict: Not worth it, compared to my usual Two Bucket Method. As described in my earlier post, this foam gun just basically takes the place of the soap bucket in the Two Bucket Method. It doesn't get any more foam on the car than you'd get from a well-sudsed wash mitt, and doesn't seem to save any time or effort.

In fact, it might be a bit more effort, because you end up having to detach and reattach the front foaming portion multiple times, as you soap/wash/rinse each section of the car at a time. With the 2BM, I can soap the mitt from the soap bucket, and rinse with the hose, without attaching or detaching anything.

And even with a foam gun, you still have to use one water bucket, to clean your mitt between sections.

Plus the nozzle on the rear section sucks, and doesn't rinse very well. I ended up having to unscrew it and screw on my usual nozzle to go back over the car for a final rinse to get the last of the soap off.


I'm going to stick with the Two Bucket Method, at least until the day when I can invest in a pressure washer and a real foam cannon like Black92LX's.