Foaming Car Shampoo Suggestions

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I have decided to go to using a Foam Cannon. I have made most of my decisions. The one I have not made is probably the most important.

What are the Top 3 Foam Cannon Soaps? Are there a few tried and true? Is Adam's Mega foam one? I want one that I can use in a bucket as well. I have watched many YouTubes.
 
The new Turtle Wax carwash foams very well. I get it @ $14 a gallon at Costco but Walmart has it. Don't pay for more expensive carwashes. It's all marketing. Also Meguiars is very good.
 
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If you want a great foam cannon. Buy the brand
Tucool racing. Better quality than Adams . All brass $30 amazon
 
I've used Meguiars Ultimate Snow Foam and Chemical Guys Mr. PInk. Both foamed up nice and both cleaned well. I wouldn't say one was any different than the other.

Meguiar's wins on price. But if sensory perception is important, Chemical Guys kills in on fragrance. As soon as my bottle of Meguiars runs out, I'm dying to try Chemical Guys Honeydew Snow Foam Auto Wash. My son tells me it makes washing your car a real treat.
 
Chemical guys Mr Pink. I use it in just a bucket and sponge. Old school. Good stretching for an old guy anyway. Towel dry . Comes out beautiful. Don't like all those nasty brushes in car washes. Leave scratches and marks. Unfortunately, in the Salt Belt, in the winter, if the car wash is even open, I have no choice but to use the car wash to get the tons of salt off the car. Sometimes the car wash is closed for weeks due to extreme low temps. And the Salt just feeds and feeds on you're car. Never ending battle. Can't wait to move. 7.5 yrs to go. Almost 59 yrs in the Salt Belt. Terrible thing to watch a car disintegrate. I've smartened up in my old age. Every car I own is fully rustproofed underneath now. Saved my last 3 Salt Belt cars from the boneyard. Will buy new cars after I move out of the Belt.
 
Regardless, the most important part of the foam cannon is the orifice size in the nozzle tip. It can turn a $20 foam cannon into a $100 cannon performance-wise.
 
I have a contrary take on this topic: I would say it doesn't matter which foam cannon you buy because foam in general provides little/no increase in cleaning effectiveness.

The only reason any soap foams is because foaming agent is added. And the only reason foaming agent is added is because consumers are convinced of the myth that the level of foam is indicative of the soap's cleaning power/effectiveness.

I fact, foam provides no increase in any cleaning parameter of the surfactants that actually account for a soap's cleaning power/effectiveness.

Foam does marginally increase the dwell time of the soap, but that effect is so small it results in little difference in cleaning effectiveness vs a mist of non-foamed soap.

Since foam means nothing as far as cleaning, it's just a psychological placebo based on a strong (but false) intuition that more foam = better soap quality/effectiveness.

In fact, many soaps used in industrial (rather than consumer) contexts are low-foam or no-foam by design. And these are some of the strongest/most effective soaps available.

So, I would say that if the visual drama of soap foamed to shaving cream levels provides comfort, seek the best foam cannon out there.

But just understand that all that foam has nothing to do with cleaning effectiveness, it's just there to make sure the user's misunderstandings are not challenged so they will continue to buy the product.
 
I have a contrary take on this topic: I would say it doesn't matter which foam cannon you buy because foam in general provides little/no increase in cleaning effectiveness.

The only reason any soap foams is because foaming agent is added. And the only reason foaming agent is added is because consumers are convinced of the myth that the level of foam is indicative of the soap's cleaning power/effectiveness.

I fact, foam provides no increase in any cleaning parameter of the surfactants that actually account for a soap's cleaning power/effectiveness.

Foam does marginally increase the dwell time of the soap, but that effect is so small it results in little difference in cleaning effectiveness vs a mist of non-foamed soap.

Since foam means nothing as far as cleaning, it's just a psychological placebo based on a strong (but false) intuition that more foam = better soap quality/effectiveness.

In fact, many soaps used in industrial (rather than consumer) contexts are low-foam or no-foam by design. And these are some of the strongest/most effective soaps available.

So, I would say that if the visual drama of soap foamed to shaving cream levels provides comfort, seek the best foam cannon out there.

But just understand that all that foam has nothing to do with cleaning effectiveness, it's just there to make sure the user's misunderstandings are not challenged so they will continue to buy the product.
You shut up with your facts.
 
I hate washing cars, so I am a foam cannon convert. I'm using a 1.1 mm nozzle in a Harbor Freight foam cannon. I have tried a few products, but so far, I'm liking Superior Products Road Warrior, which costs $15 at O'Reilly's for a gallon. I'm using it 50% diluted in the foam cannon (so it's pretty concentrated). It doesn't really foam on its own. It's pricey at Amazon for whatever reason. I tried adding a foaming agent to it (Superior Products Cherry Foam Brush Soap), but I thought that the cleaning performance went down, actually.
 
I’ve decided to get my “chemicals” from Adam’s.
They do a great job explaining their products and how to use them on YouTube. I don’t think I can go wrong. I might pay a little more????
 
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