So, I was wondering I see a lot of stuff online about snow foam on your car, looks like a great idea, but I have some questions. Is it environmentally friendly? Is it hard(er) on the paint (what about vinyl stripes)? Does it totally eliminate the need to touch the paint with a mitt? Is it more expensive (trigger spayer aside)? Does a true OCDetailer use it? I know that car wash soap isn't probably appreciated in general by the fishies in the sea, but the snow foam looks very excessive (unless its all just a bunch of froth that you don't need to worry about). Is this the wonder product that I've been missing, or should I stick to the traditional bucket / soap / mitt? Don't know if it makes a difference but up here, North of the 49th, we get a lot more gunk on our cars that you in the southern States.
So is this just left on the car? Do you have to rinse it off? Looks like the same stuff they use in the touchless car washes around here and they leave streaks on my wife's car.
When temps. permit, you should stick with a 2 bucket, mitt wash. When it becomes to cold for that, go to a wand wash, and just spray the worst of the gunk off, no towel drying. IMO if a soap has that much dirt lifting power on it's own, no telling what else besides dirt it will lift off. Yeah, I know, in an ideal world nothing would ever touch the paint. Last time I checked, my world is pretty good, but not perfect, so well planned/executed hand washes work just fine. Mark
I'd be concerned too about the impact to the paint. Mark you mentioned using a wand, I have a 1600 PSI washer are those safe to use at a distance (and what is a safe distance) or would you avoid them in general?
They are safe if you use a wide flat, or large round spray pattern, held no closer than about 3 feet from the surface. DON'T USE A PENCIL LIKE NARROW PATTERN SPRAYER!!! You will draw lines in you paint. Mark
It looks a lot like a product called "Ezall" which is used for live stock and I use it on our horses all the time. Foams up and you let it sit a few minutes and hose it off. Really brings the deep down dirt up out of their coats that you can't get the old fashioned way. Does not hurt their skin, does not hurt the enviroment and is great stuff. They also make it for cars and trucks. I would not be afraid of it. eZall Products - powerful, reliable Foamer -- Great for Total Body Wash, Multi-Purpose Cleaner, Shampoos etc. Jim
Mark Whole new customer base for you. You could start detailing horses. I wonder how a horse would react to a PC. =)
LOL Bet they would be lining up at the fence and they would all be thinking "Oh boy, here comes Marky! ! Hope he gives me the old happy ending again!"
Most likely wouldn't care. You should see and hear the large body clippers we give trace clips with. :eek6: Jim
Now your right on the mark, Mark. That would work just fine. Actually there is a fair amount of money to be made by a good groom, but the horses don't stand still like the MINI's do. Jim