Snow Foam Thingamy

[Burnham]

Hello folks,

Can anyone recommend a decent snow foam attachment for a normal garden hose, or are they simply not worth considering?

For the few times I wash my car I want to avoid a full on pressure washer setup ideally!

Any advice is appreciated

[Colin RedGriff]

I don't know about one for a garden hose but you can get snow foam bottles that work by hand pumping them up to pressure and then operating with a trigger

[Burnham]

Thanks, I'd not thought of that....I think I may be barking up the wrong tree with one that goes on a hose anyway, as they don't seem to foam up, more just water the car with a little foam included.

I didn't realise how cheap/small some of the Karcher pressure washers were, so maybe that would be the best option after all:

https://www.kaercher.com/uk/home-garden/pressure-w...

[Winky151]

This is what you're after although currently out of stock. I have one & use it when its cold &/or I can't be arsed to get the whole pressure washer ensemble out.

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/washing-and-drying/s...

[Winky151]

Just checked the other place I use & although a few quid more they appear to have stock.

http://www.monzacarcare.com/snow-foam--lances/monz...

[Big Al.]

There you go, saved you a tenna already

https://www.amazon.co.uk/K%C3%A4rcher-Compact-Air-...

[Burnham]

Cheers Winky, at that price I may as well give it a shot and see how it does.

Nice one Big Al, you could be a personal shopper. Reading the reviews on the K2 they appear to be a bit delicate, so I'd probably stump for a K4 if the above doesn't fit the bill

[Mammasaid]

Or for £12 you could this a go, comes with it very own bottle of stuff!

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/sham...

[Burnham]

Too many options!!!

OK, here's a happy medium I think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1-yV8u_hKw

OK, lets talk snow foam...whats everyone using?

[Winky151]

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewPro...

[Craikeybaby]

Colin RedGriff said:

I don't know about one for a garden hose but you can get snow foam bottles that work by hand pumping them up to pressure and then operating with a trigger

This is what I use when I don't want to get the full pressure washer kit out.

[CaptainCosworth]

Colin RedGriff said:

I don't know about one for a garden hose but you can get snow foam bottles that work by hand pumping them up to pressure and then operating with a trigger

+1

This has been surprisingly effective for me, gets a good layer of foam on the car, although the pressure doesn't last that long, so you need to re-pump 5 or 6 times to do the whole car

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Maxed-3132FE-Pressu...

[BenBuzz]

Mammasaid said:

Or for £12 you could this a go, comes with it very own bottle of stuff!

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/sham...

I've used one of these, it works really well. Plugs straight into your garden hose. Doesn't last especially long though...but once you've finished the product it comes with, I guess you could mix up your own and carry on using the applicator!

[Piersman2]

BenBuzz said:

Mammasaid said:

Or for £12 you could this a go, comes with it very own bottle of stuff!

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/sham...

I've used one of these, it works really well. Plugs straight into your garden hose. Doesn't last especially long though...but once you've finished the product it comes with, I guess you could mix up your own and carry on using the applicator!

Refill with this when it runs out, 1/4 of the price of buying a new bottle and is actually the exact same stuff without the demon brand.

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/sham...

That's what I've been doing for 2 years anyways!

[eastsider]

Look at Nilfisk pressure washers - I've got a titan c-120. Regularly on offer I hink Inpaod £70 from Argos. Generally get better reviews than Karcher. Snowfoam bottle from eBay <£20 and Im using avalanche foam.

[Dermot O'Logical]

CaptainCosworth said:

+1

This has been surprisingly effective for me, gets a good layer of foam on the car, although the pressure doesn't last that long, so you need to re-pump 5 or 6 times to do the whole car

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Maxed-3132FE-Pressu...

I recently bought one of these, and it seems to work ok, apart from the need to keep pumping it up. And if you put too much snow foam concentrate in it comes out like "silly string".

[TR4man]

How did we ever manage to wash cars before snow foam?

[7184c]

just bought 5l of bilt hamber auto foam to use with a venus hand foamer as no power by my garage to use a pressure washer. Will report back once used!

[Warby80]

Auto foam is a great product, probably the most effective snow foam i have tried, it wont be the foamiest through a pump sprayer but you should still get good results.

[swisstoni]

TR4man said:

How did we ever manage to wash cars before snow foam?

Simpler (happier?) times, before swirls were invented