Hi,

After reading some of you chaps rave about Magifoam, I have decided to get some for myself.

It is sold in Australia at http://www.carcareproducts.com.au/product/...snow_foam_ but they recommend the use of the AB Snow Foam Lance which is quite expensive http://www.carcareproducts.com.au/product/...foam_lance

My pressure washer has a detergent reservoir and sucks detergent up when in low-pressure mode. Can I just rely on the pressure washers system or did you all have to buy the special lance?

I did try calling the website but they weren't too helpful. I don't think he understood what I was asking. From their pictures, none of their lance connectors would work on my pressure washer anyway!

Cheers,
Whytey 1st time FL2 owner. 2007 SE i6 in Tambora Flame.

I think you will probably find that the snow lance is more effective at producing foam whereas your pressure washer will just cover the car in a less foamy solution which will not 'linger' as much and therefore will not soften the dirt as well. Cheers,
Raz
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snow lances have a venturi to draw air into the product creating foam.

All of the product does however run down the drain and cause pollution, so be careful and catch it all for recycling wont you At work
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RazMan wrote:

.....your pressure washer will just cover the car in a less foamy solution which will not 'linger' as much and therefore will not soften the dirt as well.

Raz is absolutely spot on Whytey, it does just that. Yes it foams 'a bit' but not how it should. I know he'll gloat over it and we'll never hear the last of it, but I also have to say that CG is right with the venturi comment

(Toeknee 'forced' me into buying a foam lance +/- £40 Gbp, which should arrive anyday now )

Edit: Not sure what make your machine is but fyi the 'Bosch' and 'Sealey' connectors = the same.

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mcphersonstrut wrote

(Toeknee 'forced' me into buying a foam lance +/- £40 Gbp, which should arrive anyday now )

Hang on there, think you've got off lightly with that purchase, what about the the following items that you and your mate ad123456789011112131415 "forced me to buy"

New set of 18" HSE whees with new tyres
New style front bumper
rear spolier
front spats
Leather steering wheel
Set of LED Interior Lights ( ad remember to turn them off )
nearly full set ready to paint door claddings
Uprated set of Osram bulbs for the lights and LED side lights
set of 2010/11 Sat Nav Discs
Colour coded door handles
new style rear lights, including high level brake light
Special Black paint for rear exhaust pipe and silencer box

Plus the corpus amounts of magifgoam, shampoo, clay bars, pre wax cleaners,glazes, wax's, cloths of all shapes and sizes that do everything from dry, buff and polish and a DA polishing machine

But the main thing is Mrs Toeknee believes that all the above were real bargains

Oh! has Mrs Mcp calmed down after th 50,000 litres of wax incident and will you be unwrapping you Foam Lance on Christmas morning or will it have been put some where, where the sun don't shine

If it's put 'there' at least it will be clean

toeknee wrote:

Plus the corpus amounts of magifgoam, shampoo, clay bars, pre wax cleaners,glazes, wax's, cloths of all shapes and sizes that do everything from dry, buff and polish and a DA polishing machine

and the result......it's still Bl@ck

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toeknee wrote:

(Toeknee 'forced' me into buying a foam lance +/- £40 Gbp, which should arrive anyday now )

Hang on there, think you've got off lightly with that purchase, what about the the following items that you and your mate ad123456789011112131415 "forced me to buy"

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Forced me to buy
I still have the emails,
Shall I buy these wheels, will it make my B look good, no Toeknee is will still be B
What about a retuned nose, will it make B look better, no Toeknee it will still be B
The list goes on, a line from Christine, you can't polish a T

i too have emails

The joys of buying things tha you need, only to buy something else that means you cant use what you already have

20litres of turtle wax Wash n Wax in the garage taking up space, if anyone's passing bring a bottle and you can have some

taztastic wrote:

The only black things in Lancashire are the Witches on Pendle Hill....true Heathen

and the backs of a lancastrians ears At work
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They're the only clean bits, Mum always said "Don't forget to wash behind your ears" never did work out why I should only wash those bits, rest of me's a bit minging

Anyway, back on track, kids have bought me a karcher foam lance attachment thing and a bottle of snow foam, as soon as the big guy with the red coat has been I can try them. The Karcher thing was £20 off Amazon, much cheaper than the Autobrite lance, £45 for an old pop bottle with a nozzle

be careful not to use the wrong lance/foam product

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