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Northern Monkey wrote: »

So far so good anyway. I ordered a few bits yesterday and they contacted me about an hour after the order to say one of the items was out of stock and offered a refund or the chance to add something else to the order. I added something that was €10 More than the item being replaced. They wouldn’t take any additional money from me for it due to the inconvenience!

Did your stuff arrive? I ordered a while back but haven't received it yet..

vectra wrote: »

Bilt Hamber auto foam is not a thick foaming product,
It is very watery to look at on the car. This is the nature of it, but it is one of the best if not the best snow foam available.
You can try adding a bit more to your mix and see for yourself,
Did you have your lance adjusted properly?

Cheers

I will say the difference it made is mental.
Honestly I couldn’t tell you if I had it set right. I had a nice spray on it not coming out too fast is that’s any use. I used about 350ml and then rest was warm water

keano25 wrote: »

Did your stuff arrive? I ordered a while back but haven't received it yet..

Yeah, it arrived yesterday. I ordered on Friday afternoon and got the processed mail on Monday (got a free magic tree!) I originally contacted them on Facebook to check if they were open prior to ordering and they replied pretty much straight away so that might be a good option for getting in touch.

I've a good few of those hex logic pads in that packaging, some have the CG logo on the pads and some don't

Cheers, lads.

That's the way they come. I agree though, it's off-putting when you don't see any mention of Chemical Guys on the packaging.

deafroadrunner wrote: »

So normally I take my car to be washed. But lately been doing it myself. Bought a karcher k2 and a snow foam lance. Used bilt hamber auto foam. I did a quick wash on it just to try it out. Did the job but felt it wasn’t thick enough. What’s the mix I’m meant to be using with it.

Bilt hamber suggest 4% pir (panel impact ratio i think). You will have to spray the lance into an empty bucket to see how much water comes out and do some maths. 4% sounds like you would only use a dribble in the lance but when i did mine ages ago i needed nearly 50% in the lance meaning 500ml product and 500 ml of water. I use 400 ml in the lance and it works great. Just as well its a 5 litre

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

400ml of product???? Please tell me that's not per wash and you have a huge foam lance.

I use 4 squirts of autofoam (from the 5 litre) per wash and I can coat my car twice with it.

Well i would usually snowfoam twice so that would do 2 cars twice and thats under the recommended dosage. The foam lance is a 1 litre one. How many ml do you reckon you use.

PsychoPete wrote: »

I use about an inch of snow foam in the lance. Does the job. People are obsessed with thick snow foam, it's not like it makes the product any better

Im not, i couldn't care less if its thick or not as long as it works. its still not very thick even at that ratio, runs off the car. Its probably overkill alright

My autobrite lance should be here tomorrow, can't wait to use it.

There's a video on YouTube of some guy using it and a K2 Karcher adding only 100ml of Magifoam into the bottle and 3-400ml of hot water and he manages to get his car completely covered with some left over.

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Same as Pete, about an inch which I guess would be around 40ml.

Try the pir method but add a little less than suggested , i guarantee you will enjoy yourself. Your curious now, give it a lash

Gumbo wrote: »

Are you using the Karcher included foam lance?
It’s supposed to be crap.

Get a dedicated snow foam lance.

No bought one that works with the karcher

Good old Viz

I’m going to do my first ever ONR wash this evening. Nervous and excited in equal measure! (Will be testing it on the other half’s golf before doing mine ��)

Optimum No Rinse.