FOAM LANCE PRE-WASH (TUTORIAL)
The Foam Lance is a foam cannon that adapts to your pressure washer in order to perform a pre-wash in complete safety.
Pre-washing allows you to clean most of the dirt in your vehicle without physical contact with your body. This avoids creating faults with your glove when washing with shampoo.
In what situation (s)?
It is very important to pre-wash vehicles that have a lot of soiling. The dirtier the body, the greater the risk of micro-scratching during washing. A pre-wash with Foam Lance allows you to considerably reduce this risk and remove a large part of the dirt without touching the bodywork. Once the pre-washing has been carried out, the washing phase with the two buckets will be much easier: Your glove will slide on the body without creating defects.
With which product (s)?
The most important thing is to use the right products to obtain an intense and dense foam. The dilution bottle must contain a shampoo and a foaming agent.
In our video we use the best known foaming agent on the market: Ph Neutral Snow Foam, Valet Pro. You can add any kind of shampoo to this product. Whether it's a mild shampoo to respect existing protection, or a hard shampoo to remove a layer of wax.
There are also products mixing shampoo + foaming agents. The advantage is that you do not need to mix different products. The downside is that you cannot use your favorite shampoo with a foaming agent as in the example in our tutorial video.
What dilution?
If you use the PH Neutral Snow Foam, Valet Pro with your favorite shampoo we recommend:
- 100ml of PH Neutral Snow Foam
- 50ml of shampoo
For 2 in 1 products, here are the dilution ratios:
- NHP, Alchimy7 pre-wash: from 60 to 150ml depending on the condition of the bodywork
- Avalanche, Auto Finesse: 100ml
- Apple IFoam, Dodojuice: between 60 and 120ml depending on the condition of the bodywork
Attention: It is important to fill the rest of the tank containing the washing solution with hot water. This will allow you to obtain a much denser foam. Once full, mix everything well.
How to use it?
The Foam Lance plugs directly into the hose outlet of the pressure washer. There are different connections for this in order to make the foam-lance compatible with the vast majority of nhp present on the market. Maniac-Auto offers the following adapters :
- Karcher K
- Karcher HD
- Kranzle
- Nilfisk
- Lavor
- Bosch
- Black & Decker
Warning: The latest versions of our Foam Lance are delivered with a teflon strip. This is to be added to the tips that you screw to avoid leaks.
Once connected, turn the dial until the desired foam is obtained:
- Clockwise for a very dense foam
- Counterclockwise for a finer foam
Then spray on the vehicle. Leave to act for 5 minutes then rinse your vehicle with clean water.
Interview?
It is important to thoroughly clean the Foam Lance after use. For this we recommend that you empty the contents of the tank and replace it with clean water.
Then turn the dial fully anti-clockwise and operate it for 1 minute. By taking care to clean it well, you will remove any remaining foam residue.
