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Pandy:
I use BiltHamber foam with an EliteCarCare lance and its a great combo. As jay said, that particular foam isn't very thick unless you go through it neat on the strongest setting, but it cleans very well and smells lovely

jaye2992:
Magifoam from autobrite  :happy2:

xjay1337:

--- Quote from: Pandy on October 28, 2014, 11:02:13 pm ---I use BiltHamber foam with an EliteCarCare lance and its a great combo. As jay said, that particular foam isn't very thick unless you go through it neat on the strongest setting, but it cleans very well and smells lovely

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Just be careful because it can degrade waxes and sealants when used that strongly... you don't need that much and it doesn't need to be a thick, long cling foam, it's not designed to be.
Ideally you want a 7-10% PIR (panel impact ratio) which basically means that 7% of whatever coming out of your foam lance is actually bilt hamber product.
in reality you can't calculate that without a lot of faffing around with mathmatics so around 1-1/2 inches of product topped with water to a fill (in a 1L bottle) on maximum foam setting gets you roughly that.

If you want a longer dwell time you can always add 1/4 ounce or so of a bubbly shampoo into the foam lance after you add your Inch or so of Autofoam in a 1L spray gun but again this can effect cleaning and your wax/sealant.

Magifoam is a good snow foam. It's noticablely less good at cleaning than Autofoam but it's better than most others out there... if you want a foam which cleans 7/10 and foams for a long time then Magifoam is the better foam. but for cleaning power the autofoam is a better choice.

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