............i have used most on the market but in all truth i find it a bit of a gimick, yes it looks great & my neighbours always comment on it but in reality i find it over rated & a good blast with water from the pressure washer is just as good.
If I paid for a professional detail (which i wouldn't) and he turned up to do my car without any type of pre wash I'd be very concerned.I have a mobile car valeter who lives at the end of my road and comes to our office to clean some cars as well
I asked him what was the best and he said do you ever see me using it
Enough said!!
If I paid for a professional detail (which i wouldn't) and he turned up to do my car without any type of pre wash I'd be very concerned.
I have a mobile car valeter who lives at the end of my road and comes to our office to clean some cars as well
I asked him what was the best and he said do you ever see me using it
Enough said!!
Not the latest Autoglym polar stuff for sure, best I’ve used is Autobrite’s own.
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If I paid for a professional detail (which i wouldn't) and he turned up to do my car without any type of pre wash I'd be very concerned.
Wouldn't be using this guy if his services were free.
What because he doesn't cover your car in a really frothy shampoo before he then valets it exactly the same way someone else does without the foam
I wash my own cars but he's helped me out before and does an excellent job without the gimmicks
Ok snowfoam is a gimmick because you and this one bloke says so.
Yes of course that's exactly what I'm saying just me and this one bloke - Glad you bothered to read the other posts about him using pre wash just not snow foam but par for the course these days for people to read just the one thing
Iron X snow foam will turn the exterior rubber trims round your windows grey as its a bit caustic mateI’ll second that. You need to use the really aggressive snow foams for them to be effective and these normally strip LSP/waxes etc. It’s not quite the non touch wash most hopes for.
Only semi decent ones are the ones that has a purpose like the iron x snow foam as that removes iron fallout and not just a generic wash. I normally use this after a quick wash and not before so it can dissolve the iron deposits more effectively. I park at train stations and found the car gets caked with iron fallout. Worse when I had a white car as you can see orange rusty colour spots all over the car. Iron x snow foam is ok for most if you keep on top of it otherwise use iron x or trix to remove stubborn marks.
You are implying that snowfoam is a gimmick, I completely disagree.
Snowfoam is designed to dwell on the car and help remove a lot of the dirt before you actually wash the vehicle, applied properly this is exactly what a good snowfoam product does.
The less dirt there is on the surface before you start washing the better the results.
I don't know any professional detailers or car owners who care about their cars that don't use snowfoam as part of their washing process.
Quite a lot of the time if my car is only moderately dirty I only have to snowfoam and rinse the car to clean it, this of course only applies if you car has a good quality layer of protection applied.
My use of it is based on exactly the same thing.
From a detailer who's standard clientele are Ferrari's, McLaren's and Lamborghini's etc.
@Bristle Hound it's got nowt to do with being subjective Again l have used dozens of snow foam products and l know the good ones, l drive my car 250 miles a week in all sorts of weather so it's pretty filthy for half the year if your using a very diluted pre wash like valet pro alone? well your car ain't getting nowhere covered in the **** my car gets covered in mate it's probably more of a driveway queen?
@jassyo06 - Having done the whole snow foam thing for quite some years, I moved over to pre-washing with a pump sprayerEach to their own and 'it's all subjective' blah, blah, blah, but I ALWAYS use a pressure washer applied decent snow foam (with a proper snow foam lance - not the ***** ones that come in a bundle with yer Karcher/Nilfisk/whatever you use) before I make ANY contact with the car. I personally use Bilt Hamber Auto Foam most of the time and BH Surfex HD sometimes (not marketed as a snow foam but is a ruddy good one if you have greasy dirt to remove). Both excellent and good value for money products.
From my personal experience, when a decent snow foam is left to dwell for a few minutes, I can SEE the dirt that the foam pulls off the car and ends up as a snowy puddle on the ground with grimy dirty bits in it before I then pressure washer rinse before hand washing. It's a no brainer for me. A £15 quid 5 litre bulk buy will do x2 cars, every week, for half a year, so cost per application is pennies, and takes minutes so why wouldn't you? I don't see it as a gimmick or show ponying for the 'neigh'bours (see what I did there, lol) . I also don't see it as a magic bullet - it WILL remove the very worst (but NOT all) of the dirt from your car before you even touch it.
Understand what it will and importantly won't do, and you're onto a winner. Just my two-penneth. Peace.
.........but again, a good strong blast of clean water does the same job i.e loosen any dirt ready for washing. I'm not knocking those that belive it's the ''must have pre wash'' & still have some in my garage i just think along with others it's a bit of a gimick which looks good when used but in reality does not do a great deal.You are implying that snowfoam is a gimmick, I completely disagree.
Snowfoam is designed to dwell on the car and help remove a lot of the dirt before you actually wash the vehicle, applied properly this is exactly what a good snowfoam product does.
The less dirt there is on the surface before you start washing the better the results.
I don't know any professional detailers or car owners who care about their cars that don't use snowfoam as part of their washing process.
Quite a lot of the time if my car is only moderately dirty I only have to snowfoam and rinse the car to clean it, this of course only applies if you car has a good quality layer of protection applied.
Any snowfoam is better than not using one in my opinion or even a prewash via pump sprayer, in the odd occasion when l have ran out of snowfoam my car stays unwashed til I get some
I categorise snowfoams
1, winter snow foams ie one with a high foaming action and a long dwelling time great dirty cars covered in road salt add in in a little citrus prewash tothe mmix and you've got a nice concoction best winter snow foams
Valet pro advanced snow foam
Gyeon Q2 m
Autoglym Polar blast
Gtechniq
2. Summer snowfoams, ie less foaming shorter dwelling time
Bilt hamber
Valet pro pH neutral
Auto Finnese Avalanche
Angelwax fast foam
Think this vid is a bit misleading as to its cleaning properties
^^^^THIS^^^^
^^^^AGAIN THIS^^^^I moved over to pre-washing with a pump sprayer
For me I have found pre-washing this way to be equally as effective as using snow foam. The most important part for me is the lack of mess using the pump sprayer
Main thing for me is a touchless pre-wash on a dry car