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Old 09 April 2011, 11:14 AM
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Megs Hyper is pretty thick 'neat'.

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I'm not surprised hyper wash is pretty thick when neat, it's got a dilution ratio of 400:1!

I use about 1 inch of Autobite Supa Snow Foam in a 1L bottle filled with warm water and then cold water through a very old karcher pressure washer and that works a treat.

Also I use the foam every time I wash the car.
Old 14 April 2011, 06:33 PM
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getting into it now... done our two vans this morning.. Cherry S/F 2" in bottle of 1litre.. cold water.
As long as I keep the pressure up i get wicked foam...






stuff running off was unreal around the wheels (I did pre 'Traffic Film Remover' first to get ale dust kak off)
Old 19 April 2011, 09:01 PM
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finally got round to taking some pics, this is megs hyper wash and it is really good imho. Must admit my maths was ****ed up to start with as i worked out that the 400:1 in a 1000ml bottle is 2.5ml! tried that and thought this is ****, okay it foamed but not what i was expecting. Then of course i realised that the water using a pressure washer was a little more than 1000ml lol so did another bottle mix with 100ml megs to 900ml water and got this result:



still not 100% sure it does anything other than add another step but its great fun, and at the very least my neighbour has a clean spot on his door now lol
Old 21 April 2011, 10:34 AM
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how much is it for 5 litres?
Old 21 April 2011, 01:23 PM
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Meguiars Hyperwash is £30 at Polished bliss ....
Old 21 April 2011, 02:45 PM
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three times dearer than cheery Snow foam... at £30 i can afford to put some more cherr Foam in my bottle to make it thicker
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Originally Posted by salsa-king
three times dearer than cheery Snow foam... at £30 i can afford to put some more cherr Foam in my bottle to make it thicker
If that keeps you happy ....
Old 21 April 2011, 07:16 PM
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as above mate its £30 delivered from PB, reason i went the extra and bought the Megs? its a brand i use a lot and have been really chuffed with their products and with a 400:1 mix ratio i dont think you can beat any other product in terms of value as it will last bloody ages due to the ratio compared to other brands imho
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Thought I would stick a couple of photo's up of mine. It got it's first ever snowfoaming today. I went to Juicy Detailing (www.juicydetailing.co.uk) after being tipped off that they were fantastic price wise and for customer service. I went up there to take a look for myself and managed to talk myself into a free snowfoaming lesson (never done it before) so I definitely can't fault them on customer service! To make it even better they give discounts on all their products if you become a member of their website



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Originally Posted by Mollymoo666
Thought I would stick a couple of photo's up of mine. It got it's first ever snowfoaming today. I went to Juicy Detailing (www.juicydetailing.co.uk) after being tipped off that they were fantastic price wise and for customer service. I went up there to take a look for myself and managed to talk myself into a free snowfoaming lesson (never done it before) so I definitely can't fault them on customer service! To make it even better they give discounts on all their products if you become a member of their website



any tips from their lesson?
Old 18 May 2011, 06:27 PM
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lol lessons? You spray it on, what's to learn?
Old 18 May 2011, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by bioforger
lol lessons? You spray it on, what's to learn?
getting the mix right or the amount of air to feed in i guess? mine is like shaving foam which hangs on nicely but is a **** to get off the drive lol
Old 18 May 2011, 07:32 PM
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lol
Old 19 May 2011, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by bioforger
lol lessons? You spray it on, what's to learn?
Yes, lesson, not everyone is the expert that you are

Originally Posted by baz995
getting the mix right or the amount of air to feed in i guess? mine is like shaving foam which hangs on nicely but is a **** to get off the drive lol
Exactly

Basically, I bought 5L of Juicy's own brand foam and a Karcher Lance attachment - they do them in a deal for £49.99. If you spend £50 you get a free pack of towels so they chucked them in too. Told me 1-2 inches in the bottle, fill with warm water, screw onto lance, shake well to mix. No real technique for the car itself other than start at the top and work down
The bottle on the lance was enough to do the wagon and then their Navara and Vectra, which means that I will probably have to start foaming the wifes car when I do mine to make sure I use it all
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Old 23 June 2011, 10:26 PM
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snow foam time, ready for the NBO








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Old 23 June 2011, 11:47 PM
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Not thick enough imo, you might as well just jet wash it and save your time
Old 24 June 2011, 06:56 AM
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its thicker if done 'neat' lol
Old 24 June 2011, 11:58 AM
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it looks far to thin imho.

heres some pics of the porka being foamed.






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that must be more than 2" of snow foam to a litre bottle of water.
Old 24 June 2011, 10:07 PM
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im using magifoam from AutoBrite. And apart from smelling like bananas, it is the nuts. Dilluted 4:1 upto 1 lite it hangs about for around 15 minuites and strips of all the krud like nothing ive ever seen before

During the foaming



And jetted off, no wash and left to dry naturally after final going over with an open hose




I would give Autobrite a huge thumbs up for everything they produce.
Old 25 June 2011, 04:18 PM
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My old Astra

with foam:


and rinsed off:


I love the stuff...adds fun to detailing lol
Old 25 June 2011, 04:31 PM
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bet you wanted to do next doors car!!
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Old 26 June 2011, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by salsa-king
that must be more than 2" of snow foam to a litre bottle of water.
its not mate, its about 1" of autobrite with hot water. turn the water tap on the foamer to the minimum and it always produces that lovely thick foam
Old 29 June 2011, 03:40 PM
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Cleaned both cars today while the rain held off
So took a few pictures of the magifoam in action
HD lance and magifoam <~ both from Autobritedirect

The forester....











Scoob 2 - blob STi





This was after 5 mins left alone....



Still hanging after 10 mins

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Old 01 July 2011, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 3MPS

that looks a thinner mix than I use lol
Old 19 July 2011, 09:56 PM
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Can anyone recommend a good pressure washer just for car washing?

Thanks


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