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Old Apr 9, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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Megs Hyper is pretty thick 'neat'.

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Old Apr 9, 2011 | 02:10 PM
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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.
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Old Apr 14, 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)
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Old Apr 19, 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
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Old Apr 21, 2011 | 10:34 AM
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how much is it for 5 litres?
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Old Apr 21, 2011 | 01:23 PM
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Meguiars Hyperwash is £30 at Polished bliss ....
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Old Apr 21, 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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Old Apr 21, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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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 ....
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Old Apr 21, 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?
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Old May 18, 2011 | 06:27 PM
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lol lessons? You spray it on, what's to learn?
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Old May 18, 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
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Old May 18, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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lol
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Old May 19, 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 May 20, 2011 | 04:09 PM
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Old Jun 23, 2011 | 10:26 PM
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snow foam time, ready for the NBO








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Old Jun 23, 2011 | 11:47 PM
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Not thick enough imo, you might as well just jet wash it and save your time
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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 06:56 AM
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its thicker if done 'neat' lol
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Old Jun 24, 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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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 05:10 PM
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that must be more than 2" of snow foam to a litre bottle of water.
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Old Jun 24, 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.
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Old Jun 25, 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
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 04:31 PM
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bet you wanted to do next doors car!!
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Old Jun 26, 2011 | 11:47 AM
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Old Jun 26, 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
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Old Jun 29, 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 Jul 1, 2011 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 3MPS

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

Thanks
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