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Re: Manual Snow Foamer
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2025 4:06 pm
by Explosive Newt
I purchased a black Friday jetwasher and snow foamer.
I thought you chaps would like to see this exerpt from the snow foamer instruction manual.
Re: Manual Snow Foamer
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2025 3:30 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
mik wrote: Sat May 24, 2025 5:20 pm
mik wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2025 9:00 pm
My name is mik, and I have never snow-foamed a car.
My situation has now...... changed.
My Nilfisk (140-6) jet washer came with a snow foam doo-dah, but by all accounts it's pretty crap, so I ordered their "Super Foam Sprayer" which by all accounts is pretty good.
After seeing Scott's comments about the Bilt Hamber foam, I ordered some. But by that time I'd already pressed the button on a small (1 litre) bottle of "Hydro Snow" using the link RichB posted on the previous page. Googled for reviews afterwards (of course) and it doesn't appear to be very highly rated.
Sprayer and HydroSnow arrived today. The latter advises to mix 1 part with 6 parts water, which seems
extremely optimistic. I went with a 1:1 mix instead, which provided a
reasonable foam on mrs mik's E-Tron, and it jet washed nicely clean after a few minutes. Quicker than a contact wash foh sho.
However. The first rule of getting your jet-washer out, is don't get your jet washer out.
After completing the car, I then spent the next 2.5 hrs jet-washing the entire front drive (which I've neglected for a couple of years so there was a fair amount of moss to deal with), and a 20ft shipping container that has also been neglected for a couple of years. And then I thought I’d better do the driveway gates…
God damn jet-washers <shakes fist>
@mik How are you getting on with the Nilfisk super foam sprayer? I've got the same pressure washer and the std foam bottle is hopeless. Was considering a manual sprayer til I saw your post.
Re: Manual Snow Foamer
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2025 3:41 pm
by mik
Swervin_Mervin wrote: Mon Nov 24, 2025 3:30 pm
@mik How are you getting on with the Nilfisk super foam sprayer? I've got the same pressure washer and the std foam bottle is hopeless. Was considering a manual sprayer til I saw your post.
It works.
I'd like it if the bottle was a
little bigger - I get enough foam to cover the E-Tron (body and wheels), but there really isn't much left at the end..... I guess you could argue that it's the perfect size as "no waste"......
Re: Manual Snow Foamer
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2025 4:12 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
Ta
I'm tempted to stick with a manual one in that case. I tend to prefer doing both cars at the same time. The IK Pro2 (the AG one without the branding) looks to have triple the capacity of the Nilfisk bottle at 1.5l vs 0.5l.