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    Foam Lance

    So I finally purchased a foam lance and some Mint Snow Foam product

    I've wanted one for some time,
    I do 550km per week - I get a lot road film from rush hour traffic
    I often have to park under trees at work - that's a nightmare

    I considered buying the Kracher $20 lance but other people have been disappointed with it
    So I got the AutoBrite (same as the Mint) lance ($99) which is a quality product made in Italy
    (It has 20 brass components, it's heavy and sturdy, very different impression to the plastic fantastic options)

    The lance is very controllable - both the spray volume and the foam mixing controls work well

    Here is a picture of my Skoda post foaming it with the lance
    (It was not a dark day - the bright white foam tricked the camera into darkening the image)

    Foam Lance-foamlance-jpg

    The question is, does foaming help clean the car?
    I could visually see stuff come off in the rinse, tree sap, tar and grime
    I was pleased and will continue to use the lance and foam

    The process is
    • Spray the heavy crap off the car first
    • Foam the car and leave for 10 minutes (do not let the foam dry on the car)
    • Rinse the foam off
    • Proceed with your normal detailing activities


    The foam product is pretty expensive at $15 per 500ml or $25 per litre
    (Obviously the 1 litre option is better value)
    You don't use much per wash however, something like ~50ml
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    I tend not to rinse the car first, helps the foam to cling and doesn't futher dilute the product.
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    No need to spray car first just apply snow foam directly onto dirty car

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    Great review!
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