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Smallish review on UWW through a foam cannon. I was very curious on how much it would foam at a standard 1in fill since someone supposedly got crazy foam from it. Oddly enough, I didn't get anything like that, even with 50% UWW and 50% water. I guess I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...
*NOTE* I'm using a Karcher 1750psi and 1.5gpm with the original UK foam cannon at the maximum setting which uses all the mixture in the bottle. Results may vary
1in of UWW used...
Topped off with warm water
Foam was nothing like shaving cream haha
TEMP VIDEO (Uploading to Youtube since its better)
So...I decided to up the amount of UWW mixed...
50%ish UWW added to the container
Topped with warm water like before
Results. Much better than before but definitely NOT cost effective
TEMP VIDEO
Afterthought:
While my set up might not have produced as much foam as say, using a different pressure washer, it did tell me a lot about the product and its dilution ratios...
For instance, the foam from the first test, which wasn't thick at all, proved to be very good at breaking up and liquefying the dirt, bugs, etc on the surface of my RX330. With a quick rinse after letting it dwell for 5-10min, nearly all of the stuff was gone! Clearly, the cleaning capability of UWW in a foam cannon does NOT require shaving cream spewing qualities. It works just fine. If I had to compare it to another soap, I'd say its probably the most cleaning one I've used so far. Don't know why it is the case but clearly the Chemists at Meguiars have done their homework
Now for the crazy ratio of 50% UWW. This was done out of curiosity to see if I could get the shaving cream standard that someone posted. In my case, it didn't work obviously. While it DID create more foam, it was a complete waste of product. The 1in used in the first test was more than enough to clean the product. The only improvement I saw, was that the "waxing" abilities of UWW made the paint bead like mad when rinsed! Definitely something to take note of but still, very expensive soap just to get that quality from a cannon...
So there is my review, and I hope that I helped a little bit on your car soap decisions in the future. For those crazy enough to do 100% UWW in the bottle, good luck! I hope you get the fabled shaving cream standard that I was unable to achieve
*NOTE* I'm using a Karcher 1750psi and 1.5gpm with the original UK foam cannon at the maximum setting which uses all the mixture in the bottle. Results may vary
1in of UWW used...
Topped off with warm water
Foam was nothing like shaving cream haha
TEMP VIDEO (Uploading to Youtube since its better)
So...I decided to up the amount of UWW mixed...
50%ish UWW added to the container
Topped with warm water like before
Results. Much better than before but definitely NOT cost effective
TEMP VIDEO
Afterthought:
While my set up might not have produced as much foam as say, using a different pressure washer, it did tell me a lot about the product and its dilution ratios...
For instance, the foam from the first test, which wasn't thick at all, proved to be very good at breaking up and liquefying the dirt, bugs, etc on the surface of my RX330. With a quick rinse after letting it dwell for 5-10min, nearly all of the stuff was gone! Clearly, the cleaning capability of UWW in a foam cannon does NOT require shaving cream spewing qualities. It works just fine. If I had to compare it to another soap, I'd say its probably the most cleaning one I've used so far. Don't know why it is the case but clearly the Chemists at Meguiars have done their homework
Now for the crazy ratio of 50% UWW. This was done out of curiosity to see if I could get the shaving cream standard that someone posted. In my case, it didn't work obviously. While it DID create more foam, it was a complete waste of product. The 1in used in the first test was more than enough to clean the product. The only improvement I saw, was that the "waxing" abilities of UWW made the paint bead like mad when rinsed! Definitely something to take note of but still, very expensive soap just to get that quality from a cannon...
So there is my review, and I hope that I helped a little bit on your car soap decisions in the future. For those crazy enough to do 100% UWW in the bottle, good luck! I hope you get the fabled shaving cream standard that I was unable to achieve
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