You grew a moustache after 37 seconds, amazing dude!

Tips: 1) distilled H2O. 2) Soap brand. 3) Soap/H2O ratio. 4) Pressure washer gas/electric.

1. Distilled Water 2. Type of Soap 3. Soap to Water Ratio 4. Pressure Washer PSI/GPM

I’m a chemist and the distilled water part is actually very true. Calcium and magnesium ions can react with soap like molecules like sodium stearate and create a solid insoluble salt which dwells to the bottom. So in short, hard water ions react with the soap particles and therefore weakens the soap making it less foamy.

Other than getting the hose connector turned around (watch out for that one), the machine is simple to put together and use kzfaq.infoUgkxfQauTxLT0JLSvqkq10rD79TU4k0Vz8zP . And very nice, too. I'm surprised at the power-it's more than we'll ever need, and we've not even used the most powerful setting yet.I've cleaned off a dirty concrete porch to get it ready for sealing, started to clean siding, and I know this pressure washer will be terrific for cleaning tools this fall.The only issue we had is we had turned around the hose connector, and it leaked. Once it was on correctly, though, we had no problems with the connection. Just remember that the end with the green knob goes towards the hose. It's obvious now what we did wrong, but not necessarily obvious at the time.

excellent job explaining foam cannon. I really like how you stayed on topic and not rable off on other nonsense in your video like some of the others do..Also you speak clearly and stay on point..I Look forward to more of your DIY videos.

I absolutely love the in depth analysis. I never considered Distilled / warm Water or how to properly shake as factors to good foam.. excellent suggestions.. keep em coming !

You broke that down perfectly thank you! 👌🏽 I look forward to more of your videos

I am new to soap cannons and really appreciate this informative video. Thank you!

This was very informative. Thanks Joel!

Thank you taking the time to show us the differences visually.

I started detailing cars two years ago! I washed a neighbor's Buick SUV. The Black paint that goes around the Buick emblem started to come off with my 1800 Stanley pressure's washer. I noticed it right away. So it wasn't too bad. Finished detailing interior and exterior. So be careful trying to get great foam. With your pressure washer. 1700 psi to about 2000 psi. I find is o.k. if you hold the wand back a little further. But be careful. With psi higher it can cause damage. I believe people think I need 2300 psi or more to get my car cleaner and quicker. But, If your detailing someone else's car. Be careful. To much psi can cause serious damage. Love the distilled water and the kind of soap and oz's. Great info. Shawn.

Great video, thank you!! Super helpful, but got my foam cannon and learning how to tweak it so it works like it is supposed to. Thanks again!

Nice level of detail on this. Thanks!

Wow, I'm really amazed very good tips, Really enjoyed this video thank you so much ❤️

Bro, I just got the Amazon Canon and can't explain how dumb I felt when I figured out what I was doing wrong! I swapped out the orifice for the 1.1 and did 2 separate washes on two different days and was pleased by changing the orifice, but still wasn't getting great foam. Having just put everything back and cleaned up, I had this moment of clarity where I realized both times I NEVER so much as even swirled the water and the soap! 😂 That made all the difference in the world for my 1700 psi electric power washer. SMH...

Great video Attention to Detail 👍🏾

Hey man I love that video it taught me a lot I have a battery powered pressure washer and didn't get a lot of foam out of it now I know what I need to do to get that thing to foam up thanks again for the video

Nice and quality video with precise directions 👍👍

Great vid!!!Tnx for posting all the info!

Excellent video! Very helpful! Thanks!

Spot on with the water. Glad I watched this. I'll use distilled or RO in my foam cannon...

Great job explaining & breaking it down

Good video. Addresses the exact issue I have. I’m gonna give your suggestions a try. Thanks.

As a mobile detailer, foam is always a tricky thing. Either it's too thick, and takes forever to rinse off, you're wasting more product, or your foam cannon empties too fast, or it's too thin and then it runs off too fast, and dries in the sun, but it's more lubrication and "slippery". My suggestion is, find a soap that you like, one that leaves leaves good finish, nice smell (pleasant working experience), easy to rinse off, and just work with different dilution ratios too figure out what you like, and what works best for you

Did make me chuckle with the ‘warm water increase the Acidity of water - that’s a new one for me!! Also, PIR is more important than thick foam - I use bilt hamber myself because it’s capable of doing a single stage wash which is perfect for someone as lazy as me!

Very good and helpful review !

Excellent tips. I will be sure to try the distilled water on my next wash.

No water spots. Thanks for making this video as you have a new subscriber as well!

Learned a lot. Thanks

I am very thankful for this video

Well done. This helped a lot.

Dude, you did a great job here. Thank you for all the tips!

Awesome video!

thanks for the video. never thought of using distilled water. i'll give it a try

Great, informative video. I bought a gallon of mequires gold, and it gives decent foam, but not what I want. I have the electric Stanley that comes with a foam cannon. I'd like to try a different soap but don't wanna go out and buy a bunch. At least you pointed me in the right direction. Thanks for your time

Thanks, great tips and advice! Cheers

Fantastic video .

Really useful for me, thanks! 😃

Ok ok you've convinced me : SUBSCRIBED!!! Thanks for your time and great info!!

Worth every penny.

Just purchased a 2300 PSI Sun Joe 3500 pressure washer this weekend, and purchased a foam cannon as well. Foam was super thick, used 3 Oz of soap and HOT water in the cannon and let er rip.

Yep, hard well water here, that’s what I thought. Also went from an electric to a gas PW, it did help. Pretty much using straight soap. I’ll try mixing with distilled, thanks great tips, Dave.

Very helpful sir with your tips Awesome

I’m going to try mixing it with warm distilled water now great vid 👍🏼

Saw it yesterday. Got my distilled water today! Thanks

Good video, good information

Bro.. u did help alot .. I have been looking for a video like this one. That can explain the amount. What soap. What to do. And what do not do... u got a new subscriber 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟

great video man!

Excellent video 👍

Great video. Thank you.

Great video, what power washer are you using?

Your video deserved subscript 😊👍 awesome explanation bro

Bro you are very good. Thank you very much

Great explanation thanks !!!!

good video! Which soap did you recommend.

Great video, thanks. I was surprised that you didn't mention the actual soap cannon as a factor. Are they all the same results given your 4 reasons? I have purchased 2 different brands with not a lot of success. Actually my car nut brain has because short wired just trying to make half decent foam. Thanks

Great video. I didn't realize how much care goes into a quality wash. On a avg how much should a carwash like this should cost ?

Thanks for the tips, especially the distilled water usage. Now I will have to research a distilled water filter system to pipe into my house plumbing. Man, this car washing is getting expensive!

Wow that chemical guys foam is awesome. The others weren't bad either tbh. The last one did a really good job though!

Excellent delivery and advice

Thanks for sharing !

Where did get those red and black shelves for holding your Adams detailing sprays?

I have that same brand of foam cannon do you know if those the different size orifice comes with it? I don’t think I have it.

Greetings Fantastic video 🇺🇸🍾🎉🇺🇸 Keep producing more videos.

Very helpful!!

Great Video

I live in hard water area, surely the water supply needs to be fully from soft water not just what's mixed in the foam cannon bottle ?

What about the air ratio knob. How important is that? I use a trinova and i get decent results, but not crazy thick foam like i saw from other detainers on youtube. thanks Bob

Will an electric pressure washer with similar specs to a gas pressure washer perform the same?

And how are you feeding distilled water through hose/power washer for final rinse?

here is a weird question for you the recommedation I was given by a firefighter was to fill my fire extinguisher with soapy water so would you recommend that if the recommeded Item is dish soap that I use distilled water instead of tap water I mean do you think it will likely foam better ? thoughts please thank you

I am looking for a pressure washer. My question is what is the range for the PSI I should look for. What is too low and is there too high a PSI to use on your cars?

I’d like to see a test with no soap in the bottle but just distilled water then you spray the car and you let it dry to see the difference like when you pour water on the hood. I’m ok with the fact that distilled water is better but the water from the hose is actually mixing with distilled water, it’s pushing out distilled water by Venturi. Thanks for the video very helpful!

How would you use distilled water with your pressure washer to do your final rinse of the vehicle?

thanks man that was nice :)

Good information tks.

This was very very helpful, I do have a question though, when I am rinsing my car off to dry it afterwords, how am I able to do that without the water spots left over?? For example; would I be able to switch out the foam cannon from soap water to strictly just distilled water? So it doesn't get the water spots?

very useful stuff

So do you put distilled water in the canon with the soap and do you use distilled water in your bucket too. So basically no garden hose or spicket water? You must take the water from a bucket of store bought distilled water?

I have a gerni 115.5, everytime i attach the snow cannon it doesn’t work like the way you demonstrated in the vid, why is this?

But what do we do with MESH FILTER that comes included w/shipment of the two 1.1orifice replacements?

how do you get warm water into your water cannon when my pressure washer that the foam cannon is attached to has a garden hose connection which pulls from the cold water supply?

Great video and will have to try distilled water. 👍

What water to soap ratio did you use on the chemical guys total? So if the water contains 12 oz, 10 oz water, 2 oz soap?

Excellent video! 👍👍👍 Here’s a question. It seems to me the only foam that’s cleaning the surface is foam directly in contact with the surface. That being said, why (other than running off to fast), does foam thickness matter? Did I just answer my own question? 😊

If i use a 1.1mm adapter with a high pressure-pressure washer, will it have negative effects or will it further improve the foam quality?

You also need to clean it out after each use or it will get clogged up and not give you anything.

Excellent informative video and not full of bullshi% that many have.. thanks for the tips and demos...want to try the distilled water on next wash....

I use distilled water in the cannon but my tap has hard water. Will it make difference?

Can you please do a video on how you mix and dilute the soap with water? Nomatter what i use i cant seem to get that thick shaving cream type foam

What if you're using a water hose with a foam Cannon do you still use the distilled water in the foam Cannon and the water from the water hose?

Can I use purified drinking water? In Malaysia here, we have purifier machine such like Coway, Diamond, Cuckoo water purifiers.

How is putting distilled water into the cannon going to matter when the cannon is still pulling in the harder water from the pressure washer?

But what about after wen u rinse off with hose do we need to rinse with distilled water for no water spots cuz hose leaves water spots

It's all about the orifice size, has to be matched for the gpm and psi of the pressure washer being used. Even the pressure washer tips come in different orifice sizes, it's usually stamped right on the side of the quick connect part. Most people don't know how to use a pressure washer properly nevermind add a foam cannon to the mix. Then people complain when they buy something and it doesn't produce the results they want, they think it should just magically work.

Does the dial on top of the foam cannon change anything?

Helpful Thanks

Thanks for all the very informative info on foam sprayers, I have a trinova foam cannon with a sunjoe 2800 psi electrics sprayer ,I tied putting the 1.1 orifice in there and got barely any foam at all if any

Awesome video, What were your ratios ?