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I'm looking for a good foam gun but I want to keep the price under $100. It definitely needs to hook up to my hose, not a power washer.  I've been looking at these:

http://autogeek.net/auqufofogun.html
http://autogeek.net/pifofowagun.html
http://autogeek.net/woqufofogun.html
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000Y190WE/ref=nosim/autopia-forum-20


They all look pretty similar.  Any recommendations?

Try hitting up Skizot or Deepgloss I know they both employ a foam gun when doing there washes so they may be the best to ask.

Those that work off of a standard hose are just okay from what I have seen. The real thing is powered by a pressure washer and produces serious foam (but costs serious money). I haven't used either just stating what I have read and from pictures I've seen.

I have the Gilmour one that I got from Scott.  To be honest, it's better than nothing.  I would recommend that you just save your money and buy a pressure washer and get a foam gun for that instead.  Like Rick said, they produce foam and are a good chunk of money.  They are a lot better than the foam guns you are looking at though.

There is a difference between a Foam GUN and a Foam CANNON. A foam gun is something similar to what you are looking at. They work well with a standard variety garden hose and the cheapest place to get them is from Amazon.com. About $40. A Foam Gun will soak down the car pretty good and rinse away any loose dirt/debris, as long as you do a good after rinse with as strong as a rinse available to you.

Now a Foam Cannon is a totally different beast. You would first pressure wash the car, then soak it with the foam cannon, which requires a pressure washer and a total setup can run over $250 if you factor in the cost for the pressure washer too. The foam it creates is very thick and will cling to the car much longer then what a foam gun will produce, which in turn is able to loosen and soak away (or should I say rinse away) more dirt/debris, leaving less chance to scratch the car when you finally put a mitt to it, hopefully using a 2 bucket wash.

do search on amazon. i seen couple good once for under $50 on there for hose with bras fittings and everything.
http://www.amazon.com/Gilmour-75QGFMR-F ... 944&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Gilmour-75QGFMR-Foamaster-Adjustable-Cleaning/dp/B000XTH1GY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1255181944&sr=8-1)

I'm pretty sure I'll be picking up this one soon.
http://www.amazon.com/Gilmour-75QGFMR-F ... 351&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Gilmour-75QGFMR-Foamaster-Adjustable-Cleaning/dp/B000XTH1GY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1257952351&sr=1-1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

Any recommendations on what kind of soap to use with it?  I typically use Meguiar's gold class car wash soap.

I've been using Surf City Pacific Blue Wash & Wax (http://www.surfcitygarage.com/detail1.php?product_id=22) with mine.  You can use the Meguiars stuff that you have and get the same results though.

its good soap. just buy it in galon bottle. more cost effective

i just picked up CG super suds 2, galon for $20 i think

I finally put in the order for a foam gun yesterday.  Expected delivery is mid-January! There goes trying this baby out before it gets too cold to wash the car.  Oh well.  

I picked up a gallon of DP Xtreme Foam Formula Auto Shampoo from that dude skizot to use with it.

Hello from Amazon.com.

We're writing about the order you placed on November 30 2009 (Order# 103-3660886-6629068). Unfortunately, we are unable to ship the item(s) as soon as we expected and need to provide you with a new estimate of when the item(s) may be delivered:

  "Gilmour 75QGFMR Foamaster Adjustable Multi Ratio Cleaning Gun"
   Estimated arrival date: February 17 2010 - March 08 2010


 

That sucks man.  At this point, it would just be a snow gun anyway.  Maybe this is a blessing in disguise?

Sorry to hear that.  Gilmour shut down a plant and they haven't shipped an order out for months.  I placed an order in October and I still don't honestly know when it will be here.  Every time I call them it sounds like it's a couple of more months away and the story changes.  The good news is we still have the Foamaster II (http://www.detailedimage.com/Gilmour-M33/Foamaster-II-Foam-Gun-P210/12-Gallon-Tank-S1/) in stock, although it's a very limited supply.  If you want to guarantee yourself one you can order from us now.  Don't wait too long though, we're getting a lot of inquiries from people who are buying from us because most places are out of stock. We also have two package deals I'll list below.  I highly recommend the Foamaster II Starter Kit. Let me know if you have any questions.

http://www.detailedimage.com/DI-Package ... -Kit-P367/ (http://www.detailedimage.com/DI-Packages-M29/Foamaster-II-Kit-P367/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
http://www.detailedimage.com/DI-Package ... -Kit-P368/ (http://www.detailedimage.com/DI-Packages-M29/Foamaster-II-Advanced-Kit-P368/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

Greg @ DI

found foam cannon at home depo for under $20 if you have powerwasher