Tri foam with high pressure gun

[george361]

Anyone running tri foam as a low pressure function on their high pressure gun? If so how do you have it set up?

After some preliminary testing with a flow jet with product and air T’ed together with some steel wool stuffed in nozzle. I can get foam but inconsistent.

I would like to add a tri foam but have no interest in adding another boom and gun for low pressure only functions.

I have appreciation for the simplicity of one gun and boom and would like to keep this as my business model. (Use simplicity, damage potential, winter operations)

Any success cases for low pressure tri foam, with a high pressure gun?

 

[Dan kamsickas]

I can't see how you're going to get the same thick foam you would have on a separate gun. The nozzles are far larger on the stand alone gun in part to keep the foam from getting knocked down by the smaller nozzle in a hp gun.

 

[washnshine]

I agree. The thickest you are going to be able to get would be about the same as a low pressure presoak running through the gun. Maybe a tiny bit more foam with the trifoam if it is a high foaming product, but the difference would probably not even be discernible. Either way, no blankets of foam like you get in a splatter gun. You might be better off putting some type of foaming protectant under low pressure through your gun that really has a great smell, beads the water well and enhances the shine on the car. It won’t have the show of thick trifoam, but it will have a noticeable high quality result, which given the two is definitely more important - if you can’t have both.

 

[Waxman]

you don't need a boom for a trifoam gun. mine is mounted on a bracket and utilizes a standard coil hose and Hamel TF gun. Easy to install and great show for the customer.

 

[george361]

Thank you, I have done some more testing based on the feedback. Nozzle size does seem to be a factor and does knock the foam down, larger nozzles allow for lower pressures and thicker foam. More pressure seems to help overcome the nozzle knockdown some. After cranking up the flowjet to 80 psi and air about the same, I’ve got a snow like foam at an ok coverage rate.

I’ll be playing around with foam generators to see if, they help boost the foam thickness.

For those running low pressure guns in winter climates, what are you doing for freeze protection? If the low pressure gun only runs tri foam, a winter blend would work fine. But wouldn’t I want to move all low pressure functions to this gun? After my recent water rate increase, weeping an extra set of guns would be foolish….

 

[Waxman]

i use winter blend tri foam polish

 

[OurTown]

i use winter blend tri foam polish

Isn't that a protectant? From what I am told those are not able to be winter protected and you have to go with a conditioner which is just "soap".

 

[Waxman]

something like this

 

[OurTown]

something like this

I think that is just soap mixed with methanol and is mostly for show.

 

[Waxman]

Well if it's soap it's going to get the car cleaner and the customers do like the show and the scent so I don't really see the problem here.