Triple foam issue

[Thunder sudz]

I have the futura touchless wash, recently I've been inhabiting the lack of foam. New flojets,all hydrominders rebuilt, foot valves etc. I have good water flow and PSI. Recently a sales rep told me to switch the tips to purple. Since then it looks like soap water,no color or foam! Should I switch back to the red tips I originally had? TIA

 

[Keno]

You went from red to purple? That's a huge jump. Are you getting air to mix with the chemical mix, sounds like you are missing the air

 

[Thunder sudz]

That was my thought exactly. I've had more complaints about the triple foam since I changed the tips. Everything is fresh and new. You think I should go back to red tips or try the yellow?
Purple is 126:1 ratio at 40 psi which in my opinion isn't adequate

 

[Thunder sudz]

I thought air was an issue also.

 

[Keno]

That was my thought exactly. I've had more complaints about the triple foam since I changed the tips. Everything is fresh and new. You think I should go back to red tips or try the yellow?
Purple is 126:1 ratio at 40 psi which in my opinion isn't adequate

There are way too many factors, no one on the internet is going to be able to tell you which tip to use. You can probably get a starting point if you say the exact chemical you are using. If you are using a chemical supplier, they should be dialing this in for you. Red tip is like 20:1, and you went to 120:1, and now are considering 90:1 - those are very huge gaps. What pressures are you running flojets and air injection at?

 

[I.B. Washincars]

What is your water hardness?

 

[Car Wash Man]

Not sure how the foam is created on the futura but on our Kondor it goes through mesh foam in the foam arch right before going on the car. Every 8-12 months they start to get filled with algae and the foaming quality decreases. For us and we have to take them apart and clean them. After we clean them the foam is great again, thick and even.

 

[Thunder sudz]

There are way too many factors, no one on the internet is going to be able to tell you which tip to use. You can probably get a starting point if you say the exact chemical you are using. If you are using a chemical supplier, they should be dialing this in for you. Red tip is like 20:1, and you went to 120:1, and now are considering 90:1 - those are very huge gaps. What pressures are you running flojets and air injection at?

I'm running tri valley Brilliance tri foam. On the jug it reads to dilute 120:1 to 240:1 depending on equipment. My psi is 40 for the chemical and 30 psi for air flow. The rep told me to switch them from red to purple and that's when I noticed the lack of color foam. I'm just having a hard time dialing it in