Snow foam lance v garden sprayer

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• Oct 5, 2013

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Am in the market for a snow foam lance and was going to purchase the karcher one, as I am not a pro just enjoy cleaning my cars. However just prior to making the purchase, I am reading more and more posts on various forums, that people are ditching the lances in favour of the garden pressure type sprayers. Can anyone shed any light on this please?

 

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• Oct 5, 2013

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I've also done a bit of research about the snow foam, I found the Nilfisk jet washes are the ones to go for as they have metal components in the pump rather than plastic in other brands such as Karcher.

 

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I think the garden type foam guns just make it easier , removes the agro of setting pressure washer up all the time .
are you reffering to just the Karcher foam lance ,if so I have one not being used , cover postage and its yours.
john

 

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Hi John

Thank you kindly. You have PM

 

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• Oct 6, 2013

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I suspect the switch to pressure sprayers is because a lot of people have switched to citrus pre-washes from snow foam. So rather than foam the car, you spray the diluted citrus pre-wash and then rinse off. I've been doing this more than snow foam for the last 12 months or so. I find it works better and is less agro in terms of getting kit out. I still have a snow foam lance but mainly use it as a lazy way of coating the car in shampoo before quick washing.