A high-concentrate car shampoo for pressure washing. It softens and loosens dirt, bug splatter and road film without touching the clear coat. No brush means no micro-scratches.
A driver wants a shiny car in five minutes. A car wash wants to know what each wash costs and how often to restock. Pick your path below.
The routine is the same for a 34 oz bottle in the driveway and a 5.3 gal pail in a wash bay. Only the ratio changes, and it depends on your equipment, not on the car.
Rinse the car with pressurized water. Foam works on wet grime, not on a dry crust.
Bottom to top in an even layer, without skipping the rocker panels and wheel wells.
In that time it softens and loosens dirt, road film and bug splatter.
Spray from 4–6 in (10–15 cm), top to bottom, until the water runs clear.
Never let the foam dry on the car. In heat or direct sun, wash in the shade or one section at a time. Dried product has to be washed off again, and on dark paint it leaves marks.
This is a concentrate: never use it straight. The ratios below are recommendations; for heavy grime, go stronger within the range.
| Equipment | Ratio | Where it's used |
|---|---|---|
| Foam cannon | 1:5 — 1:7 | A handheld foam cannon on a pressure washer. Uses the most product; common with home users. |
| Foam generator | 1:80 — 1:120 | Professional wash bays. The thickest foam for the least product. |
| Proportional injector | 1 — 4% | Automatic dosing on the line. Set the percentage for your water and how dirty the cars are. |
1.8–3.5 oz (50–100 g) of concentrate per car. That's where the yield comes from: the 5.3 gal pail does 400+ washes, the 1.3 gal jug about a hundred.
One formula for everything in the driveway or the bay: no need to stock a separate chemical for each kind of vehicle.
The corrosion inhibitors protect against rust: the formula won't start corrosion on chips and panel edges.
It dries without streaks or spots and leaves a shine with an antistatic effect, so a clean car stays dust-free longer.
Practice, not marketing: how to figure the cost per wash, why streaks happen and what to change in winter.
Four causes, from hard water to dried foam, and which of them a ratio change actually fixes.
ReadHow they differ in product use and foam quality, and at what volume an injector pays for itself.
ReadWe work out the cost per wash from a 5.3 gal pail and compare it with buying small jugs.
ReadNo. This is a touchless wash product: you apply the foam with a foam cannon, foam generator or injector and rinse it off with a pressure jet from 4–6 in (10–15 cm). Without pressure the dirt stays on the car, and you'd have to wipe the product off by hand. That's a contact wash, the very thing you were trying to avoid.
The formula is safe on paint, metal, plastic, glass and chrome. The main advantage of touchless washing is that no brush touches the body, and brushes are what leave the spiderweb of micro-scratches. Corrosion inhibitors in the formula also help prevent rust.
No, it won't wash off decals. It also dries without streaks or spots.
1.8–3.5 oz (50–100 g) of concentrate per passenger car, depending on how dirty it is and on your equipment. A 5.3 gal pail gives 400+ washes, a 1.3 gal jug about a hundred.
Don't let it. Dwell time is 1–3 minutes, then rinse. If the foam has started to dry, rinse it off and apply it again: on dark paint, dried product leaves marks.
Shelf life is 24 months from the production date. Store it in a cool, dry place in a tightly closed container, out of direct sunlight.
A hundred washes to find the right ratio for your water and your equipment. If you like it, the 5.3 gal pail costs noticeably less per wash.
