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- bayyngorr in the S4 Avant
Yea, foam on its own is crap, you might as well breathe on it. Water on its own would dry off too quickly too. Putting something down first would work better (im no expert! ha!) though I tend to was panel by panel rather than soak the entire car then rub the slightly loose dirt into the paint.@brendy - you're actually onto a really good point there.
Ideal application is to spray the car with some form of TFR first which is responsible for the initial clean. Spray covers more evenly and works better than foam.
My preferred method is to spray first, and then foam it. This has a 2 fold effect of the non caustic TFR softening and loosening all initial dirt. Then before i rinse all that crap off, I foam on top of the articulate.
This gives additional dwell time without the car drying out, and also a large amount of the pre softened dirt and crap drips off meaning that when I then rinse the car off, I get most of the dirt off in a touch less method.
Only then do I use gleam shampoo to wash the vehicle.
Monday - Friday for quick washing I do the first 2 steps for a touch less wash and only really shampoo wash it at the weekend when I have a bit more time
That said, my car gets a wash every 6 months so cant really comment too much.