APC in a Foam Cannon Guide! | Tutorial 

So I have been getting several messages here and there regarding this method with coated vehicles, will it strip wax, how often you should use this, and when to use it. Apologies for not covering this in the video 😭I will answer that here ;) 1. Coated Cars : MOST, not all, most ceramic coatings on their product description should tell you the pH resistance level. If your coating has a max pH resistance of 10, then you should use this method sparingly. So dont use this EVERY wash, but only when the contaminents are getting out of hand. Like, REALLY DIRTY. Most coatings can easily take the hit, not to mention there are plenty of RU-vid videos of people torture testing coatings, so with this APC Pre Wash I am sure you will be fine ;) 2. Strip Wax? : No matter what you do, pH neutral soap and water alone, can still strip the wax to some extent. This APC Pre Wash can shed a light amount of FRESH wax, and for old wax maybe about 50-70% removal, but it has to be REALLY old wax with no toppers or detail sprays in between washes. Honestly I think its good that it strips a little, similar to human skin, you want the dead/old layer to be removed so you can reveal a fresh surface. To which you can add more wax, topper, or detail spray. All waxes and soaps are different so top your wax, add more wax, or detail spray according to your needs ;) 3. How Often? : DO NOT USE THIS FOR EVERY WASH YOU DO ON A SINGLE CAR. if you are detailing the same car, I would say use this method every 3-5 washes, ASSUMING it is in your care and the contaminents are not getting out of hand. First time customers, Neglected vehicles, abandoned cars, muddy trucks, and Traffic Film coated surfaces are where this APC Pre Wash shines the best since it thoroughly cleans a majority of the junk before initiating in the contact wash. So dont over use this method if its the same car and you wash your car frequently. 4. When to use it? : This method is handy with cars that clearly have a horrendous amount of grime, tar, bird poo, mold, fall out, mud, traffic film, organic growth, and anything else that we detailers will see with disgust. HOWEVER, I would not recommened this on vehicles that are clean (wash 1-2 times a week), such as maintained clients, rare or hyper cars that cost more than your own home, and just obvious clear signs that the car is clean. So don’t use this method for every car, observe and use your best judgment. *phew Hopefully that answers future questions xD More questions? Comment below! ;)

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Thank you for taking time to deliver this information. I've been searching for sufficient info to start this product and I can now go forward with confidence. Keep up the good work.

Super well made and informative video. Thank you!

Thank you! The best, most honest, and clearly explained video I have ever washed (watched) on RU-vid. Kept my attention every second of the way, without letting affiliate fever spoil the whole thing! As they say on MTV... Excellent! Keith Austin Texas USA Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Super helpful and scientific! Thanks for the time you spent doing those tests!

Brilliant information! Thanks for sharing. I will definitely give APC in a foam cannon a go. Thanks again. Looking forward to more informative contents from yourself, new subscriber gained 💪

Your presentation and level of detail is amazing

Awesome video ! Filled with so much information and proper evidence to showcase each product I am definitely going to try out the APC foam cannon pre rinse !

You deserve way more followers. Video was amazing and informative.

Wow, this video has tons of info. Great job

dude, keep making informative and interesting videos like this and you'll be in for a great success! thanks for the useful information, I subscribe and wait for new ones

Very Very good information Cham! I've always used my apc as my pre wash before I touch any car's great video👌🏽

A very helpful video, the amount of useful information you provide per video is incredible. Also I highly recommend giving 'Bilt Hamber - Touch Less or Auto foam' a shot as a pre-rinse. So far they have been the best pre-rinse products that I've tested.

Great video very informative keep up the great work

Great Video and information.....you really did a very professional job on your Video !!!

Very nice!

Excellent video and information! I was curious to see how APC's would work out of a foam cannon. Im going to give this a shot with my next dirty vehicle.

I’m commenting even before I finish the vid…you’re famous now!

Thanks that was a great video I started using a PC 1:4 on my car in Michigan and OMG the road salt got cleaned off perfectly with this I'm a Believer. By the way there is a great RU-vid video by forensic detailing on high pH APC on car wax or sealants that is worth watching and it really does not degrade any waxes until you get above a one-to-one ratio in your foam Canon

You are very well spoken.

Great video bro 🔥

Good stuff!

very informative.. thank you

high quality video, well explained and demonstrated with helpful information. I appreciate the part where you poured to consistent dilution ratios and measured each products pH, great way to compare the products and price points. Have you ever measured the pH after it comes out of the foam cannon?

Totally agree with you and prewash's APC and onr pre wash is one of the best ways to do this before contact washing, thanks for the vid 👍

oh man i really dig this idea and will definitely give it a try, i may be wrong but i feel if i use it with my mjjc canon, it may do a service of cleaning out the foaming screens inside the canon nozzle. it’ll be a extra step to empty out and flush the nozzle with clean water before reloading with shampoo but we’ll see … 👍🏽 thanks

That was an impressive content video, thank you!

I have and use super clean but I have never done so until now. Thank you for the tips.

I think the biggest advantage of sprayer is you get exactly dilution ratio you put in, while with foam cannon the apc sprayed on car is actually more diluted (to get the proximate ratio we need to measure how much water and apc solution pumped out in a minute and of course this will vary between pressure washer, foam cannon, and that knob setting on top)

Love the format of the video and details. One thing is foam cannon would further dilute.... Would you want the 12ph to impact panels?

Great video, very informative. What are the ratios you use for the APC prewash?

Nicely done instructional video. I’m hoping you will test Meguiars D101 APC since this is one of the most widely used APC’s by professional detailers. I think Meg’s D101 and Superclean are two of the biggest selling APC’s. Very useful technique to do an APC Pre-Wash before a contact wash.

Great vid! Have you heard anything about simple green for this?

Honey there’s a zebra APCing the van again. Good info. Must be part of the club with all the 👌.

I've been using this method for carpets on interior deep cleans! I dillute superclean into a foam cannon and soak the carpet, then drill brush agitate and then vaccum with a $20 amazon extractor wand attachment!

now i know how to use my ryobi foam blaster with dilution ratio 1/2 that i bought before mjjc s v3. please advise a safe dilution ratio for koch chemie green star with ryobi one

I apc rinse with foam cannon. Saves time. I started detailing again after I recovered from a motorcycle accident. But I’m doing this is a prosthetic leg in 100 degree heat, I’m officially out now that I got corona virus. Feel like shit 3 days now

👍. I use meguiar's apc or meguiar's super degreaser (10:1, about 45ml in 500ml) as a prewash, and it works great!. Sometimes I add it directly to my snow foam shampoo to increase the power of my pre-wash shampoo.. Which I also do to rejuvenate a clogged ceramic coating and apc prewash where super degreaser. An alkaline shampoo like carpro lift and an acid shampoo like descale. And even at times a ferrous decontaminant or a shampoo like gyeon restart wash. It's a lot of work and money but it works well for ceramic coatings!

Great video! As a few comments mention, the pressure washer dilutes it further than the dilution mixed in the foam cannon. I'm going to give a 1:15 a try with Koch-Chemie Green Star and see what happens. Question though - can I simply add this to a foaming soap, or do you recommend the dedicated pre-wash using it? I guess the soap would be pointless for a pre-wash if using APC already.

Great video and new sub here

i use both foam cannon and I K e foamer electric compressor version yes its pricey but for me I K foamer comes in handy in winter when i take my vehicle to car wash where i pay to use pressure washer water gun and bring my own chemicals and any other time i mostly use foam cannon and ik foamer for brake buster I love detailing my cars maybe thats i don’t mind spending on detailing not saving its right but love my new toys keep up the good work im going to try the APC pre wash

what do you think if you use apc without washing it, then apply foam on top of it, then rinse it away and start the contact wash?

I use the foam cannon and apc to clean my house. Works great, so I could see the use for cars as a heavy duty cleaner

Anyone use spray nine for apc pre wash? If so what dilution are you using

I feel that pump sprayers benefit those who can only perform rinseless washes (either because of lack of access to water or local restrictions on water.)

Can you test the Adams Polishes all purpose cleaner in the pre wash method. I have it, but I am not sure how much to dilute it

Hey Cardo! Great video are you using regular super clean or the foaming version of super clean?

Do you think you’ll get a better quality result from the foam cannon procedure or the pump sprayer procedure?

Thanks for this video! Does using a foam cannon over dilute the original 1:4 dilution requiring more APC?

I would love to see your method versus Wilson auto detailings method with Superior Products Road Warrior. A concentrated industrial soap/degreaser that's like $15 a gallon. Also I believe the Medicare green APC is a higher foaming product.

Will the APC pre wash harm black matte or gloss wheels?

Where did you get that test meter to see the alkaline levels?

Is it safe on ceramic coated vehicles because I coated my wheels and car with the same ceramic and used brake buster on my wheels and after 6-7 months there’s no protection on the wheels but paints still holding strong

When you say 4:1 ratio, are you accounting for the water from the pressure washer diluting it? I would think it would seriously dilute it because the PIR method shows you might need half the bottle filled with soap/apc for just a 4% mixture

So stick with Super Clean? :) Can't beat the price point. Chem-x has an APC called Heavy Duty I want to try. But at 4 times the cost per gallon compared to Super Clean I'm worried I'd find Super Clean is the best still. Owning a logging company in the pacific northwest and cleaning our vehicles, trucks and equipment, it absolutely requires the apc pre rinse. Thank you for showing the differences in those various apcs!

Question, so super clean reaches optimal ph in 4:1 dilution ratio so to make the math easy we should use PIR which would be 20%? So far example my 1000ml foam lance with pressure washer combined puts out roughly 560ounces to empty the lance. So 20% pir would be 3312 ML ooor am I doing this wrong? Meaning you can’t get 20% pir out of a snow lance or atleast mine?

Hi are APCs safe on spray waxed surfaces?

Love the clear and concise descriptions and comparisons. Here in Singapore, I'm a Gyeon fan boy after trying their wet coat for 1st time last year and slowly been replacing my mish mash of CG, Meguiars, Sonax with Gyeon. I've been using 20-30ml of Gyeon foam together with 100ml of APC 26:32 in a foam cannon topped up to 1000ml (so approx 1:8 total solution but 1:10 apc solution), fully touchless wash, I do this for my fortnightly weekend morning wash. In between I alternate between Mr Pink (1:10 in foam cannon) spray on, contact wash off (still 1/2 gallon to go before I switch to Gyeon Bathe), and other time I go with 30ml gyeon foam + 70ml gyeon bathe+ (sio2 coating) in a foam cannon and contact wash. You have a new subscriber! Would love to have you review more stuff, let me know how I can contribute!

Will this strip a sealant such as bead maker ?

I think apc+snow would be even better. For not drying in the sun, what about spraying water with a hand sprayer?

How long should wait before rinsing off apc?

19:00 the air compressor makes a huge difference. And as the big 10L is highly overpriced, I have converted a regular hand foamer to air compresssor powered and it is quite fine. You have an extra container to fill one more time and you are good to go. I`m a mobile (I wash my own car) detailer and I have no power or water or power pressure.

Another well thought out, organized, and informative video. I ran across your Turtle Wax Max video, liked it, and went looking for more. Now I’m a new subscriber. You mentioned that the rear of the vehicle might need some physical agitation (with a mitt?). What do you think about doing this on all the surfaces? Any downside? I noticed some products said 4/1, 8/1, etc. and another said the reverse, even 1/15 & 1/30. Ratios can be deceiving if there is no explanation as to which number is the product and which is the water. There is a big difference between 4/1 and 1/4. I have always thought the product was listed first because it’s usually the smaller amount…… 1/4 meaning 1 part product and 4 parts water. So the manufacturer’s ratios confused me. Does their 4/1 recommendation actually mean 4 parts product in 1 part water? Please clear this up for me.😱 And I like the foam on your cap and bill.😁 Subtle humor. Can’t remember exactly what you called the bird poop, but it was funny.

What are your thoughts on adding a 4:1 ratio of APC to a snow foam like Chemical guys in a foam canon?

Really...REALLY good video! Question: since most pressure washers automatically dilute at a 10:1 ratio, could you use a full-strength APC in the cannon so that it automatically dilutes it to a 10:1 product ratio?!? Thanks!

What’s the reasoning for avoiding the pricier foam cannons? Does the APC prewash harm the foam cannon in any way?

I want the clumps!

Which apc do you recommend ?

Quick question. How do you measure the dilution? Considering the foam cannon is bringing in its own water from the pressure as well, would that mean I would have to have a stronger dilution ratio in the bottle?

I wouldn’t say getting closer with the washer is wasting water at all.

What the heck are you wearing??? Great video!

Just change the oraphise in the foam cannon to a 1.1m and it will foam just like a expensive foam cannon

2nd

But keep in mind 4:1 in foam cannon....Pir its much higher

There is a huge difference between APC's and degreasers like super clean. I would not use super clean at any dilution. Do not be cheap spend a few dollars more and get a product designed for automotive paint. like DIY Details All Clean or Koch Chemie Green Star

Never recommend CG there products are garbage and are made in China. And set back to the USA. If you want good products to use let me know I have put together a collection of chemicals from reparable companies that actually work and do a good job. For a APC you should try some kraken from Phoenix eod. ❤ but great video buddy.

Use a touchless wash and that’s it keep it simple no need to use thousand of products

You forgot to test purple power!