IK Foamer 1.5 Handheld Pressure Sprayer | Review and Demo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video, I'll be reviewing and demoing the IK Foamer 1.5 Handheld Pressure Sprayer. It's a foaming pump sprayer that I use mainly to apply Garage Therapy /ONE: Wheel Shampoo to my car. There are plenty of uses for this product in addition to applying wheel shampoo including, cleaning door shuts, engine bays, upholstery, carpets and even to apply a snow foam to the car if you've got the patience!
It comes with three nozzles:
- Green - dry foam
- Grey - medium foam
- Orange - wet foam
Here is a link to the IK Foamer that I purchased. It is an affiliate link so if you make a purchase after clicking the link, then I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
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Excellent vid - a thorough and clear explanation. Spot on, no waffle approach. This foamer looks ideal for my motorbike
I'm actually surprised how much foam this thing can produce. 😮 Bought one myself too past week. Just a cheap sprayer you can also use for the garden, but it has plenty of power to cover all 4 wheels, or the entire car in 1 layer of foam. So thanks to you! 😎😊
I have been using the foamer for well over a year now. what you said about the cons are exactly spot on for me also. Handy tool to have not much more than that.
Great video Heather. You review it for what it is - of course a foam cannon/running water is ideal, but this product serves its purpose. I’m glad to see you reviewing diverse products for a diverse audience.
Thank you! Thought I’d mix it up a bit with an equipment review this week!
Had my ik pro 2 foamer for a few years and about to use it for the first time. Found your vid very informative and going to give it a go on my van. Bought it to use on my motorbikes so using it today will be practice when the bikes come out to play
Love how you explained everything 💯
Nice work, good foaming action 👍🏻
Hi Heather!!
Well great demo /review, well you explained it how it is !
Getting to 2000 subscribers!!
Bravo Heather!👏👏👏👏👏 well deserved ! Bravoo 👍👏💪
Thanks so much Alan!
I got two, they are fantastic for P&S brake buster. Love em.
Another superb video, I’ve just bought some marolex sprayers
Mine arrived last week and used it with GT wheel shampoo too.. it worked well for me x
Another really good video and answered one of my questions that I had been a bit embarrassed to ask about it's potential as an alternative to a pressure washer for delivering snow foam. One use I can see for these is pre-spraying when using Optimum No Rinse so I might just get one.
Cheers Peter, glad it answered one of your questions!
Lovely Jubbly, I think an honest review, appears to be good value for money.
Thanks Paul!
Wicked video thank you so much! Really helpful
Thanks very much!
Got one myself a few weeks ago... Still trying different ratio/fitting combinations to get the foam I want but this well definitely have a place in my detailing kit!
Well explained Heather 👍🏼
Cheers Mark! Are you using it for a few different products or just GT wheel shampoo?
I use mine to foam my whole pug 108. I got the newset version of the ik 2. Sure it needs pumping a few times doing an entire car but if you move quickly i find it great. I use autoglym polar blast 💪👌
Been enjoying your videos and came across this review. I actually just bought one as a package deal with P&S Brake Buster. Any idea when to change over the foam ‘pills’ that come with it? Assuming it’s when you’re using different products? Just interested to know when you changed it in your foamer please.
Bought one of these 6 months ago but only used it a couple of times. Found it just added extra time onto my weekly wash. Tbh as I keep my wheels clean I just spray normal snow foam onto each wheel before going at it with a quick brush and mit. I then just snowfoam the whole car with the same product.
Unless you are detailing all day, or if you have a vehicle with a large brakes that produce a ton of brake dust, I would agree with you. Always use the least caustic product and techniques that is necessary, you're doing exactly as you should be.
Excellent job gonna buy one but should I have more than one for different things on the car ?
Honest video Heather, yes it's a gimmick I gave up on mine after a few goes. I have the Pro it's no better. I do foam my wheels with GT One Wheel Shampoo, with a snow cannon and the foam remains stable. But to be honest, a bucket of wheel shampoo and a normal trigger bottle with shampoo in does just as well.
Cheers Patrick, GT wheel shampoo is great any method you can use it tbf!
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Great video again Heather, mine finally gave up the ghost today 😢 there's more product leaking out of the back than the front 😂 now going to try something different as I do rely on this for wheel cleaning just the same as you 👍
Oh no! That’s so annoying! Gives you an excuse to place an order and add on some other stuff while you’re there though i suppose 😂
Auto Care HQ I think I've spent enough lately, new pressure washer, new hose, another mystery box, two new waxes, new racking for the man cave! And I'm sure there's something else I've forgotten 😂
@@markcook149 hahaha that sounds brill though, there's not much better than a detailing delivery!
Great video I have a maralex and really pleased with it but the ik looks just has good keep safe
Thanks Martin!
What foamer combo are you using as I can't get mine to give a really good foam. Maybe I'm not giving it enough pressure as it tends to splutter more than spray
@@dave2166 I'm just using 10ml of the GT Wheel Shampoo with 500ml of water with the grey nozzle :)
Great review, even though i use the Marolex Foamer i still got some useful tips. Best wishes.
Thanks! The marolex ones look really good
I’ve had the 1.5 foam and 1.5 spray for a couple of years and didn’t use the foam that much until GT wheel shampoo came along. Does a good job. Recently upgraded to the Pro 2 Foam and that offers quite a jump in performance. My original still works perfectly.
Yeah it's definitely a good pairing with GT wheel shampoo!
I was wanting one of these and was gonna get the IK 2 just for the sake of it, detailing is an expensive and addictive hobby 🙈😂 but I think I will just stick to my Kwazar Foamer, seems to work flawlessly and I have left GT Wheel Shampoo in it for ages, dare I say it well over month and it's still gave perfect foam like it did when I first put the product in 👍🏻
Tell me about it, my wish list only ever gets longer 😂
Hi Heather another interesting video. I bought myself one of these sprayers and I am yet to get the same kind of results not sure what I am doing wrong any thoughts?
I got the Pro 2 to use with GT wheel shampoo. The jury is out. I'm not convinced that I need to foam the product (relatively clean wheels) & the constant pumping is a faff. Maybe more enthusiastic if I felt that I needed the extra dwell time of foam.
I think these are a great idea, saves having a dedicated wheel shampoo bucket and IMHO a lot easier to use. Nice review Heather 👍 Out of interest did you try it at higher pressures to see what happens, maybe 50 and 75 pumps? If that's even possible!
Thank you 😊 To be honest I normally just pump it up until the resistance becomes too strong!
Got two of these and two of the pro there great foamers
Do you find the pro version to be a lot better?
I’ve just purchased one of these, What foam ratio are people using when making up a full bottle and which product would you recommend ?
Have got 1 of these there ok lot of pump for little time lol so i went back to brake buster in my foam lance just so much easier and quicker
Can I just put something like Mega gold class shampoo in this and expect it to foam up?
Also what liquid did you use? Thanks
I just use a cheap garden sprayer I use for apc before snowfoam
on wheels just use my cannon with foam go round and blast frontbwhhela first then rear
then I rinse one rear wheel and go onto wash with shampoo and fall out if needed
Nice video again 👍. Have you tried ordinary shampoo, would be interesting to see how that foams.
Thanks! I’ve not yet actually, would be interesting to see how much foam a less foamy product ends up making
bought one of these but left the product (GT wheel shampoo) inside the bottle ready for cleaning the wheels. i'll observe the cleaning power and see if it has any performance issues. Great video BTW
Thanks for watching! Let me know how you get on with it 😊
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Tried the foamer with a pre dilution mix and it just spluttered out🙁. Nothing like your video where it was nice and foamy.
I’ve cleaned the foamer out by just using water. Also used the grey adapter on the inside of the foamer so I’m going to try again with 20ml solution.
I want to like my 1.5 foam sprayer, but it has always just spit and sputtered foam, not a smooth spray. I have cleaned it, changed filters, changed nozzles and nothing has helped. Nonetheless, the repetitive pumping motion is much safer for your hands in the long run, than squeezing a trigger sprayer all day for years. I do have the "pro" or 2.0 version which I haven't used yet, as my flawed 1.5 version still works good enough.
Tried to use my Mclaren unbranded version today and had to abandon it, pumped it till it the air was venting through the release valve and just no pressure when the product came out, was just a weak shaving foam, may have a dud cause it was nothing like your footage. Even swapped to the orange nozzle to help and kept to just 500ml of product and it was useless. Don't suppose you've had that issue?
Great review though Heather 👍
Thank you! That’s so strange, it’s never happened to me, sounds like it could be a faulty one for sure
I was gonna buy this for the very same purpose in using Garage Therapy Wheel Cleaner,I know you said there is a slight issue if you have product left over in the bottle and use it again a week later in that it doesn't seem to foam as well,but by the time you do the four wheels on your initial wash,would you have much left in the bottle for the "next" wash??Are you put off using it then due to the product not foaming,like would you soldier on or just refill with some new GT shampoo? also if I could be a pain,can you point me to one of your vids where you use the GT wheel cleaner with this so I can see it in your normal routine as such! Thanks for the great content!
Thanks for watching :) I usually fill the bottle with 500 ml of water and 10-15 ml of the shampoo (or just a glug depending on if I can't be bothered to measure it!) and use about 400 ml of the solution per car. The leftover 100 ml just goes into the wheel bucket on the next wash so it's not really an issue and doesn't feel like it's being wasted! Here's a vid where I'm using it th-cam.com/video/y1nUPA7T4Oo/w-d-xo.html
Hello Heather,
Thank you, I went and bought one on the back of the review,
Will 500ml give enough coverage to do the four wheels and wheel arches or will I require more ?
Hi Andrew, thanks for watching the video! Yep 500ml should be plenty, I normally end up using around 300ml on my car 😊
Got one of these just ordered the Pro 2 and also have the Axel foamer 3000 from Marolex which is the best but weighs as much as the Metro 😆
I was very tempted by the Marolex when I bought this but I’d already gone rogue on In2Detailing and spent too much 😂
Paul... how do you get on with the marolex? Either I'm not pumping it enough...🤭🤭🤭, or I've the wrong foamer insert because I can't get the sort of foam that Heather gets here... more like her Dry foam version...
Cant fault it's build quality though
How much GT shampoo did you use to what water ratio? Love the videos btw! Just found your channel.
Thanks very much! I go for around 10-15ml of GT shampoo in 500 ml of water
@@AutoCareHQ Thank you! Is there any difference between the 1.5 IK and the 2?
I’ve only tried the 1.5 I’m afraid!
You should try brake buster in the ik sprayer, Had did you find pumping and holding it
Because in the last video you said you have weak hands
I’ll add it to the list of products to try! It’s not heavy at all this one and pretty ergonomic so it’s no trouble
@@AutoCareHQ Ok cool you'll be happy with brake buster 👍
I got mines but didn’t get the green or orange tip 🙄
Got one the other week wasn’t overly impressed I’m persevering see if I learn to like but so far not convinced tbh have to pump it to much tbh yours seems to work a lot better than mine lol
That’s a bit gutting! Does it work any better when there’s more liquid in it? Just thinking it might not take quite as many pumps to get the pressure better
I’m trying it again 2moro you reminded me lol see how it goes
I got the pro 2 this week and tried today but I must of put too much water to GT wheel shampoo as it was too watery. So did the 500ml with 10ml do all 4 wheels?
You could try increasing it to 15 ml, at that concentration it’d be more than enough. It should still work fine at 10ml though, could the solution have got a bit too mixed up and foamed up in the bottle itself before it was sprayed as that can cause it to be a bit more watery? Yep 10ml in 500ml of water does 4 wheels for me easily 😊
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Would this cover a whole car ?
I have a love hate relationship with the ik foamer.. I really liked using it for wheel tire cleaner products. But the foamer clogs so often it becomes just another thing to maintain. It will work and clogs half way I just gave up using it
When did you start getting issues with it clogging? I’ve had mine for about 5 months now and it’s not had an issues yet
Great explanation, thanks for posting. The instructions that come with the sprayer were terrible.
Where do u get them from
I got mine from In2 detailing, there's a link for it in the description :)
"15 seconds for about 25 pumps"
me in a nutshell
I just could never get my head around the point of this to be honest.
I mean, might aswell just use your foam cannon. It's not exactly difficult to just rinse out and refill when you want to do your actual snow foam.
And if you're using Garage Therapy it's just a no brainer.
Wheel cleaner with a dash of Zero.
Quick rinse out and then on to foaming the car.
It’s definitely easier than using the foam cannon and doesn’t dilute the product so it’ll end up more cost effective and quicker than faffing about with the cannon. I get some people won’t be a fan of it though and won’t have as much use for it but I use it all the time now! 😊
Nice review as always Wouldn’t pay £17 for a pump sprayer we buy these in the trade for £5, or you can get a perfectly good one from Amazon for very little
Have you been using the gyone wet coat since your video what do you think of it since ?
Hi. I was interested in using one of these on my bikes. Looked on Amazon and couldn't find a cheap foamer. Don't suppose you have a link? Cheers
Looked into these a while back instead of Snow foam gun etc. Seem a bit hard work tbh and imo a waste of money.
I definitely wouldn't get this product as an alternative for a snow foam cannon unless I didn't have a pressure washer but for applying wheel shampoo it was a brilliant purchase for me!
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Remember on these iK foamers, you need to dilute your product more than you would normally when just using a spray bottle and most of the time you just need to play around with the dilutions until you get it just right.
Here is a video by The Rag Company and they touch on this issue:
th-cam.com/video/R1Jx4gl0A8Q/w-d-xo.html
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I'm sorry, what? Can you repeat that?