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- Hey everyone, Sam Battersby from Griot's Garage.
And today we're gonna discuss
setting up your BOSS' foam cannon
with our 2,200 PSI Electric Pressure Washer.
So to start,
we have a BOSS Foam Cannon fresh out of the box.
No coupler yet installed.
Before we install the included coupler plug,
we're gonna swap out the jet
that is gonna optimize foam
when used with our 2,200 PSI unit.
The factory installed jet is a 1.25 millimeter jet
that is compatible with most pressure washers
above 2,500 PSI.
It will also work with lower output units.
However to get thicker more frothy foam,
we are going to install
our included 1.1 millimeter jet here.
So this comes with the cannon in the box.
Simply remove the factory jet
with your flat-head screwdriver.
And then take the new jet, drop it in,
and thread it in snug with the same flat-head.
So very easy to swap those in and out.
You just wanna make sure you don't forget to do that
before you've installed your coupler.
So we're just gonna tighten that down nice and snug.
You don't need it over tight.
You don't wanna strip it.
And now we can install the coupler plugs.
We'll rip open the bag here.
This is gonna allow you to quick disconnect
your foam cannon, to your pressure washer
with another accessory.
So the coupler plug comes with pre-installed
thread sealant there.
So you don't need to use thread tape.
Put that in finger tight
and then we will tighten it down snug
with our 14 millimeter wrench.
There will be a couple of threads exposed
so don't think that you have to sink the threads
all the way in there.
There will be a couple exposed like you see there.
So now this is ready to fill up with concentrate
and connect to our 2,200 PSI Electric Pressure Washer.
So now to move over to the pressure washer.
First off, we have a couple of our accessories
pre-installed onto the pressure washer gun here.
We have our threaded direct adapter,
made it up to our pressure washer quick connect coupler.
So to do that, you need your threaded direct adapter.
Pull that out of the bag.
And your stainless steel quick disconnect coupler.
So this female coupler will mate up to the male plug
that we previously installed on the BOSS Foam Cannon.
So really easy.
Thread these guys together.
You will need two wrenches to get them all the way on.
And then you're going to thread it directly into the end
of your pressure washer gun, as you see here.
This allows you to quick disconnect the foam cannon
directly to the gun so that you have a much shorter,
more wieldy and ergonomic package
for gettin' the job done on your vehicles.
Makes it much nicer
than when you have the long lance piece installed.
And your cannon is, you know,
front heavy sitting several feet out
from the trigger of the gun
Not quite as ergonomic that way.
So that's how we have our gun set up.
Now I'm gonna show you a couple
of my other favorite accessories to use with this system.
First off is our Best in Flow Water Valve.
And you'll see here that it has our water hose
stainless steel quick disconnect installed.
This makes it really easy.
We've got the other end of the garden hose.
Quick disconnect there.
Gonna just pop that on super simple,
no threading there.
And then you have water control at the pressure washer
instead of having to go back to your spigot or your faucet
every time you need to turn the water on and off.
This makes it really easy to quick disconnect the hose
if you need to fill up a second bucket
or anything like that.
Or if you need to re-flush the pressure washer.
All kinds of conveniences that that provides you there.
So once you have that hooked up,
you want to make sure your pressure hose
is connected to your pressure washer there.
And then we will connect the other end of our pressure hose
to our gun.
Sometimes these O-rings will swell
and it can be a little bit tough to thread it in.
If that occurs I like to just dip the end of the hose
in your carwash bucket.
Get a little soapy water on there.
That makes it nice and easy to mate those together.
So thread that on, it's nice and tight.
So now we're ready to cycle water
through the pressure washer.
We have not yet turned the pressure washer on.
It is plugged into the wall.
But we are gonna turn the water on,
make sure that our flow control valve is maxed out
for full flow.
Now if the water hose is on,
we're just gonna run water through the pressure washer
and all of the hoses
to ensure that we've flushed out any air
from the pressure washer pump itself or the hoses.
So if you get too much air in the pressure washer pump
via the hose or air that's already in there,
it will tend to prevent the pressure washer
from building pressure.
And it'll constantly run.
If your pressure washer isn't shutting off
when you let go of the trigger,
that likely means that you have too much air in the system
and you need to re bleed-it.
So simply to do that,
simply turning the power button off and allow water to flow
through the pressure washer with the pump off
until you aren't getting any spitting
or air coming out of the gun.
So that's a nice steady stream right there.
There's no air coming out of there.
So we are ready to power the unit on.
(pump buzzing) Go ahead and power it on.
You'll see it's a on-demand pump.
So it's only gonna turn on
when you are depressing the trigger.
So now we've got our pressure.
And it shuts off when it rebuilds.
If you're gonna do a pre-rinse,
select either your 25 degree
or your 15 degree pressure nozzles,
those will also quick disconnect right in there.
Do your pressure rinse
and then proceed to foaming as needed.
Normally we do recommend foaming on dry if possible,
so that you get your best dwell time.
And you can either choose to fill up the reservoir
with the concentrate of your choice.
Or utilize any of our foaming system products
in their existing 35 ounce bottle.
And you can thread that directly on to the secondary threads
of the cannon so that you don't have to mix
into your reservoir.
Select the proper metering tip.
Use your appropriate concentrate for the process,
and let the foam fly!
For more information on the BOSS Foaming System
or the 2,200 PSI Electric Pressure Washer,
visit griosgarage.com.
And as always, have fun in your garage.
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