First up for a dose of the Snow Foam was of my Surly LHT. The period since its last clean had been unusually dry for an English spring, so there was a good covering of dusty, dry over the whole bike. In addition, there was the odd spot of chain lube on the chain stays.

I decided, for the purpose of testing things out to clean the bike in two parts: front and forks; and rear and stays. Having covered the front section in foam, I used a brush and a cloth to wipe away the foam. With a dry cloth and a clean brush, the foam came away with the dirt leaving a clean bike and clean rims and tyre walls (A tyre scrub brush is useful for the tread). All pretty well smear free, although Weldtite recommend use of their own silicone protect and polish or its carbon equivalent  to put a shine on. Certainly, using a brush and cloth with a bit of care, got dirt out of those places where either the sun don’t shine don’t shine or it rarely gets a look in. By the way, I was doing this with the wheels on, because it is quicker and I was feeling lazy; however, it does make for a realistic post ride clean, if not the full monty.

Front half efficiently done, time to spray the back. All done and minute or so counted down, out came the watering can for a good sloosh down. Given that a cold-water rinse generally leaves things looking impressive, this looked good. As ever a wipe with a clean cloth helped to remove any bits that had been missed. Overall, the two methods of getting the foam and dirt off appeared to make little difference.