Chemical Guys v34 = WOW

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OK so here's the deal with my truck.

It's white and has had swirls for sometime now , pretty much gave up on trying to get it perfect, got a lot out using other products but a lot were left behind.

I ordered a 32oz bottle of the CG'S v34 along with they're black and orange MF cutting pads. (Great pads btw):Picture:
Today it was waiting for me when I got home from work, my truck was clean so I wanted to test a small area using my DA.

First thing I noticed was the smell , yes I love spelling products, go figure. Lol
Any hoot I worked a 2x2 foot area I made only 3 passes as per the instructions on CG'S and have to tell you it's the best I've ever used.
All of the swirls were gone, I mean poof. Lol
You can imangine how excited I was to see the great results.
I'll start on my truck tomorrow and do it all.

I have the twins, and they work well too, but with the v34 there was no dusting, easy wipe off and only took a few passes.
I'll use an ultra fine machine polish afterwards then glaze,seal then wax.

I feel like a kid with a new bike :)
This will cut my time down a ton.
Great job CG's.

Also bought the CG'S Super Shine V.R.P, can't wait to try it out.
I think I'll be hooked on CG's from this point on.

Five start for the v34

I bought a gallon of they're Max-Suds car soap, love that too, that is all I'll buy now.

If I sound excited its becaue I really am:)
 
Thanks for the review! I've been trying to decide what polished to pick up from CG. Looks like these will be it.
 
They make great products. Between all of my Meguiars and Poorboy's, I still have a decent arsenal of CG. I couldn't see myself going away from the products of theirs I use.

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Aside from the DB trying to correct everyone's English..... Great thread and great review. I found the same thing you did OP. While the Meg twins do work well, I much prefer the CG "V" line. I think they are much easier to work with, they finish better, and don't dust like The "M" twins. Just my .02
 
If anyone is interested I have the whole v line 16 oz bottles for sale or trade. They suck imo. They just smell great that's about it

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psynx said:
If anyone is interested I have the whole v line 16 oz bottles for sale or trade. They suck imo. They just smell great that's about it

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Different strokes for different folks.... How much are you looking for?
 
There seems to be a pattern developing on this forum regarding the CG v-series of polishes...all good!

Not just good, but WOW good. I think its time to buy their sample V series 4 pack.
 
silverfox said:
There seems to be a pattern developing on this forum regarding the CG v-series of polishes...all good!

Not just good, but WOW good. I think its time to buy their sample V series 4 pack.
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One thing I've noticed about Chemical Guys is people either love them or hate them. There isn't a whole lot of middle ground. In fact that seems to be the case with a few other "non-AGO" companies. Garry Dean and Larry Kosilla come to mind. There seems to be a visceral hatred by some of the "old guard" towards some of the new companies. Like its somehow a threat to them personally if you happen to like and have success with a non-traditional company or individual. Not sure what that's all about. I thought we were all here to support each other and cheer the successful......can anyone explain this because I just don't get it (shrug)
 
Mach1USMC said:
One thing I've noticed about Chemical Guys is people either love them or hate them. There isn't a whole lot of middle ground. In fact that seems to be the case with a few other "non-AGO" companies. Garry Dean and Larry Kosilla come to mind. There seems to be a visceral hatred by some of the "old guard" towards some of the new companies. Like its somehow a threat to them personally if you happen to like and have success with a non-traditional company or individual. Not sure what that's all about. I thought we were all here to support each other and cheer the successful......can anyone explain this because I just don't get it (shrug)
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You will find this in every web forum in the world despite topic. Some people are just stuck in their ways. If their favored product works %1 better in their opinion, everything else is complete garbage. I personally think that HD Polish is the finest polishing product on the market right now, by far. That however does not mean that there are not MANY other excellent products out there.

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I have found that as well. I'm guilty of it with Pinnacle(bad car shampoo experience.) You prefer what you prefer. Not that the other stuff is bad or does not work. CG has stuff does not live up to the hype. Everyone does. I prefer CG for the value, quality and customer service. I'm not exclusive to CG but the majority of what I use is CG. If it works, it's a good value I will buy it no matter who makes it. So brand loyalty is perception and experience with the company and products. If your a good detailer you should be able to detail a car with any companies products provided they are quality products.

Besides CG makes it worth trying V series products a 4oz sampler pack for $20. You can't go wrong with that just to try. I would be hard pressed to find a company willing to sell samples of expensive polishing compounds. You can drop $30 on a bottle because of reviews, reputations and opinions or you can pick up a 4 pack sample and see for yourself.
 
VP Mark said:
You will find this in every web forum in the world despite topic. Some people are just stuck in their ways. If their favored product works %1 better in their opinion, everything else is complete garbage. I personally think that HD Polish is the finest polishing product on the market right now, by far. That however does not mean that there are not MANY other excellent products out there.

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I suppose that's a pretty good point (don't get me started on SVTP vs LS1Tech!!) ....I guess I just try to give everyone an even break if I can. You can always learn something from someone- even with those you disagree. That's not to say I don't have my opinions, I certainly do. Thanks for the insight/input my friend!!
 
Mach1USMC said:
One thing I've noticed about Chemical Guys is people either love them or hate them. There isn't a whole lot of middle ground. In fact that seems to be the case with a few other "non-AGO" companies. Garry Dean and Larry Kosilla come to mind. There seems to be a visceral hatred by some of the "old guard" towards some of the new companies. Like its somehow a threat to them personally if you happen to like and have success with a non-traditional company or individual. Not sure what that's all about. I thought we were all here to support each other and cheer the successful......can anyone explain this because I just don't get it (shrug)
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I really don't like Greg Masterson (the main guy in their videos) and as an extension I think I have a somewhat bias against CG.

However, I do try their stuff with an open mind, my conclusion: soaps are good, most of their other stuff is ok to bad.

A few other bones with their company:

1) No bad reviews allowed on their site, meaning no confidence in their own stuff.

2) Every product description is a variation of "freshest, cleanest, most lubricating, wonder potion you can buy,"

3) They have at least 10 products that do the same thing in each category (and when I ask greg why, he responds with because we are awesome),

4) Greg hated on the Rupes and kept on saying all this BS about how rotary is king for months, and now that CG is carrying rupes, he suddenly changed his tune.

5) Their videos have horrible audio and almost look like looking through a fishbowl. Not to toot my own horn, but I'm just a college kid with a phone and I can make better videos (audio and video quality at least, not talking about content) than their camera man.

6) Oh my god, their labels have to be the worst in the business. On my interior cleaner label, it lists three different dilutions and each one is supposedly the right one. For example, it said use this product at a 1:20 dilution and then next sentence is "a gallon of this ultra concentrated product, makes three gallons of ready to use." I mean, come on? really?



ok, that's my rant, sorry :/
 
ihaveacamaro said:
I really don't like Greg Masterson (the main guy in their videos) and as an extension I think I have a somewhat bias against CG.

However, I do try their stuff with an open mind, my conclusion: soaps are good, most of their other stuff is ok to bad.

A few other bones with their company:

1) No bad reviews allowed on their site, meaning no confidence in their own stuff.

2) Every product description is a variation of "freshest, cleanest, most lubricating, wonder potion you can buy,"

3) They have at least 10 products that do the same thing in each category (and when I ask greg why, he responds with because we are awesome),

4) Greg hated on the Rupes and kept on saying all this BS about how rotary is king for months, and now that CG is carrying rupes, he suddenly changed his tune.

5) Their videos have horrible audio and almost look like looking through a fishbowl. Not to toot my own horn, but I'm just a college kid with a phone and I can make better videos (audio and video quality at least, not talking about content) than their camera man.

6) Oh my god, their labels have to be the worst in the business. On my interior cleaner label, it lists three different dilutions and each one is supposedly the right one. For example, it said use this product at a 1:20 dilution and then next sentence is "a gallon of this ultra concentrated product, makes three gallons of ready to use." I mean, come on? really?



ok, that's my rant, sorry :/
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Great points, agree with all of it and this is why I stop buying all their crap. I was buying in into all th thew hype and they were huge let downs. CS sux hard too btw. I always get email replies like 2 or 3 days later and the problems never got solved.
I also hate Greg lol

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Some good post here on this thread.

I'm one of those guys that if a product works I'll use it, I'm not married to any company:)
I don't think any company has the best of everything so I pick and choose which ones I like and use them.

I've been using the twins for awhile now with outstanding results , so why did I order the v34?
Mainly because I love trying other products but in this case it was due to so much dusting from the 105.
I do paint corrections on the side, not for the money, I love to see a customers face when I'm done , most say wow, love my car again and that makes it all worth it.

I hope to work on my truck this weekend, it's so jacked up, it's an older truck , my car is fairly new so doesn't take much to maintain it, my truck is my DD.
I may to a side by side comparison using m105 and my v34.

Btw. I think Greg is cool, love his vids, it gives me some idea how his products will work for me.
 
HateSwirls said:
Some good post here on this thread.

I'm one of those guys that if a product works I'll use it, I'm not married to any company:)
I don't think any company has the best of everything so I pick and choose which ones I like and use them.

I've been using the twins for awhile now with outstanding results , so why did I order the v34?
Mainly because I love trying other products but in this case it was due to so much dusting from the 105.
I do paint corrections on the side, not for the money, I love to see a customers face when I'm done , most say wow, love my car again and that makes it all worth it.

I hope to work on my truck this weekend, it's so jacked up, it's an older truck , my car is fairly new so doesn't take much to maintain it, my truck is my DD.
I may to a side by side comparison using m105 and my v34.

Btw. I think Greg is cool, love his vids, it gives me some idea how his products will work for me.
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M105 was great while it was king. Newer, better compounds have been released.

If you get the itch to try something else, try Meguiars M101 or Menzerna FG400. Both are much much easier to work with than M105.


Also, the content of the CG vids are fine I guess, but what I'm talking about is the audio and video quality. The audio mainly comes out of one side and the video is like looking through a fishbowl.
 
I know what you mean about the audio, I have to use my headset to understand what he's saying.

I've read about the m101 and it pretty much describes it as you do.
I guess I'll try it next but now I'm about to correct the paint on my truck using the v34.
If time permits I'll do a side by side comparison using the m105 and v34.






ihaveacamaro said:
M105 was great while it was king. Newer, better compounds have been released.

If you get the itch to try something else, try Meguiars M101 or Menzerna FG400. Both are much much easier to work with than M105.


Also, the content of the CG vids are fine I guess, but what I'm talking about is the audio and video quality. The audio mainly comes out of one side and the video is like looking through a fishbowl.
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Update on the v34

I did my truck using the v34 and have to say its one of the best compounds I've ever used.
The swirls are all gone, the few scratches I had are also gone.

I used the black and orange MF cutting pad by CG's, first thing I noticed was it didn't cake up on me like my 105, it spreads very well and I didn't have to make many passes to get rid of the swirls , I did my test spot then pulled it out in the sun and wow,they were gone.
Second thing I noticed was how easy it was to remove it, it wipes off so easy, as easy as removing a wax.

It finished down pretty well, I did notice some very small micros but the m205 got rid of them with ease, the truck is now flawless.
Next I'll glaze, seal and wax.
I highly recommend the v34 for anyone trying to get a flawless finish.

Oh, little to no dusting, that's a plus for me.
 
I'm not a huge fan of Greg either. He's kinda goofy. They should hire Junkman to do there video's. Then again Greg is just doing his job. I find it poor judgement to not allow negative reviews on their site. I have called customer service to tell them that I was unhappy with a product. I got a couple of discount codes I was able to double up when I phoned in orders. They have tons of duplicate products. They are in it to make money. If you are willing to buy a bottle of clay lube and a bottle of QD. Good for them you bought something you really do not need.
You have to look at it like Meg's they make junk "consumer line" to make $. Is all of it bad. No. Gold Class shampoo is actually pretty good. I actually like the Polymer detail spray. Come on though the bulk of it is junk. You would not find any pro out there using the consumer grade stuff by choice. In a pinch yes, I would. Meg's live off that retail money and fund the RD for the pro stuff then dumb it down with cheap materials and sell it at your local chain store for consumer grade products.
Another example Dodo waxes. All quality waxes. You have made for dark color paint waxes. Made for light color paint waxes. Then Hard and Soft versions of the same waxes. I would love to see comparisons side by side dark waxes on white car test and vice versus hard and soft. I think we would be hard pressed to see any huge difference to the naked eye. Are the products junk. Nope. They just happened to find a a hole in the market and filled it with their products. They did a great job doing it. They got a bunch of customers to buy 2 types of wax for a black car and two others for the silver car in the family.
Every company has a hook, hype and make products that are duds. It's our responsibility as a consumer not to buy into the hype and buy the products that work no matter who makes them. When we do get duped by the hype let our fellow detailers know about it.
 
inDetail said:
I'm not a huge fan of Greg either. He's kinda goofy. They should hire Junkman to do there video's. Then again Greg is just doing his job. I find it poor judgement to not allow negative reviews on their site. I have called customer service to tell them that I was unhappy with a product. I got a couple of discount codes I was able to double up when I phoned in orders. They have tons of duplicate products. They are in it to make money. If you are willing to buy a bottle of clay lube and a bottle of QD. Good for them you bought something you really do not need.
You have to look at it like Meg's they make junk "consumer line" to make $. Is all of it bad. No. Gold Class shampoo is actually pretty good. I actually like the Polymer detail spray. Come on though the bulk of it is junk. You would not find any pro out there using the consumer grade stuff by choice. In a pinch yes, I would. Meg's live off that retail money and fund the RD for the pro stuff then dumb it down with cheap materials and sell it at your local chain store for consumer grade products.
Another example Dodo waxes. All quality waxes. You have made for dark color paint waxes. Made for light color paint waxes. Then Hard and Soft versions of the same waxes. I would love to see comparisons side by side dark waxes on white car test and vice versus hard and soft. I think we would be hard pressed to see any huge difference to the naked eye. Are the products junk. Nope. They just happened to find a a hole in the market and filled it with their products. They did a great job doing it. They got a bunch of customers to buy 2 types of wax for a black car and two others for the silver car in the family.
Every company has a hook, hype and make products that are duds. It's our responsibility as a consumer not to buy into the hype and buy the products that work no matter who makes them. When we do get duped by the hype let our fellow detailers know about it.
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For starters I don't know what you are talking about every time I use V34 I get tons of dust and it's work time is incredibly low. the initial cut is good but beyond that it sucks. It doesn't even always clean up it's own marring the abrasives diminish so fast. Great for almost nothing.

I agree with you to an extent, and I have used CG for some time so I am very familiar with the company. Some of the people their really try to help the rest are just poorly trained sales guys that know less about their products than you can learn from their site.
The reason I am transitioning away from CG is this simple. I have always used the Paint Correction #1/2/3. At one point they decided to change the formula and not reliable or warn their customers. Me included. within six months of sitting one of the compounds I bought separated severely. Also the compounds are significantly less effective than they used to be. Basically they wanted to go to the more expensive V line and when I didn't switch I got a bunch of watered down compounds.
So I'll leave you with this. I used them for so long because I tend to be a very loyal customer. And I also value an important business relationship between supplier and detailer. That and I didn't want to have to learn an entirely new set of chemicals. But fact is that CG only really cares about one thing and that is MONEY. So if you are in business the don't trust this company they will leave you high and dry not call you back and every time I made an order I had problems. EVERY TIME and my orders were rarely less than 1k. usually much more. So if you think they care about your business then you are sadly mistaken.
 
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