Review: Hybrid V7 by Chemical Guys

I read a review on AG that it stripped off the person LSP? if somebody can inform me that it will not, id buy to test out for myself
 
That's not accurate. Doesn't strip in fact its best applied weekly after each wash.
 
Thanks guys! Yeah not sure why this would ever strip it...thats why i felt the need to clarify because it was such a weird review. can always count on forum members to steer me in the right direction :)
 
It doesn't strip LSPs, but one of V7s shortcomings is its beading. I've notice it kind of mutes beading, which could give the appearance of stripping LSP.
 
First, your grammar is superb! :props:

Second, I've read somewhere else that V7 may have removed the LSP it was being applied on top of. I think it has a high alcohol content?

Anyhow, it gets a ton of good reviews!

Nice job! :props:
 
FivePoint.0 said:
First, your grammar is superb! :props:

Second, I've read somewhere else that V7 may have removed the LSP it was being applied on top of. I think it has a high alcohol content?

Anyhow, it gets a ton of good reviews!

Nice job! :props:
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I think that's more one of the traits of V7, it does mute beading as Stephen said. It has some solvents in it I think for cleaning, I wouldn't be surprised if a little something is left behind to mute beading a bit. It's not like it's not beading anymore and stripping, it just is different, hard to pen. I will say however I use V7 a lot, and really it's never done any ill to any LSP I've used it over. Ironically I did notice on bare paint with no LSP it streaked like crazy. It is especially good over BFWD but that's just me. For a QD on steroids it really does kick some ass. I gush over only a few products, BFWD, BFMS, BF Poly Spray, CG Inner Clean and Wolfgang Cockpit Sealant, V7 is on that list. Kicks major booty.
 
FivePoint.0 said:
First, your grammar is superb! :props:

Second, I've read somewhere else that V7 may have removed the LSP it was being applied on top of. I think it has a high alcohol content?

Anyhow, it gets a ton of good reviews!

Nice job! :props:
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I wouldn't be surprised. It definitely has some punch in the smell apart from orange.
 
FivePoint.0 said:
First, your grammar is superb! :props:

Second, I've read somewhere else that V7 may have removed the LSP it was being applied on top of. I think it has a high alcohol content?

Anyhow, it gets a ton of good reviews!

Nice job! :props:
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I doubt that it strips anything. As was mentioned, V7 will streak like mad on bare paint. That's one way I know that it's time to reapply sealant/wax.
 
If this thread keeps up the Food and Drug Administration is going to have to get involved with detailing products haha
 
Bill220 said:
I doubt that it strips anything. As was mentioned, V7 will streak like mad on bare paint. That's one way I know that it's time to reapply sealant/wax.
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Strange I never had it streak on bare paint. I used it as the LSP on my brothers truck that was coming off lease and needed some horrible swirls and RIDS removed so the dealer didn't charge him for the horrible paint condition. I used V7 just out of pure laziness since durability was not an issue but time was and it didn't streak on the trucks black paint that was only polished before it went on with nothing else under it.
 
I recently used V7.

I didn't get the immediate "flashing" like in some vids and from people's review. It did however not streak like some products I've used.

Now what gets me thinking is the smell. I went ahead and bought a gallon (after reading reviews) and cracked her open and into a spray bottle. My first thought upon smelling was orange tang, my second thought was ALCOHOL. is it just me? Has anyone got the ingredients?

This kinda worries me as it could end up deteriorating the LSP.

I've done some searching, but no conclusive results.

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After two coats of CG XXX. and a spray of v7.
 
One thing I mentioned before and I'd like to emphasize it now, is that V7 "mutes" beading (IME). Its likely best used over a sealant, or used the wash before the wash when your going to apply your next coat of wax.

My initial assumption was V7 was "sitting" on the wax, making water sheet more (like the noted affect of Dodo's Red Mist Tropical).

However, it does seem to have some alcohol in it. Alcohol easily removes waxes (not sealants), so its hard to say what's going on for sure.
 
So does anyone know how much alcohol is contained in V7? And if will harm the longevity of wax? I just waxed with CG XXX, and am afraid I may have stripped some off. I see the msds sheet, but hard to tell.

I'm wondering if I leave the cap off the bottle, if the alcohol will dissipate.
 
Oddly, the MSDS is "overwritten" on where it tells you what's in it. I received it that way from CG. I only wonder if that was intentional. My guess is its illegal to provide an altered MSDS intentionally, so I assume its an error.

All I can say is use V7 after every wash and your car will look great. I'm trying to come up with a test to prove or disprove wether V7 strips wax or just tops it, but can't seem to come up with anything legit.

V7 does so much so well, its kind of a shame it hinders beading with some waxes.
 
I've used it over Fuzion, Lusso Oro, DP Max Wax and DoDo Homebrew and I don't recall V7 stripping any of those. To my recollection.
 
I love this stuff and even bit the bullet and bought a gallon of it. It certainly doesn't seam to streak for me. In fact it I hardly need a final wipe. It seems fine for summer durability.
 
Well since I have a few cars at the house, I can test on one of them.

Done on a 2011 Scion Tc silver metallic.

(Forewarned; I only did IPA wipe down of areas before applying. No paint correction.)

So I waxed the hood with collinite 476s and the front fenders with Chemical Guys XXX paste wax.

I'll quick detail with V7 the driver side only over the next few weeks and see how it turns out.
 
BTW, I looked up some of the chemicals from the msds sheet, and it does I fact contain a form of alcohol (propylheptyl). How much? I'm not sure, could be under the more illegible areas.
 
cleanmycorolla said:
I've used it over Fuzion, Lusso Oro, DP Max Wax and DoDo Homebrew and I don't recall V7 stripping any of those. To my recollection.
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Don't think it "strips", but I have noticed it "muting" the beading. I don't know how you would tell either way. What I mean by that is, if you have a wax that leaves crazy perfectly round beads (like a Dodo Juice wax) and you wipe down with V7, next wash you tend to notice the crazy round circular beads have turned more into large random shapes/puddles.

Next time I wax, I'll coat half the hood with V7 and make a video to demo this phenomena.
 
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