Jeff
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I like White and Black
I like keeping finishes looking good. As close to show car quality as my limited skill level allows.
White:
White I like for ungaraged daily drivers. 1. Easy to detail. On a sunny day I can walk up and comfortably place my hand on the finish in direct sunlight. Sunlight is not quite as big a factor when working on white. Most waxes, polishes and glazes are pretty finicky when it comes to sunlight. White can be pretty forgiving when it comes to this. 2. With white, I can see every little spec on the finish. When white is clean, it is CLEAN. Other colors tend to mask the liitle scattered dots of bee droppings and stuff whereas white lets it stick out like a sore thumb where I can see it and make it go away. 3. White tends to hide swirl and scratches better than most cars. I see so many people that go for darker colors that need to change their wash habits and end up putting swirl so bad on the finish that it looks like they clean there cars with a scouring pad. For folks that don't like seeing the swirl on their cars I tend to think white is a better choice.
One interesting property of white is the actual chemical additive they use to make up white. I forget what it is off hand but because of it's characteristics it makes white paint one of the hardest paint colors out there. Tends to be slightly harder to scratch. On the flip side of the coin, getting those scratches out can be harder as well.
Black:
Black I like for garage kept vehicles, show cars, or that weekend driver/play toy. I love Black. When black paint has been propely washed, cleaned, polished, waxed, and maintained black can do more to show depth, glosss and clarity than any other color bar none. If you can make black look flawless you can make any color look flawless. I don't have a garage so I don't own black but I have used the Rotary Buffer on numerous black vehicles and Black is the boss. It's very unforgiving and you have to know how to fool with it if your paints appearance is of concern to you.
Silver:
I hate Silver. The color is fine but something I find with silver is that doing a touch up on silver is hard. Especially Silver Metallic. Silver paint is very hard to touch up. In most cases I find it rather easy on a silver car to find spots where folks have tred to touch it up. Just sticks out like a sore thumb.
I like keeping finishes looking good. As close to show car quality as my limited skill level allows.
White:
White I like for ungaraged daily drivers. 1. Easy to detail. On a sunny day I can walk up and comfortably place my hand on the finish in direct sunlight. Sunlight is not quite as big a factor when working on white. Most waxes, polishes and glazes are pretty finicky when it comes to sunlight. White can be pretty forgiving when it comes to this. 2. With white, I can see every little spec on the finish. When white is clean, it is CLEAN. Other colors tend to mask the liitle scattered dots of bee droppings and stuff whereas white lets it stick out like a sore thumb where I can see it and make it go away. 3. White tends to hide swirl and scratches better than most cars. I see so many people that go for darker colors that need to change their wash habits and end up putting swirl so bad on the finish that it looks like they clean there cars with a scouring pad. For folks that don't like seeing the swirl on their cars I tend to think white is a better choice.
One interesting property of white is the actual chemical additive they use to make up white. I forget what it is off hand but because of it's characteristics it makes white paint one of the hardest paint colors out there. Tends to be slightly harder to scratch. On the flip side of the coin, getting those scratches out can be harder as well.
Black:
Black I like for garage kept vehicles, show cars, or that weekend driver/play toy. I love Black. When black paint has been propely washed, cleaned, polished, waxed, and maintained black can do more to show depth, glosss and clarity than any other color bar none. If you can make black look flawless you can make any color look flawless. I don't have a garage so I don't own black but I have used the Rotary Buffer on numerous black vehicles and Black is the boss. It's very unforgiving and you have to know how to fool with it if your paints appearance is of concern to you.
Silver:
I hate Silver. The color is fine but something I find with silver is that doing a touch up on silver is hard. Especially Silver Metallic. Silver paint is very hard to touch up. In most cases I find it rather easy on a silver car to find spots where folks have tred to touch it up. Just sticks out like a sore thumb.
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