Black car question?

[SX4DUDE2013]

I spoke wit a client who is interested in having there cars done nxt month. One is a 2008 Toyota Sienna (silverish) which will not be a prob. except its kinda big And the other is a BLACK 2008 Sx4 Sport....He washed the SX4 2day with dish soap and a wash rag!?! I advised him to never do that again...haha. I will be doin full details on both cars nxt month. Is BLACK paint any different......? Should i be EXTRA careful or something? Thanks!

[john m.]

Re: Black car question?

Paint is paint, both of these cars have a base coat (color) and clear coat wich makes it shine. When you detail the paint you are working on the clear coat.

With black, the way the light refracts off of it or something to that extent makes things much more noticeable. To try and make this more clear, if you were to have a hood with one side white and one side black, each side with identical properties both being swirled. If you are able to remove the swirls on the black side they will be removed from the white. The difference is black shows EVERYTHING!

So when you see a white/silver car the defects may still be there they just dont pop out as much. I hope this answered you question

[Ganesa]

Re: Black car question?


black seems to be friends with swirls and holograms :P...
and silver seems to hide the swirls

and there are some difference with different car makers' OEM paints...
some are hard, some are soft, some are sticky :]..

but toyota, suzuki, and honda are pretty much the same, you can get great results just by using a DA

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Black car question?

Basically the process for working on any color is the same as any other color, it's just that black will be less forgiving than other colors. If you end up with very hard or very soft clear over a black base coat you'll find yourself getting more challenged and, potentially, more frustrated as you try to remove all the defects.

Take your time and really pay attention to what's happening - are you removing all but the RIDS or is your process too aggressive and you're marring the paint? Start easy and work into it if black is a new color for you. The process is the same, the paint just doesn't lie!