Black paint

[smokinfastlegend]

To start this thread, i want to say that I have had the detailing bug for a while (thanks to my dad, he got me into cleaning cars when i was like 7). I can remember cleaning the honeycomb wheels on his black 85 5spd Maxima with an old tooth brush. To this day, i still use a tooth brush on the fine details of wheels and have a huge affinity toward black paint. But what I wanted to say, do those who detail black paints have an unfair advantage?

(Rhetorical question, i just wanted to create a click and brag :P)

Though the pictures im posting are not of all the same cars, or from the same detail, i thought i would share some shots to back up my reasoning that black cars have an unfair advantage. The cars posted are either of a 95 Legend coupe, 95 legend 5spd sedan, or a 94 legend 6spd sedan. Also some pics are before i came to terms with trim dressing:nervous:













Sorry if some pics seem kinda huge, photobucket can never seem to get their file to work right for me. I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed doing the detailing, taking the pictures, and looking through my archive for these to post. Enjoy!

All the products used in these photos have been meguiars and nothing else. The last few were taken on thanksgiving day using just meguiars cleaner wax and a few others were the deep crystal system.

[Mike Phillips]

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But what I wanted to say, do those who detail black paints have an unfair advantage?

Unfair advantage? If you think working on 'colors' that best showcase your talent to be a benefit, (such as black), and you know what you're doing... then "yes", those who are good at this craft could consider black paints to be an advantage, not sure about how unfair it is however.

Black shows everything and it works best for depth and reflectivity, so a properly detailed black car will showcase your talent better than a white or light colored paint.

[smokinfastlegend]

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Thanks, it makes me feel better then. I guess what i was trying to get at was i have heard a few people say its not to showcase a black car because they reflect the most.

But thanks for the comment Mr. Phillips

[Daniel Kinder]

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great job/reflection shots! love the last 3 pictures,the background is priceless & perfect

[J. A. Michaels]

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Your vehicles look great. Good work. Black imho is the least forgiving color. It either looks fantastic or not. Keep up the good work.

[Tom Weed]

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Those are some great reflection shots, nice work!

Tom

[yalerd]

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Those are great reflection shot
Very nice work

Black is indeed very hard to maintain but when you detail a black car the job pays off just by looking at it!