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Older red cars were painted with a lacquer based paint. Many blacks were painted this way as well. This was to save on costs mainly by the manufacturers.

Since around 1998, its rare to find any cars that are still lacquer based. 99.5% of them are now basecoast / clearcoat type of paint.

All colors fade, and fading is caused by the sun stripping the moisture out of the finish, the oils. This is the whole purpose of waxing a car, to restore those lost oils.

A red car that has turned pink, is a sign the car was not waxed or taken care of, and in turn the paint is now dead, as the pigment has now broken down.

If you own a red car that is turning pink, the most you can do short of repainting it, is to wax, wax, wax it some more. I have seen red cars in such dry state that they absorb the first 12 coats of wax before it starts to retain the moisture. Like a major case of dry hands.

If you rub your finger on a cars finish hard and your finger becomes the color of the car.... then it is a lacquer based paint.

2007-07-28 05:27:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

This is actually a very good question with a elaborate answer, I first came across this issue when I bought a 1989 GTA Trans AM and the paint was perfect but seemed like the only one with good stock paint. Turns out that California churns out a lot of high end cars and sports cars that get the more common red paint color and because of California's environmental standards all Trans Ams and Firebirds received an entirely different paint mixture then those made say here in Michigan or in Ohio and as luck has it this paint mixture is less UV durable.

2007-07-28 05:28:47 · answer #2 · answered by silencetheevil8 6 · 0 0

It must have something to do with the paint pigments for red. I have had several red cars and I've always had fading. A little wax will get rid of the oxidation and look good again.

2007-07-28 05:18:16 · answer #3 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0 0

I've had 3 red cars and never had any problems with colour fade, But I do wax and polish the paintwork on any of my cars at least once a month.

2007-07-28 05:42:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

This 'living' paint does fade but can be brought back to life using MER cream, I have had lots of red cars and it has restored all of them like new.

Good Luck

2007-07-28 05:49:35 · answer #5 · answered by Rick J 5 · 0 0

no longer gruesome. yet human beings say purple autos get pulled over greater. that could desire to easily be a delusion nonetheless. i've got had some purple autos, and on no account have been given pulled over to any extent further than the different coloured ones. i've got had way too many autos lol

2016-11-10 10:44:41 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

i used to have a red cavi,,the colour faded really bad on the bonnet but the rest of the car was alright neffer knew why though.....

2007-07-28 08:43:44 · answer #7 · answered by oh no,,,it's the kevsta 4 · 0 0

vauxhall are notorious for it.

by the way, red is the one colour that is in every other car colour.

2007-07-28 11:04:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

red absorbs a lot of uv rays

2007-07-28 12:36:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

RED - is a bleeding color.

It is prone to color fade faster than other colors.

I'm no scientist but it is true.

2007-07-28 05:27:49 · answer #10 · answered by cgriffin1972 6 · 0 0

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