Gm Black paint?

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gtpaul

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Why is it that every black GM that I have seen in the sun looks brown.



My Black grand prix looked brown in the sunlight, my regal looks brown in the sunlight.



When I was at the dealer I saw a brand new C6 vette, in the sunlight the paint looked brown aswell... anyone else notice this?
 
Can't say that I've noted that specifically...



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The only time I ever notice any black car that looked brownish from many angles is metallic black (gold flakes). A well detailed pure black vehicle that has a clean and debris free clearcoat should never look brown from many angles.



My 2 non-metallic black Z28's don't look brown except when there's dust on them.



You may want to consider claying (remove possibly embedded rail dust) and polishing your clearcoat to allow the black hue of your basecoat to present itself at full glory.
 
The paint is polished and has been garaged. It looks great without sunlight directly on it.



It's hard to explain.
 
obviously you can't see it here, but it's weird what I've seen all my cars. perhaps its just me or my methods...



I've only claybarred, DACP, SSR1, vanilla moosed, souveran, last year, this year I 3M'ed it, FPII, and FMJ.



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Cannot say that i have seen it either.



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I do not see it in your pictures, in my picture, or in anyone else's picture.
 
Ok I have DEFINATLY seen it! My fathers 2003 Denali work truck definatly looks brown in the sun. I was also wondering this.



Thanks for makin me not feel so crazy :)
 
gtpaul said:
Why is it that every black GM that I have seen in the sun looks brown.



My Black grand prix looked brown in the sunlight, my regal looks brown in the sunlight.



When I was at the dealer I saw a brand new C6 vette, in the sunlight the paint looked brown aswell... anyone else notice this?
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I've noticed the same thing. I've had black vehicles since 1977 and in the sunlight some of them appeared to have a brownish cast. When I've had body repairs sometimes the new paint is blacker than the factory paint. It can't be my eyes. They are blue, not brown. :D



Tom :cool:
 
tguil said:
I've noticed the same thing. I've had black vehicles since 1977 and in the sunlight some of them appeared to have a brownish cast. When I've had body repairs sometimes the new paint is blacker than the factory paint. It can't be my eyes. They are blue, not brown. :D



Tom :cool:
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I'm glad Im not crazy either lol.
 
I bought a new roll pan and shaved my tailgate and when I was talking to my body shop professional he referred to Onyx black as "very dark brown."
 
When I did the rent-a-Suburban I noticed this "brown thing". It was there before I started (after just a wash and clay) and it was still there on the places where I tried 1Z products. It went away after I got out the rotary and the 3M PI-III stuff and started doing major correction :nixweiss and didn't come back (progression was PI-III RC/Meg's #80/#16).
 
Accumulator said:
When I did the rent-a-Suburban I noticed this "brown thing". It was there before I started (after just a wash and clay) and it was still there on the places where I tried 1Z products. It went away after I got out the rotary and the 3M PI-III stuff and started doing major correction :nixweiss and didn't come back (progression was PI-III RC/Meg's #80/#16).
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you have any idea why the brown stuff exists?
 
Nope, the only explanations I can think of are a) contamination or b) weird light refraction from marring. It sometimes looked a little gray in certain light too, but only until I did all the correction :nixweiss
 
My Yukon has never looked brown



Accumulator said:
...... weird light refraction from marring.
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I think that you might be right, and since black is so reflective I'm sure the reflection of surrounding area, etc. probably plays a part in it too.
 
tguil said:
When I've had body repairs sometimes the new paint is blacker than the factory paint.:D



Tom :cool:
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Those of you who have been seeing a brownish color are not seeing things. When I had my black Z71 at my local body shop the guy told me that GM makes two different kinds of blacks. One is true black, and the other is brown black. That's why the new paint job is blacker. Why GM does this I have no idea, and it was news to me when I was told.
 
I have noticed it on my car, but the only place I really notice it is when it is next to a REALLY black car, and the edge where factory paint meets my repainted hood (deer incident before my posession). I have buffed it all with a PC, and it didn't really seem to go away, but I don't really have a satisfactory explanition either.
 
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