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Why do Red cars trucks Bikes whatever suffer from Lacquer peel .
Its a thing i firmly believe with red i see more of it on red paint than others and not just the same makes of cars either .
 
Red paint used to be known for fading worse than any other color. Something about how the color red absorbs more light/ energy, so it degrades faster.
 
That can be said for the white paint GM uses on their trucks and vans. A few years old and the stuff washes right off it seems..... A friend of mine and I had trucks from the same build year, his was white and mine bronze metallic aka Pewter something. Anywho 5 years into it, his vehicle looked like crap with the paint peeling whereas mine looked like new.... And yes he washed and waxed that truck too.....
 
But "resale red". At least that's what custom car builders call it.

I've had good luck over the years with lighter colors that weren't white. My light gold/bronze/whatever color original paint PT Cruiser looked good whether it was clean or not, just something about the color and it was just as shiny 9 years later as it was in 2010 when I bought it used (it was a 2002). Held up really well. Same with my '95 Silverado, it's silver and the original paint is perfect even now 28 years later (though in fairness it doesn't sit outside much, both myself and the PO kept it in the garage)
 
We bomb our work panel vans with the cheapest "fleet white" available. Used Rust-Oleum once. They get no love at all. Never waxed, maybe a wash every couple years and baking in the southern sun. If GM paint can't keep up with that they must be doing something seriously wrong.

I had one buddy that was religious about washing his car. Between the scrubber brush at the coin wash and the constant waxing/polishing...he washed the paint right off that car. Primer peaking through in the high ridges.
 
Our 10yo white VW Golf sits in the hot Mediterranean sun year after year, braves the rain and (sometimes) snow, puts up with Sahara dust storms, gets NO LOVE at all and is still white. I've even been know to get it washed occasionally, and it's still white.
 
Some paints have issues like ford did a colour called ford silver fox metalic in the 60s and early 70s, the paint lost its sheene and reacted leaving patches that looked like a os map at a distance.
My reference here was about the colour red and just why it some how lifts lacquer seemingly worse than any other color regardless of paint type or make of paint.
 
Back when I was young and good looking, I managed a dealer body shop.
In a gallon of "red" automotive paint the red/maroon tints and toners is measured in grams. Reds are such a powerful toner it doesn't take much.

The mix is mostly white.....

Don't get me started about EPA and
VOC 's restrictions/removal and paint durability....
 
ZoomerP said:
By "lacquer peel" are you referring to the clear coat peeling off of the base/color coat?
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The shiny flaking stuff that is harder to sand off than the metal its attached to...ford gel coat from the late 80s.
 
matty said:
Why do Red cars trucks Bikes whatever suffer from Lacquer peel .
Its a thing i firmly believe with red i see more of it on red paint than others and not just the same makes of cars either .
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Best answer the tinterweb:lol2 could throw up. I will acept that has gospel how about you folks ?
"Long wavelengths have less energy than short wavelengths. Red has a very long wavelength and blue is very short. Because red paint absorbs blue light and others which are shorter in wavelength, the more energy it absorbs compared to other colors means the red pigment in the paint is eroded faster."
 
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