Hi,
Red is the most expensive to produce pigment, which means most
manufacturers cut corners and use less pigment in their red paints (or
so my wife tells me - she did some work for a well known paint company
as a placement on her Chemistry degree). I've seen several Signal Red
Heralds bleached completely white on the top surfaces - and that's here
in the UK! God help if you live in California!
Cheers,
Bill.
Trmgafun@aol.com wrote:
>
> I'm not so sure the factory was able to duplicate the color all that
> closely
> from batch to batch. I've been told that colors, red especially, will
> vary
> even from the same batch, simply due to the varying environmental
> temperatures, moisture in the air, etc... Red also has a tendance to
> fade more
> quickly than other colors, so if one car has spent more time in the
> sun, it
> will be more faded.
>
> Scott
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