Looking back at the few car shows I have been to and looking through random photos on the forum... I was wondering is it just me or do not alot of people paint there cars silver?
It could be because around 3/4 of every day drivers (jappas, suvs etc) are either silver, silver/grey or white. Most hotrodders are trying to beat a different path, so those colors are about as popular as using jappa parts on your traditional rod.
I would say it is the hardest color to get right. The metalac particles suspended in the paint can make dark spots when spraying if you aren't careful. Nice looking paint jobs on the cars posted above!
Geemann and Twotops.... Just one word... WoW ! Silverpaint leaves out the element of 'color' on a car. Therefore the viewers attention is drawn more to just the lines of the car I think.
Definetly some good silver cars... thats what i was looking for wanted to get an idea of what it looks like on the older cars as i myself havent seen it alot
Since the previous owner hacked out the paint job on my Riviera I'm going to re-paint it silver. Maybe people don't paint their cars silver because it has a reputation of being so difficult to make look nice. That's just a guess though. I personally don't think it's any harder to spray than any other color. Then again I am a professional (lol).
FYI.........OEMs paint ALL their clay (and CAD) models silver cos it avoids personal color preference, and light reflecting off the flakes highlights features and "character" in the panels very easily. German Grand Prix national racing color is/was silver. Jim
A lot of guys avoided silver in years past because the single stage systems lack pop and there were not many good 2 stage systems until more recently. Remember all of the silver cars running around with clear falling off of them back in the 80's and 90's, and the dull gray appearances of the past silvers?? Modern 2 stage systems have the chemistry figured out, but also utilize the very best state of the art metallic and pearl combinations and have a much silkier, deeper rich look than years past. In my opinion, they are beautiful paints on the right cars. Go look at Japanese and German cars with silver paints and you will see that they are deeper and richer than any silver paint from the last 50 years. They can look stunning when done right on the right car, especially a curvy vintage car.
i've heard that silver fades quicker in the sun than any other color,but you lose the chrome 'pop' no contrast with the paint and chrome..
True, it's not for cars with much chrome. If you want a bright silver look at Titan from 2000-up BMWs, not much color in it, just silver.