This single piece of metal is as vast as the Amazon jungle. As a subject, a car would probably have many topics. You can dismantle it and discuss it for a whole year.
Having been the “mouthpiece” of the car for close to twenty years, I can confidently say that you cannot discuss a car and complete the subject because every aspect of it is a topic. Now allow me to touch on a topic that wouldn’t usually feature substantially when planning to purchase a car, that is the paint.
Yes, the paint, we are talking about the paint because there is more to it than you can imagine. Did you know that paint colour contributes to the resale value of your car, positive or negative?
People generally prefer metallic paints to solid ones.
Remember the phenomenon of black cars that emerged in the mid-2000s? Every car, from small to large, came out in black. Personally, I am glad that phase is behind us. Those who owned black cars will tell you how difficult it had been to keep them neat and scratch-free. Customers soon realized that as much as the black looked “nicer” when new, it was hard to keep it pristine. Most cars come in solid paint which is a standard type of paint, others metallic while others are matte.
According to carwow.co.uk, solid finishes are free because they’re simple to produce.
There are usually only three layers:
- primer
- paint
- lacquer
Many manufacturers now use a paint known as ‘two-pack’, which is simply the paint and lacquer mixed, says carwow.
It’s easy to repair damage to cars with a solid finish compared to those with metallic or matte paint. Solid colours with small areas of damage can often be repaired with a touch-up pen in the appropriate shade, at a car spare shop at a reasonable cost. More significant repairs are comparatively easy, too, as the paint dries out quickly with the aid of a simple heat lamp.
But the more sophisticated the paint, the more expensive it would be to repair even if it is a small dent.
So, before you put pen to paper ask yourself if this is the car (colour) you’d still enjoy looking at three or five years from now.
Anyway, you have no business buying a red car, if it’s not a Ferrari ha-ha.
If you are unsure about what colour paint to choose, or what colour car to buy, then your safest colour is white.
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