LAC: Red paint prone to oxidation?

[Taka Mizutani]

If you ask body shops and painters, red is the worst color in terms of
oxidation. It has something to do with the pigments used to color red paint.

While the red of Tornado Red VWs and Audis seems to be exceptionally bad in
terms of oxidation, it is also a problem on lots of other cars.

I think you don't see heavy oxidation on most Ferraris because the cars
don't sit outside in the sun all the time and get exposed to harsh weather
conditions.

Taka

On 2/23/06, David Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com> wrote:
>
> I don't think it is necessarily color related across the board.  Now you
> will find that the red on early 90's Audi's oxidizes quickly but I don't
> think that carries over from brand to brand.
> I repainted my 1990 90 20v  as I had to wax it almost every two weeks to
> keep it nice.   I believe it is year+brand+color specific on a paint
> that oxidizes heavily.
>
> Dave K.
>