Whats the best car colour to keep clean?

[RJB_666]

Basically i think i made a big mistake going for a black car. They look great when clean but getting them and keeping them clean seem impossible. The cars been washed twice now in the space of a couple of hours and its still not perfect. I'd take it to be valleted but the lanes where i live are similar to what Loeb and co drive through. So help me to not make the same mistake again.

[adycav]

Silver, without a shadow of a doubt.

Black is about the worst!

[HellDiver]

Silver IMHO. I've washed my silver Vectra three times since October, and it never looked particularly bad.

[OJ]

I'll second silver and again say that black is the worst

If gun-metal was in there I'd choose that. It hides all

[adycav]

Yeah, grey metallic's not bad either.

[RJB_666]

OJ said:

I'll second silver and again say that black is the worst

If gun-metal was in there I'd choose that. It hides all

Damn i knew i forgot one, quite like gun metal grey aswell.

[rfn]

I voted silver but only because grey wasn't an option. My MX-5 hides the dirt pretty well in grey.

[jon-]

Flat black (ie without a metalic in) is by far the hardest. You rarely see it on cars these days for that very reason. Looks stunning when detailed, with almost a mirror finish but it's nearly impossible to stop getting dirty and spider webbing.

[jamieboy]

My old GTV was Meteor Grey - it didn't look any different washed than when it was filthy.

[markmullen]

Black

[jamieboy]

jon- said:

Flat black (ie without a metalic in) is by far the hardest. You rarely see it on cars these days for that very reason. Looks stunning when detailed, with almost a mirror finish but it's nearly impossible to stop getting dirty and spider webbing.

I've got a non-metallic black car. And a non-metallic white one.

[BAHN-STORMA]

Silver... but it's too boring!

[kds keltec]

I have been painting and detailing cars for over 17 years !

so should have alittle experiance of cleaning and maintance of cars !

With out no shadow of a doubt silver is the best for being forgiving when it comes to cleaning and not showing the dirt ,
Black and very dark greens and blues are the worst for showing dirt , and also the hardest to wash and look after !
But black when properly prepped and looked after looks stunning !


This is an reflection image on a black nissan truck after being prepped correctly which you will never get with silver

[Puff Puff]

Definitely silver.

You don't need to clean at all, ever.

[markmullen]

Puff Puff said:

Definitely silver.

You don't need to clean at all, ever.

Company car driver?

[Benten]

My Mums Polo is baby blue and always looks clean. Compared to her black one.

[mcflurry]

Blue or silver seem to hide the dirt, black cars look brown after a rain shower IME

[Kuroblack350]

I had a black 350Z (surprisingly) that was an utter nightmare to keep clean, even though it was garaged maybe 60% of the time.

Saying that, after a 2/3 hour cleaning session, it did look fantastic.

For about an hour

Now moved to a rather anonymous grey - much better

[Accelebrate]

My previous car was a metallic silvery grey, even after a month or two of not washing it in the winter and a few blasts down muddy country lanes it'd still look clean from a short distance. Very forgiving when it came to scratches and swirl marks as well.

[MacBaren]

kds keltec said:

I have been painting and detailing cars for over 17 years !

so should have alittle experiance of cleaning and maintance of cars !

With out no shadow of a doubt silver is the best for being forgiving when it comes to cleaning and not showing the dirt ,
Black and very dark greens and blues are the worst for showing dirt , and also the hardest to wash and look after !
But black when properly prepped and looked after looks stunning !


This is an reflection image on a black nissan truck after being prepped correctly which you will never get with silver

Bloody hell!