69 Camaro BB blacked out panel?

[Charley Lillard]

orig paint on 7K mile Yenko.

[Charley Lillard]

low mile 68 Camaro orig paint

[HawkX66]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 68l30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Here a one owner X66 that has so much gloss in it, it was hard to take the pic.

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If that's what you're calling gloss, then we're pretty close to agreement. You can't see a reflection in it, but it's relatively shiny. What gloss I don't agree with is what Charley posted. I'm sure it's original paint, but I think big blocks that are that shiny are shiny because of years of care. I'm far from an expert and haven't seen his cars in person, but from what I've seen that's my opinion for whatever that's worth.

[HawkX66]

The more I look at the yellow Yenko, I have to say you make a real good argument with it. If the black were rubbed on too much, the over spray into the yellow probably would have been cleaned up a lot.

[cook_dw]

After taking a serious look at the original photos of my fathers (now mine) car and walking out in the garage and looking at it I decided to try something. Here is a little test I performed on the car. You will obviously see the square where I used Meguiar's #7. Then an example of the green and finally a close-up of the black after a good hand buffing with the #7. The main thing I have realized is that lacquer when it dries out from years of no treatment becomes faded and loses its gloss and luster. For years I was on the semi or satin side but now after working with polishes and lacquer paints I have been converted...

[resto4u]

you can spray anything flat black, like a rat rod. Take a buffer to it and your rat rod is now shiny new black paint.

[camaromb]

I don't think anyone is buffing the trunk lips on these original cars; lots of shine in the original paint, whatever the % is.

[cook_dw]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: resto4u</div><div class="ubbcode-body">you can spray anything flat black, like a rat rod. Take a buffer to it and your rat rod is now shiny new black paint. </div></div>

Not sure if your comment was referencing me but I can assure you no buffer was used.. Only hand polish and we are talking less than a couple minutes.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

The problem with flat or semi gloss black is that one good waxing and it is now forever gloss black.

[cook_dw]

Steve I guess that leads me to my next point/question.. When these cars came out of paint for the body color it then traveled through the next stage which was the striping and black out area. I would bet that the black used for the stripes was the same that was used for the bb blackout, rs blackout etc.. This is an interesting read and lends to some speculation on both sides but I just don't see GM using multiple blacks for the fear of creating a possible mistake.. Maybe I'm wrong..

http://www.camaros.org/assemblyprocess.shtml