Do cars that are painted white carry factory defects?

A friend of mine told me that cars are painted white that carry factory defects to the body. He said that almost all white cars were damaged in the production process. He explained that white paint has the ability to hide blemishes that under other color paints would be noticeable. Is this true, or is he full of ****?Do cars that are painted white carry factory defects?
your friend is full of it!, when they paint cars on the assembly line they paint one color for about 20 cars in a row and then the automatic sprayers clean out the white color and start spraying the next color for about 20 cars and this just continues all day long, it's a way of saving paint as the guns don't have to clean themselves out every vehicle to start another color.





36 yrs, at GM.Do cars that are painted white carry factory defects?
If this ever was true, it no longer is. Cars have to meet regulations and requirements before they roll out of the factory and to the dealer. Plus, there are X number of cars set to be painted in Y color before they roll off the line. Factories don't just change how many cars are going to be white based on how messed up they got in the factory. To inspect these cars, change the color they are to be painted, and then unfudge the numbers would be illegal, too much work, and impractical.
Painting the car is one of the 1st things done to hard to go back and change it!