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Peugeot 406 estate paint refresh



Knuckles

ClioSport Admin
Part 1


I figured this may be of interest to some... With my neighbour buying a new car soon I offered to try and tart his old 406 avant workhorse up prior to its sale.


The car had never been given a decontamination or cleanse so I thought I was in for a bit of a challenge.


Picked the car up at 10:30 and got it on my drive


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RDSs, swirls, tar, iron fallout, general faded paint, faded plastics, deteriorated chrome trim, did I mention tar? Bird s**t, stone chips, the list goes on.


Got my trusty detailing station set up


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Wonder wheels up first
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Sprayed and agitated
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Pressure washed off
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Despite the curbing and a bit of paint wearing off (somehow) they weren't that bad


Washed the car with Lather
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Then moved on to tardis
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So, so much tar!


Lemon scent iron x came out next. I still very much recommend this to anyone using cherry iron x


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I ended up having to give it a second going over with Tardis while agitating all the stubborn bits.


Rinsed and washed again to remove any remaining TARdis


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The colour started to show through with the intermittent sun


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Clay and glide
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Oddly clean half bonnet
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Other half
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I found this very soft, it seemed to struggle to remove some of the more bonded bits of contamination. Is this down to it being on the car so long or the clay being overly soft?

Auto Finesse, are there any plans for a more aggressive clay?


Dried with an auto finesse towel helped by a spritz of finale and a rinse


Taped up half of the car


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Gave a section of the bonnet a pass with tripple on a finishing pad.


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It didn't really do anything so I moved on to auto finesse's revitalise #2 polish & the revitalise #2 pad


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It gave a much better result than tripple


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Although, and understandable, the RDSs remain


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I restored a bit of colour to the faded petrol cap, although you can still see a slight difference


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I wish I got a before pic but I managed to remove the majority of an unsightly scuff from the rear pillar
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I found the rear bumper had seen paint. Evident by the different shade. The dodgy orange peels lacquer and the lacquer peeling off original paint on the other side of the bumper! Poor work. My neighbour had no idea that it had been done, so I felt a bit bad telling him.


I was expecting to have to bust out the revitalise #1 duo to tackle this but #2 gave brought it up fairly well


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After
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Comparison of the bit I polished and the bit further round
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Sadly, the boss came home at half 3 and told me I had to go shopping. So I gave the car a few wipe downs with finale to remove the copious amounts of dust. Then applied a bit of Rejuvinate to see what I was up against with the trim


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I think I'm going to have to tackle these with heat to be honest. But time will tell.


I'm hoping to finish polishing the car, give it a going over with tripple on a polishing pad, get the roof rack off and do the roof, treat/heat the plastics, seal everything and dress the tyres. Hopefully a few more hours should see it finished.

cheers.
 
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  Honda & VW
Re: Peugeot 306 estate paint refresh

Hard colour to show off without artificial lighting, oh and its a 406!?!??
 

Knuckles

ClioSport Admin
Re: Peugeot 306 estate paint refresh

Hard colour to show off without artificial lighting, oh and its a 406!?!??

Ive been considering stealing a halogen light from work, but I'd look a bit odd with one in my front garden lol. Is a DIY sun gun worth doing? It seems like it could be helpful.


lol! Shows how much attention I pay :eek: the badge doesn't half give it away :(
 

Coby.

ClioSport Club Member
  XC60-R.......V40-R
Re: Peugeot 306 estate paint refresh

I want a decent light for when I start using my machine more often.

Results seem good but agree a nice bright light will show off the flake a bit more :)
 

Chi

  Z4, VW172, R26
Re: Peugeot 306 estate paint refresh

Nice work Scott did I mention ill be selling a car soon ;)
 

Pauleds

ClioSport Club Member
  Merc Dueliner sport
Re: Peugeot 306 estate paint refresh

Certainly helped that 406.
Got a vectra that you can practice on if you like.

I would say the Clio needs to be done but that requires more than a polish! Dents need pulling and a respray would be the only way!
 

Knuckles

ClioSport Admin
Certainly helped that 406.
Got a vectra that you can practice on if you like.


I would say the Clio needs to be done but that requires more than a polish! Dents need pulling and a respray would be the only way!

Thanks :) lol if you want the vectra doing I'll spend a few hours on it if you want.

The only problem is I only have one day a week for this and the gf sometimes finishes work early and cuts it short :(

Good effort mate! Was the owner pleased?

Halogens aren't all that expensive from screwfix etc btw

cheers, yeah he was over the moon. Hopefully he'll be happier when it's finished.

Its rs not the price of them that bothers me tbh, it's having an industrial looking lamp on my drive in the middle of the day lol. That's why I fancy a more discrete sun gun.
 


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