Mach 1 Stickers

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I recently purchased a 2021 Mach 1 that I am looking to details but want to make sure I don't screw things up. I'm certainly not an expert here but when buy a car, I like to clay bar, compound, polish, and ceramic coat it to get the paint in as good a shape as I can manage. However, I've never dealt with vinyl decals on the car.

Can I use a DA machine around or over the stickers? I'm guessing I probably should not but maybe I'm just carting problems for myself. Is there any technique anyone can share to help?

Anything I should consider with my products? I normally use Adam's compound, polish/1-step polish, and Adams Graphene ceramic coating. I mostly use the 1-step polish unless there are any searches I can see that I think I can get out with compound, however, I don't normally use compound on the entire car.

Thanks for the guidance.

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If you have applied a ceramic coating to your paint, attaching a decal will not work because the ceramic coat prevents the decal's adhesive from sticking to your painted surface. However, you can apply the decal first and then add the ceramic coating.