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“The Mustang That Rejected Its Own Paint Job”

What started as a simple graphics project turned into a paint-peeling intervention. My plan for today was to install fresh vinyl lettering on the rear bumper of the 2004 Mustang—some crisp white decals to give it a factory-clean finish. Instead, I discovered the previous painter skipped a few minor steps, like cleaning the car first.

As soon as I lined up the first letter, chunks of paint lifted off like potato chips. The Duplicolor touch-ups I added last week held fine; the mystery white below them? Not so much. It turns out my “Performance White” Mustang had been coated in something more like “Peel-and-Pray White,” and there was no way any vinyl was going to stick to that.

So the project pivoted from graphics to rescue mission. In this episode, I sand down the flaky sections, strip the loose layers, and re-prime the panels properly—getting back to a surface that will actually bond when I do return to the decal plan. There’s some satisfaction in reclaiming control of a neglected finish, and a little humor in realizing how much time you can spend fixing other people’s shortcuts.

If you’ve ever discovered a budget repaint hiding under your car’s clear coat, this one will feel familiar. Sometimes “restoration” means admitting defeat for the day and starting again the right way.

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Next time: graphics might actually stick. But for today, we sand, we prime, and we laugh about it.