The Official "How Not To" Thread

OK, I'll confess again. @CudaChick1968 will appreciate this. I have been powder coating for almost 20 years now. I started off with a cheap Eastwood setup and a used home kitchen type stove. I did buy a good compressor and sand blasting cabinet, though. I now have a big oven specifically for powder coating. I have gotten pretty good at it. I do about 25 hours a week for others, usually word of mouth. I can pay for my car habit with the profits. Anyway, a while back, I did a lawn art piece for someone in Copper Vein with a clear coat. So I blasted the piece and coated it with Copper Vein. After about 20 minutes in the oven, I pulled the part out to put the clear coat on. When I put the High Gloss Clear in my gun's hopper I saw High gloss on the front of the container and the powder in the container was white (clear powder is white, and it turns clear when it melts/cures)So I sprayed the powder on the piece, and the piece turned a chalky white (totally expected). Then I put it back in the oven. 15 minutes later I peeked in the oven and saw a shiny white pieces. WTH! I looked at the powder container and it said High Gloss White, NOT High Gloss Clear. ARGH. It takes a while to strip off two coats of powder. You can bet you butt that I double check to see the word "WHITE" on the container since then.