Pot life on mixed SS black

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Could someone tell me the potlife of Single stage black with 50/50 premixed clear added please? Let set out at room temp or refridgerate for in the morning to shoot after warming back up??
 
If you mixed way too much, you are hosed. It's gonna be a hockey puck. Only mix what you need, which is to say that it's okay to mix too much for the first coat, but then you'll have an idea of the per-coat usage, so for the second coat, just mix enough so that you have 5-10% more than you used on the first coat just to be safe. Keeping waste to a minimum is a skill that actually took me more time to develop than I want to admit. Back in the day we could keep extra paint on the shelf just in case that customer came back, or we had a car with that code again. Those days are long gone, with some base coat heading towards $10/oz...
 
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