Well, I had a run of bad luck/stupidity. Got back from my 2 week military training, cleaned off the panel that I had leafed, and halfway through my first coat of clear I realized I had forgotten the adhesion promoter. I should have went through all my threads, knowing I would forget something after 2 weeks, I just got too excited to be back in my shop.
On top of that, I had a ton of mystery craters that I'm assuming is junk from the air line. I haven't had issues with this in my shop since I've been there. It's not dust because all my dust specs are always craters with a high dot in the center, these are just craters. I had my air lines empty when I left, so all of my coalescent filters should have drained, but apparently something settled inside the airlines or something. After my first coat, I took and sprayed air onto a white piece of paper and had no moisture coming out. My next coats seemed not to have the crater issue, but there was so many already it would have been hard to see.
I guess I'll have a good longevity test of gold leaf under clear without adhesion promoter.... at least it's just a shop pickup that I'm practicing on, not a customer vehicle.
I'll post some pictures once I buff out the clear, it's baking outside right now.