I've installed several of Jeff's Overlays (SilverBall Mania & Supersonic) & have done another brand of overlay on my Playboy.

I installed them all dry on fully sanded PF. A LOT of test fitting with lights under the inserts to get them lined up as best you can, often the registration is just not perfect everywhere... & then installed dry. & then they got several fairly heavy coats Spraymax 2K clear coat with several days of cure time in between coats, then wet sand & rubbing compound & then wax. Never had any issues with any of them, several have been on for almost 2 years.

My guess is your issue was installing it wet with the soapy water, or it didn't like the solvents in the triple thick.

My SilverBall actually looks so good, even now that CPR has the PF's avail again, I can't justify replacing this overplayed one, it's just too nice to spend that kind of time/$ to replace.