Today I want to chat to you about products, especially embossing and texture paste. When it comes to product I am very mindful about how I treat my products. Some things are better left alone the way they are packaged and others you can get away with all kinds of things.

I was given a tub of Embossing Paste, where a whole bunch of half empty tubs was used to fill my tub. In my experience decanting pastes is never a good idea.

The idea of sharing a large tub of paste with a friend because you may take too long to finish it is very tempting even to me, but it’s a bad idea.

Decanting pastes changes something as I learned the hard way.

• Step 1

  I have 2 jars of Embossing Paste, the one marked useless is the one filled up from a whole bunch of jars, the other jar is a new one I used and is almost finished.



• Step 2

  You can see how the paste in the full jar looks like it has separated; at the bottom there is a yellow liquid.



• Step 3

  Here you can see the caking that has taken place. It is no longer soft and fluffy like icing.



• Step 4

  Not like a paste at all but almost like wet cotton wool and the consistency of paper mache.



• Step 5

  Here’s my jar with the light and fluffy paste almost empty but in perfect condition even with repetitive opening and closing of the jar.



• Step 6

  The two jars next to each other – the difference is clearly visible in the texture.



• Step 7

  I scooped some of the yucky paste out with my hands…



• Step 8

  The texture and feel was much like paper mache. I could actually mould something from it if I really wanted to.



• Step 9

  Then I scooped some paste out of my new jar and the consistency was perfect.



• Step 10

  The new non-decanted paste was perfect and even when scooped out with a palette knife I could see the yumminess.



• Step 11

  It worked perfectly through my stencil and applied like a dream.



• Step 12

  The useless (use-less) paste was a nightmare and I it totally failed at being applied easily.

So the lesson here is:

Please don’t decant or share your paste. Pastes are not meant to be decanted into smaller container unless the medium is going to be used up and finished in the process.

But storing decanted pastes for a long time is a waste of money – as in the end it will either go rock hard or lose its amazing qualities which you bought it for in the first place.

When you purchase products – use them. Don’t hoard them for one day…one day is today!

 
[box type=”warning”]Disclaimer: please note that the Anna Griffin Embossing Paste is currently my favourite paste of all time. In no way am I suggesting that the product is inferior and that’s why it changed in consistency. I am merely expressing my opinion that mediums, pastes and products are not meant to be decanted for sharing purposes. Unless when they are decanted the entire decanted amount is used in a single sitting and not stored for long periods.

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