Re: help needed with paste consistency
Posted by Eliz. on December 29, 1999 at 18:30:48:
In Reply to: help needed with paste consistency posted by Debbie on December 28, 1999 at 19:51:04:
Sounds like clogs. Use a pin to clear the end of the bottle when it
gets stuck. (The goosh can be from pushing harder to clear a clog -
see if this is the case.)
Is the tip plastic or metal? My metal tips need serious cleaning if I
let the paste dry, which it does eventually. Soak them, scrub out (I
have some tiny brushes such as those used for mascara), and scrape out
the inside with a pin, especially if there's a rim on the inside.
Soak and repeat.
If it's the paste, it is possible to squeeze the paste through a
screen. I haven't found the plumbing kind that fits inside a bottle
top (someone said they work great), but I have found the eternal
coffee filters (they look like the paper ones, but with a plastic rim,
and the filter itself is actually woven) and I think they would work
to strain the paste. Definitely do a super sifting job on the
powder in the future if you're using a fine tip. (Sift once, toss the
remains, sift again, and save those remains for coarser work.)