Hi David,
Thank you so much for your reply.
I'm novice actually - I only took it up at Christmas, but addicted already!
I noticed that the bottle had separated quite badly and there are bright orange filaments clinging to the top,(as if a neon orange cotton wall ball had set loose in there!). I'm sending it back tomorrow - so frustrating though as I booked this week off work to make these items (for a craft fair I'm exhibiting at).
Thank you again, out of interest, do you have a prefferred stain? I've played a little with oil dyes, but rather like the way you can build up the colour of the water based colours.
Best wishes
Niki