I'll taped off we're going to apply our edge screen and you just get a big ol spoonful I put it right on in the middle just kind of frosted around like I'm frosting a cupcake it looks like chocolate when you get a new bottle of edge cream it will be much lighter in color but it does oxidize over time and as that process happens it gets really dark but it doesn't correct it does not affect the amount that it etches is still edges the same I'm just going to let that piece sit for a good five to ten minutes that fast and it will be all ash