Ideally a very thin, translucent layer is all you need. You should still see the leather through the paste as you only want the diamond abrasive embedded into the leather surface. any excess sitting on top will likely come off as you strop.
These are the same water soluble pastes supplied in the 5gr tubes as found elsewhere. Each of my containers should have about 1.5gr in it. Enough for two pretty heavy applications, 3 or 4 lighter, more useful applications. I needed to size these a little large in case I ever find time to finish my wide 3" Double Side paddles as they take twice as much paste per side.
Tony
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