Try to keep add the saddle brown solvent ink refill to your drying ink pad instead of chunking it in the trash. I love to recycle and the StazOn makes it easy to save that pad! It does not totally dry out because it has a plastic cover, if you use it. SO when you feel like your pad is drying up and IT WILL, this is normal...just buy this solvent and it will revive your pad. The saddle Brown is a lifesaver, because maybe you did not care for the last color you had...most likely this saddle brown will go over that last lighter color.