I don't know why you had to use so much, defective can? I have the June Tailor brand from Joann's here and I really do not like it. It smells terrible and gives me a headache even with the windows open. I find it does not do as well as pinning the quilt. Pinning is more work, but I prefer it to using that stuff. My needle on my machine get gunked up with it which is also annoying.