Getting a good "pounce" to show is really getting a good prime on the pad. I have used it and really like it, much less time than a regular draw on. The white goes away quite easliy. As someone mentioned its best to smear it over the stencil rather than a real pounce. The blue is not an iron off. ... and there is a toss up , get a really good line to follow and then its more work getting the chalk off, or go with a faint "pounce" and its easy to get off ... but may not stay for quite as long as you would like it to.