@Johnmac I always have some residue left. Maybe the alcohol is making it dry out faster. Do you use butter or coconut oil? You might try that. Ghee would be fine. Or just the lotion. I've used a very solid mixture of cocoa butter, I've also used more liquidy lotion, coconut oil alone. All of them have absorbed. It's just been a matter of finding which is most convenient and least messy. Coconut oil plain irritated my skin.
Thanks @ahmo. I'll have a look for some of the above - sure to find at least some.
Currently it seems to take about 6 hours for all the pink to disappear. The paste dries out & needs to be re-wetted after about 3 hours. A bit of a nuisance & a good argument for the oils. The Australian oil guy that @garyfritz communicates with (Dr Greg) says he might make up some m-folate oils for me to try. He isn't entirely sure that m-folate will work TD; however I think it might, as I got a big lift from it almost immediately - perhaps 95% functioning.
Yesterday 80%, & today down to 65%. So it's slipping. Maybe Greg is right, & I was just getting a B12 hit? Time will tell. I'll up the dose tomorrow & see what happens.
Greg, who presumably hasn't read Freddd's writing, says that you need a fair bit of B2 (which makes FAD) to make the m-folate work - especially if you're in a non-dairy country as I am, or don't eat dairy. Naturally this goes against what Fred says about keeping Bs 1, 2 & 3 low.
NB: I also am reasonably sure I have a copper deficiency, as I have developed many of the listed symptoms, & have been taking tons of zinc for months, for pyroluria. Now taking little zinc, & taking copper daily.