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Complete vs Abandon: what happens to your inventory

How a pour ends decides whether your pantry gets deducted — and Complete can't be undone, so it's worth knowing the difference.

Ellie at her workbench
1 min readUpdated July 5, 2026Text

Every pour or batch ends one of two ways, and the choice matters: one updates your inventory, the other doesn't. Worth knowing which is which before you tap.


Complete

Complete is for a pour or batch you actually made. It decrements your pantry stock — subtracting the amounts you used — and records the transactions so your history stays accurate.

Heads up: Completing a pour or batch is permanent — there's no undo. The deductions are written to your inventory the moment you complete, so check your amounts before you finish. (The amount taken off per item — colorant, wax, whatever the recipe called for — is the actual value you entered, not necessarily the recipe's planned amount.)


Abandon

Abandon is for a pour or batch you started but didn't finish — a test run, a mistake, a change of plans. It deducts nothing from your pantry. You can add an abandon reason to remind yourself later why it didn't go ahead.


Which to choose

Made the piece? Complete — your inventory should reflect what you used. Didn't finish it, or it didn't count? Abandon — leave your stock untouched.

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