Liquid Gold - is this normal?

I'm pretty new to loose extensions - being a dreads and braids sort
of girl, but I have a lot of friends who are allways clamouring for me
to do their hair - so I've been doing my research, practising a lot and
finally did my first install on a friend a few days ago.
I used the weft sandwiching with LG technique and although it came
out fantastic and is holding really well I have to say I found the Liquid
Gold hellish to work with - it seemed much thicker and gloopier than
I expected and hard to brush on, I seemed to spend the whole time
boiling the kettle and standing the bottle in hot water to try and make
it easier to work with. Is this normal or did I get a bad batch?