Thread: how do you spread glue

Originally Posted by ozwinner

Tillywhacker!....

You'll be sent to the orange room if you don't mind your manners young man.

All of the above.

Tend to use whatever is nearest to hand. If I'm edge gluing, I apply the glue directly from the nozzle on the end of the glue bottle and rely on compression to spread the glue through the joint.

For most other applications, everything from my finger through all the variations mentioned.

Incidentally, Zed, mate. Don't succumb to the temptations apparently represented by Lance Armstrong's socks. This is not a good thing. Trust me on this.

Originally Posted by ozwinner

Tillywhacker!!
Getting it off has some suprise moves involved. :eek:

Al

Any relation to this guy? :eek:

I turned a bunch of old (hanging) butter knives into spatulas. They clean up in water. Last forever.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by Wood Borer

I use a similar method to Bob (Echnidna) for dovetails. Rather than use a brush, I get a satay stick, soak the end in water for a couple of minutes and then belt it a couple of times with a hammer on some steel. This makes the end a bit like a small brush.

What a terific idea i use my fingers but have a bad habit of wipeing the exess off under my arm (old work jumper on) but some occasions in summer when i have a singlet on i forget ... yuk:eek:

Originally Posted by derekcohen

I turned a bunch of old (hanging) butter knives into spatulas. They clean up in water. Last forever.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Now that sounds like a good idea. Nice one Derek

Trav

I stock up on the small rectangles of benchtop laminate from the kitchen display type places. They work fine as is on small stuff and I cut grooves in them when required to leave bead lines of glue (when laminating). I find they spread evenly and it stops me getting it over my hands and then over the work when clamping. They also work well as shims behind the router fence when needed, for mixing casting resin and probably have another 98 uses... to top it off - they're free

Howdy Folks!

Been awhile since I posted, but had to join this one. I like the "everywhere" answer best!

...as a joke once. It was an arm if recall correctly, worked pretty well. I think its the only hand I've ever gotten in the shed.

Now that I have matured a little, I use a hard rubber roller from an art supply shop. I think it was $12.00, cleans up in warm water.

Greg

Originally Posted by echnidna

I always have a pack of $2 crap brushes

I buy the $2.00 per dozen ones from Lee Valley!

I thought David Marks were those stains you get when a fig leaf falls on a workpiece before the varnish has dried.

P

I'm with eastie, nothing beats laminex scraper, file a few notches in it and away you go. The bigger the notches the more glue applied. If you need practice have a go at a laminated timber yacht hull this tends to lead to perfection of these notches!
Thats my bit.....

So do you brush guys put the glue on the timber, or squirt the glue on the brush, or 'decant' the glue into a container and dip?

I've always just squirted it on the timber and mushed it around with my finger.

Tex

Originally Posted by ozwinner

Tillywhacker!!
Getting it off has some suprise moves involved. :eek:

Al

MR AL :mad:
firstly why wack tilly ???
and how do u know about tillysticks ??








ill explain

Our Niece is Tilly
and a tillystick is the piece of wood that attaches to the spiky bit on the bottom of a chello so it doesnt leave big holes or scratch floors .....


oh yeah in answer to glueing fingers work wiff oooey goooey white pva stuff
and with other glue a icypole stick works for me ....

cheers and happy xmas all jules

PS wahoooooo im not a beaut bloke any more !!!!!!

For epoxy: Disposable brushes, come in packs of 48 for about $10 at any Woodcraft Store throughout the USA --- haven't seen them in Australia though. Cheap enough to use once and throw away.

For PVA etc. ... the same brushes, but rinsed out and re-used.

Since I got onto these disposable brushes my glueing life (at least with epoxy) has been transformed. In Qld in summer I get about 10 minutes, 15 minutes max, before a batch of epoxy gets too stiff to apply. Fingers and pieces of wood can't do the job in the time.

Qw