how do you spread glue

[Trav]

I was making a breadboard on the weekend and I ended up getting glue all over the place. Then I saw David Marks speading it with a roller, which I thought was a pretty cool idea - but I had no idea on how to clean it.

So, fess up. Do you just splash it around, or do you paint it on like Picasso?

Trav

[echnidna]

I use a paintbrush.
This is an old tradesmans method.
Who is David Marks???
Is he a tradesman?
I always have a pack of $2 crap brushes just for glueing.
This gives me varying widths to use depending on what I'm gluing up.
I drop them in a jar of water when finished so I usually wear out the bristles before I throw them out.
Rollers might have some advantages but they're a pain to clean

[zenwood]

I mostly do edge jointing, and spread glue with a MkI finger. That's with PVA. For urethane or epoxy I have a packet of ice-block sticks that I cut to the required shape with a chisel.

[Iain]

Who is Lance Armstrong???
I use a finger and have a rag nearby or an icypole stick, I have used a brush for large surfaces when veneering.
The only problem I have with the cheap brushes is they are a bit like me, the hairs keep falling out and I hate picking them out of glue.
Having said that I still use them.

[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.

Whilst I am rushing around adjusting clamps and mopping up excess glue I don't have to worry about remembering to clean the brush. Next time I want to glue, I chop the end off the satay stick and make another new end.

They are cheap and disposable and work OK for me.

For edge gluing I use my finger to spread the glue evenly like Zenwood.

[IanW]

Finger for PVA; a stick for epoxy or melamine,(don't brush too well, and I'm NOT sticking fingers in that stuff!); a brush for hide glue (I know, real men would use their fingers and relish the pain, but I'm a bit of a sook. )

Cheers,

[outback]

stick, finger, brush, depends how big an area, and type of glue.

[Termite]

Stick for poly.
And for PVA I've got a bigger selection of brushes than the average artist, bull artist that is.

[AlexS]

I use either a kitchen spatula - I have 2, one with a round end and one with the end cut at an angle - or a satay stick. I keep a supply of sticks with a point at one end and a flat cut at the other. Like Woodborer, I just re-cut after use.

[savage]

All of the above, except when doing a med to lrg area I use a rubber spreader (car bog type) and roughly spread the glue around, you get the hang of it pretty quick and the glue just peels off when dry!... But I voted brush, cheap if I forget to wash'em out, last a while if I do remember to clean'em!...

[Gumby]

A one word answer to how I spread glue:

Everywhere !!!



or with a small, elcheapo paint brush.

[Landseka]

I voted "Brush" but I actually use a pensioned off toothbrush.

Toss it in a jar of water between jobs & it is always ready and NEVER seems to drop hairs, unlike our last "shaggy dog" (a golden retriever)

Regards

Neil.

[JDarvall]

Old toothbrushes. Colgate.

[johnc]

Toothbrush, icey pole stick, cheap brush, or just squirt from a bottle and clean up the mess with a damp rag. I major in mess when gluing:eek: but seem to keep the work piece free its just fingers, clothes and bench that seem to cop it.

John.

[ozwinner]

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

Al