Rockler’s new glue brush features nonstick silicone bristles. It’s super easy to clean, and if you forget to clean it after an exhausting glue-up, no worries. You can simply peel off the dried glue from the bristles.

The tapered bristles spread yellow glue evenly, and don’t leave any hairs behind, unlike the cheap glue brushes you can buy at the hardware store. The paddle on the end of the handle is for spreading glue in tight spots, like inside mortises or on the sides of dovetails.

At about 1-in. wide and 1⁄2-in. thick, the brush is great for wide surfaces and joints, but it took some finagling to use it in narrow dadoes (1⁄4-in.) for a small shelf I was making. I asked a Rockler rep if they will be selling different-size replacement tips for the brushes. They said they’d be “offering additional silicone accessories,” but declined to elaborate. I’m hopeful, because different-size brushes would cement this as the ultimate tool for glue-ups.

No cleanup necessary. Dried glue peels off the nonstick silicone bristles easily and cleanly.

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