I can’t believe that I’m the only one or the first one to find the true purpose of a toothbrush. I found myself in a position of doing a lot of edge glueing recenly. I started out trying to use the roller with the glue bottle attached. This is a loser. But the toothbrush works great to distributed just the right amount of glue across the width of a board edge without making a mess. Just be sure to clean it thoroughly so it won’t have a glue flavor when you use it the following morning for regular brushing.
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There's an Observent Fellow !
Ha Ha Ha Ha, aaaaaah Ha Ha Ha Ha
Oh you may develop a taste for the glue as I did for old motor parts crud. But that's another story. More and more I just use my finger and have a wet rag handy to wipe off before handling the wood. Talking table top or other visible joint line glue up here. I am always afraid of getting solids in the glue line that could cause a gap. Wood chip, dried glue, minute pebble ( hey I kick up a lot of dust when I work ).
Ha ha ha
With my finger I can feel any crud as it goes into the joint.
Yep, hard to get ALL the taste out'a those tooth brushes.
Glue on finger
Roc,
I have always used my finger to spread glue. Two reasons - 1. My finger is always 'there' and 2. for the same reasons you explain - to catch particles.
But my large question is - Where do you wipe the excess glue from your finger before you begin to tighten clamps? My answer - on the underside of my bench. No - I do NOT put gum under movie theater seats!
Frosty
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