George Vondriska

Toothbrush Glue Spreader

George Vondriska
Duration:   1  mins

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Sometimes you want to spread glue evenly over a joint surface on your woodworking projects, and George Vondriska teaches you how one of the best choices for applying the glue just might be an old toothbrush. A WoodWorkers Guild of America (WWGOA) original video.

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  1. Jim

    Shouldn't you be wetting both surfaces with glue? I've found that this ensures full glue contact, and prevents a glue-starved joint.

I've got these two boards ready to glue together for a table top I need to make. And what I wanna do is get glue on the edge here so that I have just the perfect glue application, not too much, not too little. Let me show you a great way to make this happen. First part of it is, steal a toothbrush from the house. You're gonna wanna keep it in the shop when your done and not return it.

Next I wanna get a bead of glue spread over the edge. What's cool about the toothbrush is that the bristles on the brush are just ridged enough, they do a perfect job of spreading this glue all the way down keeping your fingers out of it, I know you like wiping them on your shop apron, but this is gonna keep your fingers nice and clean and provide the perfect film. That's just right. Now I can get that in clamps. Know that I've got just the right amount of glue on there for this glue up.

Take this brush to a sink, wash it out, you'll be able to use it over and over again.

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