Vent: My 'genius' idea to use a paint roller on a glue-up went exactly how you'd think

I was putting together a big panel for a bookshelf and thought, 'Hey, a small foam paint roller will spread the wood glue fast and even.' It worked for about three feet before the roller swelled up, fell off the handle, and stuck to the board like a weird, fuzzy pancake. I spent the next forty minutes scraping it off with a putty knife and re-doing the whole seam. Anyone have a better method for a thin, even glue spread on a big surface that doesn't involve a disaster?

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blairwhite14d ago

thin, even glue spread" - maybe try a notched trowel next time.

diana_foster14d ago

Honestly, that sounds more like a funny story than a real problem. We've all had those messy glue moments. I get wanting it even, but scraping for forty minutes seems like overkill. Couldn't you have just peeled the foam off and kept going? Blairwhite's trowel idea is fine, but a simple plastic spreader or even a notched piece of cardboard works too. Sometimes we overthink the simple stuff.