Spent 5 years gluing up panels wrong before a guy at a shop in Portland set me straight

I used to just glob glue all over the edges of my boards and clamp them tight. Thought that was how everyone did it. Then I visited this custom shop in Portland where a guy named Dave watched me for like 2 minutes and asked why I was wasting so much glue. He showed me to only put a thin bead down the center of the edge, no more than a 1/8 inch bead. Then said to rub the boards together till the glue squeezes out even. I felt like an idiot. My joints are way cleaner now and I use maybe a third of the glue I used to buy. Has anyone else found a trick like that that made you question everything you thought you knew?

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lucas4981d ago

Funny how the simple stuff is always the last thing you figure out.

the_phoenix1d ago

Three days I spent trying to fix a wonky shelf in my apartment, using levels and laser guides and watching YouTube tutorials. Finally figured out it was just the floor being uneven, not the shelf or the wall or my measurements. Just needed a little shim under one leg and everything was perfect. Spent more time fixing a problem that didn't exist than the actual fix took. Classic me, overthinking a 2 minute job into a 3 day project.

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