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Originally Posted by rjccjr
Hi;
Being a card builder who is an old curmudgeon who dislikes anything hi-tech or costs money, I have used the teriyaki skewer as an applicator for decades. They are light, strong and can have considerable length. They have several advantages. First, you can get a ton of them for a buck, or less. Second, they can be used to accurately deliver just about any adhesive to difficult locations, without mess. Thirdly, they can be whittled to a very fine point to control the amount of adhesive, or used at a shallow angle to cover fairly large surfaces.
Regards, rjccjr
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I've done this in the past as well. Still works great when needing to reach up inside a large rocket to glue bulkhead formers.
When shopping and seeing different bags of these, always buy more for some reason, guess it is like stock piling cardstock and cereal boxes.
They also work great for applying pressure inside tubes when you can't get your hand inside, the bamboo skewers don't break as easy as wood dowel.
Another item been buying recently is paper popsicle sticks in the candy cooking department at big box stores. Not for gluing; but for use when needing long or short paper tubes that are small in diameter.
Mike