GreenGlue $avings / suggestion

So, I'm installing a "floating floor" of 1 inch 703 with 2 layers of OSB on top of the 703 (thank you Rod Gervais) using 3 tubes of GreenGlue on the back of the 2nd layer of OSB when the end cap of a tube of GreenGlue falls out and GreenGlue goes all over my pants and on the floor. What a mess! Not to waste the expensive GreenGlue I took a piece of cardboard and 'squeegeed' it on the floor in the 4 x 8 space where a layer of OSB was to go. Doing it this way I found I could use only 2 tubes of GreenGlue and get FAR more even coverage than using 3 tubes and randomly applying it the the back of the 4 x 8 sheet as is recommended by GreenGlue website. (There is something satisfying of seeing GreenGlue ooze out all around the edges of the 4 x 8 sheet when applying the screws.) I have had the occasion to break apart 2 layers if OSB after applying GreenGlue as is suggested by their website and discovered that there were numerous "voids" where the GreenGlue did <not> spread. Of course, this is much easier for doing floors as opposed to walls but it might be useful/economic for some of you using/considering GreenGlue. By the way, GreenGlue works very well in my experience.

Interesting. I seem to recall reading that GG originally came in tubs, but due to the mess and difficulty of application this way, they changed to caulking-style tubes.

I don't even want to imagine applying green glue from a tub. That stuff is like the devils own snot. :shock:

Devil's snot is an appropriate metaphore, but I'll take this "snot" over tar seal for driveways, silicone caulking and whatever else that isn't water soluable as GG is. I too had a screw up that I grabbed a 1/3'' thick peice of plywood and used it as a trowell to put the glue back under the peice I was pressing against the wall. From the get go with the greenglue I've wondered whether "no need to use a trowel was if the substance performed better when it didn't or if it was written to have a more friendly (non stick) interaction with the customer base so more people would use it or something. It would seem to me that the optimum application would be to have a trowell fed with an ample amount of GG and have it spread evenly. I have done a breif search this morning, but have not found much info.