ORIGINAL: Penwick
A question about CA I've got is how is it used differently than wood glue? I'm always reading, "Just use a drop," but what if you're gluing 2 'long' pieces together? Do you run a light bead along the pieces to be joined, like white glue, or put drops of the CA along the pieces to be joined (and then, if so, how far apart)?
If the pieces are close fitting, use thin CA.
If the join is long, Hold the pieces together so that their join slopes down-hill. Put a single drop of Thin CA at the top of the join, and watch it wick mostly down-hill. You can typically see how far it goes.
Then, put the next drop at the place where the wicking stopped.
If the joinis not so close, then use a bead of medium (perhaps thick) CA, and put a bead on the one piece to be joined. Put the pieces together and just let the CA do as much as it can.
gus