Hit the nail on the head Exeter. Chad, the instructions are going to tell you all you need to know about glues and such. My advice would be to read the instructions at least twice before you start cutting any balsa at all. As for brushes, you can use any brushes you want to spread epoxy with. Just remember that they are going to be throw away brushes. That's why we use the solder flux brushes (or sometimes called epoxy brushes) because they are cheap and are use once and throw away.