I take a cotton swab with most of the head removed... dip it in water... and poke it in and out of each hole to lightly moisten it. Both the trailing edge and suface holes)

I dip a bamboo skewer into the glue and drip a decent drop into each hole them "poke it in and twirl it" to give the hole a good coating.

Then the hinge itslef gets the LIGHTEST coating... I dip it into the glue and roll it around... I try and roll most of it off on the cup side...

Then I insert the hinge into the hole stopping about 1/8" from fully seated. Wipe away the excess then fully seat.

I do the whole trailing edge first then immediately follow up with the surface.

Of course this time you have to dab glue on the remaining side of the hinge as it sticks out. Again I try and scrape MOST of the glue off... this stuff expands a lot (as you know) and will easily fill the hole, bind the barbs and seep into the wood.

press the surface hard together and tape... let sit for 5 minutes... then come back and wipe away any redsiude that foamed out... You can use denatured alcohol or rubbing alcohol at this point... cuts it better. (just don't use a soppy towel to prevent too much from getting up into the hole)

FLex the surface again and check that it's fully seated again.

Revisiit in about 5-10 minutes again.

After a couple checks the glue starts to set and hole and quits foaming...

Woks well for me...

I like epoxy just fine... I just don;t like that "trigger" it has and you can get "caught".... I suppose If I could get some 1 hour epoxy I'd be just as happy with it... But again... it's nnice not having to mix or waste epoxy...