I use a thin stream in a zig zag motion straight from the bottle. When the bottle gets too hard to squeeze I get a new bottle. When I have some partially filled bottles I combine them by taking the caps off and putting one bottle upside down on top of the other one. I also store any opened bottle upside down with the cap closed. This way there is no glue to dry in the cap and make it hard to use the next time. I learned this tip from this Board. Glue basting is a substitute for pin basting and you don't have to cover the whole area with glue anymore than you would cover the whole area with pins.