After I squeeze dot the glue on the top or back, one section at at time, I use a paintbrush to smooth out the glue. This way there is no big spots of glue. I use as little glue as possible. I use folding tables to glue baste. I have two or three to hold the quilt flat. I use my iron to press the glue dry after basting the top to the batting. I flip it and then baste the back to the batting ironing again. Using an iron keeps wrinkles out. It seems as the glue dries on it own there are wrinkles as the glue shrinks some when it is drying. I iron directly with the quilt on the table top. Hasn't hurt the folding tables at all. I use the tables that fold in half. They are much easier to store and to move.