> When I look at the
> amount of glue left on the hull by Nick in his book I amamazed that he can
> get it all off clean.As I lay each strip I immediatly go back and clean
> off any wet glue that I can see.

I know there are different theories about this, but I find the big globs of glue easier to remove than the thin smears left after wiping of drips. A scraper will knock off the drips and it will be quite obvious that they are gone. It takes a lot more effort to remove the skim of glue remaining after wiping and it is difficult to see whether you have removed it all.

I know Norm Abrams always wipes off excess glue, but I was taught to leave drips until they dry.

The down side of leaving drips is they can pull up a divot when you scrape them off.