adhesive the adhesive we'll be using for this project is bostick's best adhesive and this is the same adhesive that we used for the flooring now we're using this adhesive because it's expensive and we have a little bit left over from our flooring but you can certainly use a general construction adhesive if you don't have one of these just lying around the application process is very similar to our wood flooring process because all i'm doing is using a quarter inch v-notch trowel to go over the entire surface and then installing our flooring or in this case our stair riser in order for us to guarantee that these stair treads and risers don't move on us while we're working our way up i actually picked up this slick looking milwaukee pin nailer that is battery operated which makes it extremely easy to install nails across the perimeter of these boards to guarantee that these boards don't move on us while it's in the curing process the best thing about these nails is that they're 23 gauge headless nails which basically means you barely even see the hole where the nail penetration occurred after the first riser taken care of i then proceed to applying our adhesive to the first tread as well as the second riser that way i'm able to kill two birds with one stone and the application of the glue is actually a little less messy if i'm applying to both surfaces at the same time i install the riser first and then the tread but i don't actually nail the riser before i install the tread i actually am just trying to make sure that everything is fitting snugly and nicely and you might need to grab a rubber mallet and just give a few love taps to make sure everything fits tight and then nail it in place that way you know all the seams are at the appropriate locations as well as the fact that the seam between the stair tread and the riser should be as seamless as possible as you're making your way up again same exact process apply the glue to the stair tread as well as the riser above it install the riser then install the tread push it into place give it a few love taps nail it in place and move on to the next one as a general side note i do apply a few extra fasteners to the very top row on the riser because you're never going to see it once the stair tread above it is positioned properly once installed and nailed down i remove my blue painters tape and move my way up the stairwell this is actually extremely quickly as far as the installation process goes because…