One of the popular tubular subjects is how good is good enough when it comes to glue. Some folks won't accept anything less than "damn near impossible to get off". I don't get it... clearly, if you have this much trouble getting your tire off, you can safely go a little lighter on the glue next time... and now you have some experience.

With the exception of my brief (and less than satisfying) excursion to narrow clinchers in the early 1980s, I've ridden sew-ups exclusively since 1977. IMHO you can't beat the ride quality. I rode Vittoria Setas and Continental Sprinters back in my racing days, but these days for everyday riding/training I ride Servizio Corse sew-ups from the Yellow Jersey. They're good-n-cheap tires.

I only used one coat of glue (Panaracer) on the rims and one on the tires. I was a little concerned that I hadn't used enough, but not any more. Getting them started was the hard part then they came off ok. Next time I'll do like some have suggested and leave the glue off of a couple of inches.

Very true. If you're not aggressively racing square-cornered crits, then an un-rollable (and similarly very hard-to-remove) sew-up tire is about as necessary as an AK-47 for killing mice. I've used one rather sparingly applied coat of cement applied to my rims since my racing days and never rolled a tire.