I'm having trouble applying French White Gel...The surface of the nail appears bumpy. I've tried several different techniques. Does anyone have any tips??? (no pun intended)

No pressure, position your brush almost paralel to the nail and use you folcrum finger for stability. Little uneven surface can alvays be filed off later.
BTW welcome, eh!

i always apply a clear gell after my POW...this fills in the little lip you can get from the white...then wipe and buff smooth to shape. HTH

do you apply this to the whole nail?
and do you only apply a thin layer like polish or do you apply a slightly layer as you are buffing over it? thanks.xx
i apply my whites using my dotting tool as i find this much easier than using a brush.x

No...i only apply the clear gel over zones 2 and 1...keeping zone 3 as thin as possible. Its a thin-ish layer i guess...but then i am only going over it with a white block to smooth.

thanks hun i am going to give this a try as it would be so much easier when doing a rebalance.i just wanted to check a few things before i gave it ago.thanks.xx