guide 48 but in some embodiments the tension guide is omitted in operation a user places a wall portion of container 24 between wheel 308 and tension guide 48 turns handle 306 and moves applicator 30 to track rim edge 28 rotation of handle 306 causes screw feed 304 to rotate and to agitate particles 22 this agitation along with gravity and sloped inner wall of housing 30 causes particles 22 to travel to screw feed 204 e g the threads of the rod where the particles travel further downward and are guided and applied to selected portions of container 24 fig7 shows an applicator 400 having a spring loaded mechanism as shown applicator 400 includes an elongated rod 402 having outwardly extending fins 404 e g including a compressible material such as a polymer at a first end portion and connected to a spring 406 and an actuator 408 e g a button and a second end portion in operation a user moves applicator 400 to track rim edge 28 and continuously depresses actuator 408 and spring 406 to allow particles 22 to be applied to selected portions of container 24 in some embodiments actuator 408 and spring 406 can.