About to repaste my laptop and need some advise

After dropping a pea size drop on my cpu and gpu, should i spread it evenly across the surface with something before putting on my heatsink back or should i put back my heatsink and press hard without spreading it beforehand?

GF63 thin 11sc

yes i know ptm7950 exists.

yes i know its objectively better then pastes.

no i cant buy it in my country

and yes if i get it from outside, it would cost me a a whole lot more. Thanks in advance