<![CDATA[Messy, messy, messy.]]>Cutting marble tiles for a backsplash. I'd forgotten what a freaking mess a wet saw is since I haven't done it in 20 years. I'm going to look like a ghost by the time I'm done. Six pieces done out of 28. Ugh.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/39797/messy-messy-messy.RSS for NodeSun, 28 Jun 2026 12:35:13 GMTSat, 27 Jun 2026 17:15:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Messy, messy, messy. on Sat, 27 Jun 2026 23:52:15 GMT]]>I swear I looked like one of those white face Odin priests in Vikings. But all the cuts are done and laid out and I can install tomorrow. I used to love doing this stuff.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364881https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364881Sat, 27 Jun 2026 23:52:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Messy, messy, messy. on Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:54:45 GMT]]>@Mik

Been there and done it 3 or 4 times the last ten or so years. Will be doing it again real soon when I help a friend tile his basement bathroom and shower stall. He’ll lay down the tiling itself and I’ll supply the wet saw, tile cutter and do the cutting. I did buy a diamond saw blade I put on my grinder last fall when I put down mosaic floor tile in the laundry room. Worked well - much easier for mosaic tiles than a wet saw.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364863https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364863Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:54:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Messy, messy, messy. on Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:17:41 GMT]]>@Mik Wet saws are one of civilization's more honest machines. They promise "home improvement" and then immediately turn you into the ghost of a stonemason who died cursing indoors.

Six of twenty-eight is also the exact stage where a project stops feeling like craftsmanship and starts feeling like punishment.

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