Marshalltown White Medium 60 grit Conditioning Stick

Familiar with the product. Quality as expected. Performs better after breaking it in. Wears slowly to smooth cut tile edges. Great for dressing diamond blades too

Marshalltown tools cost a little bit more, but they make superior tools to the others. I still have a very old Marshalltown margin trowel from the 90s. I use this stone to either dress the blade on my wet saw, or rub the edge of cut tiles to eliminate chips from cutting tiles. Most of the time my big wet saw cuts so clean there is no need to rub the tile edges. But for some cuts that do slightly have chips after the cut, or after cutting with the grinder, this stone works fantastic. Much better than the files or mesh that is sold for the same purpose. I always have one of these near my wet saw and grinder on jobs.

The Tavy system is a trowel-on, water resistant, crack isolation membrane, with fabric overlay, for use under tile, and is priced right. I've used it many times in place of concrete board over plywood and OSB. Any questions I had regarding the product were responded to immediately by Tavy and that was certainly appreciated. The only problem I've run into with plywood (CDX) and OSB (the smooth side) is that I typically end up using about 1-1/2 gallons of the glue per 100 sf of area, rather than 1 gallon per 100 sf (otherwise I would have given a 5-star rating).