My kitchen island trim project turned into a drywall disaster last weekend

I was cutting a 45-degree angle on some baseboard for my island in Tulsa and my miter saw kicked back hard. The board flew off and put a 6-inch gash in the brand new drywall I just finished mudding 2 days before. Took me 30 minutes to patch it with joint compound and a mesh tape patch I had in the garage. Now I've got to sand and repaint that section before I can even think about trim again. Anyone else have a tool mishap that set them back a whole afternoon?

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dianaanderson2d agoMost Upvoted

Did you check the blade guard before you started cutting?

sarah8182d ago

Always check it. Learned that lesson the hard way once.

tylerpark2d ago

That 30 minute patch timeline is pretty optimistic for Tulsa humidity. Mud takes forever to dry there even with a fan on it.