Hello all, I'm in process of remodeling our kitchen and one project is putting in a glass mosaic tile backsplash. The old back splash was glued on laminate. I've ripped it off and there is plenty of glue residue, torn drywall paper etc. My first thought to make a good substrate for the glass was to install a 1/4' cement backer board and screw to studs. I think this will work fine, but have one question. Wherever the backsplash ends, what is the right way to trim the edge? At the end of a run, if you look at the edge there will be the tile edge and you'll also be able to see the edge of the backer board. Make sense? Other thing i thought of doing was cutting out drywall in that area, furring out the studs by a 1/4", then installing hardi backer in the cutoout so it's flush w/ drywall. That seems like a real pain if there's an easier solution to the edgin. Thanks Marshall

I have removed tile in a small bathroom and plan to install new tile. The problem I have encountered is that there is a thin-set mortar in place over an existing thick-set mortar. The thick-set is partially cracked and the thin-set is difficult to scrape up from the thick-set without damaging both. I am trying to do this on the cheap and I want to avoid removing the thick-set and replacing it. Any ideas for how to solve this problem? Thanks