Bought a $40 tile cutter for my kitchen backsplash and it was a total waste

I thought I could save cash by doing the cuts myself, but the blade chipped every single porcelain tile. Ended up with a pile of broken pieces and had to buy all new materials anyway. Anyone know a good way to cut tile without renting a wet saw?

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rowank6914d ago

Man, that's the worst feeling. I've been there with cheap tools, they just can't handle porcelain. For straight cuts, a good glass cutter and a straight edge with a running plier works, but it takes a lot of practice.

wyatt_ross2714d ago

Ugh, tell me about it! It's like @rowank69 said, cheap tools just fall apart on the hard stuff. I see this everywhere now, not just with tools. People buy the bargain version of something and then get mad when it breaks on the first real job. It makes the whole project take twice as long and costs more in the end. That feeling of a tile snapping wrong because the cutter skipped is the worst!