Spent $40 on a glass jar cutting kit and it was a total waste of money

I was dead set on turning old pasta sauce jars into drinking glasses and little planters lol. Bought this cheap cutting and sanding kit off Amazon for $40 and tried it on 5 jars last weekend. The score line kept cracking wonky and two jars just shattered in my hands. Anyone else have better luck with the string and fire method or am I just bad at this?

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rowan_hunt87d agoMost Upvoted

Dont waste money on kits, just soak the jars in hot water and twist the string method works way better for clean cuts.

adam_thomas7d ago

Lol "soak the jars in hot water and twist" sounds like a cooking recipe gone wrong. I tried the string trick once and ended up with a glass shard in my thumb and a jar that looked like it got into a fight with a blender. Maybe I'll just stick to buying new ones and avoid playing operation with my canning supplies.