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12-in Floor VCT Floor cutter

Ratings & Reviews for Project Source 12-in Floor VCT Floor cutter

3.0
172
Review
 3 out of 5
172 Reviews


42% Recommend this product

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What Customers Are Saying

Customers are sharply divided on this vinyl flooring cutter. Many report it fails to cut through standard luxury vinyl planks thicker than 4-5mm, only scoring the material and requiring manual snapping. Several describe the plastic base or handle cracking after just one to three cuts, calling it cheaply made. A smaller group finds it works well for thin peel-and-stick vinyl tile under 4mm, praising clean cuts. Overall, reviewers are split between strong dissatisfaction with performance and durability versus limited satisfaction for specific thin-material applications.

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172 Customer Reviews

Don't Buy

Would Not Recommend

You know the old saying you get what you pay for. In this case I didn't even get that. It cut 4 pieces of tile before the blade bent . I was not cutting super thick tile so that is not the issue. Stick with the blade and snap to fit much faster and it actually works.

March 30, 2021
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Would Not Recommend

This item broke the second time my husband used it. It's very cheaply made.

February 25, 2021
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not good

Would Not Recommend

So it cuts pretty well, but the problem is the base cracked on me while i was using it. If the base of the product was stronger it would be pretty decent.

February 22, 2021
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bad design

Would Not Recommend

I have used this style of cutter for many years. The blades on this unit draw close together to the point where they end up on top of each other & bind. cutters I have used have a flat edge on the bottom & only moving blade is sharp. I will be returning this 1

February 22, 2021
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Should change specifications a little

Would Recommend

For cutting vinyl, it should specify rigid vinyl. I bought this to cut 12 x 12 vinyl backsplash tiles which were very flexible. It only bent it, marked it all up, and made a small cut. Im still keeping the tool because it worked well on rigid vinyl squares that I tested. Maybe just reword the specs a little. Thanks

February 15, 2021
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WORKS GREAT!

Would Recommend

When shopping around for this cutter i read many reveiws many bad reviews. I still got it for it fits my budget and I was amazed worked GREAT!. Nit sure what kind of tiles all these guys are cutting but if your cutting VCT works great and very well priced trust me i’ve shopped around.

February 5, 2021
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Works better than carpet knife!

Would Recommend

Definitely recommend this over a carpet knife, or box cutter, all day long, every day!!! Fast, straight, even cuts.

January 31, 2021
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Don't buy this

Would Not Recommend

This is a piece of junk. I tried to cut 7" vinyl plank flooring and the thing nearly broke. I don't think this would cut cardboard. Lowes needs to take these off of their shelves.

January 6, 2021
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Base cracked

Would Not Recommend

First couple cuts were ok. The plastic base cracked on the third cut making it unusable. Base should be steel reinforced.

December 31, 2020
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Looks better than it cuts

Would Not Recommend

Nice looking cutter and has well places measure Scale. Cuts to trim a half to an inch worked well but this cutter failed miserably when trying to cut a 12 inch VCT in half. The piece on the right side of the blade cracked and was waste. I had to resort to a square and a straight edge to score and snap a piece of tile in half. Luckily I only had to score and snap 10 pieces in half but it slowed down production because the cutter broke the cut pieces.

December 23, 2020
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cutter

Would Not Recommend

This worked ok for the first few cuts, after that not so well

December 2, 2020
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