{"id":4699,"date":"2019-05-09T20:11:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T20:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/info.glass.com\/?p=4699"},"modified":"2023-01-25T00:03:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T05:03:24","slug":"is-it-possible-to-cut-tempered-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/is-it-possible-to-cut-tempered-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Possible to Cut Tempered Glass?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Case of the Bookcase Glass<\/h2>\n<p><em>Dear Glass Detective,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have an old, low-value, deep bookcase\/display cabinet that originally had sliding frameless tempered glass doors. Recessed metal tracks are present top and bottom to guide the doors as they slide, one behind the other. I&#8217;d like to get replacements, but the glass retailers I&#8217;ve encountered don&#8217;t seem to work with <a href=\"https:\/\/info.glass.com\/tempered-tabletop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tempered<\/a> glass.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I once wanted <a href=\"https:\/\/info.glass.com\/tempered-glass-cut-sharp-angles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glass shelves from an old bathroom cabinet cut<\/a> to be shorter to fit a new cabinet. They claimed it couldn&#8217;t be done. I ended up cutting them myself with my wet tile saw. It worked great. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Who might supply me with 24&#8243; x 40&#8243; tempered glass doors with chambered edges? And what might I expect to pay? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Michael<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Sharpsburg, GA<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>On Glass Shops &amp; Cutting Tempered Glass<\/h3>\n<p>Michael,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for making contact with the Glass Detective regarding your need for tempered glass sliding doors for your bookcase\/cabinet. You also described a past occurrence regarding a glass need and, based on the information you have provided, I am going to offer a few comments that I hope will be of value to you.<\/p>\n<p>First, I want to state that truly <a href=\"https:\/\/info.glass.com\/glass-dictionary\/tempered-glass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tempered glass<\/a> cannot be cut. It will explode once the outer surface is breached. So the glass you cut with a wet porcelain tile saw was very likely not tempered.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, as for your comment that you don\u2019t seem to be able to find a glass dealer that will work with tempered glass, keep looking! A shop that won\u2019t work with tempered glass is probably not one you want to deal with. I\u2019m guessing that maybe you are dealing with a hardware store or perhaps a paint store. I can\u2019t imagine a <em>real glass shop<\/em> not wanting or being capable of dealing with tempered glass.<\/p>\n<p>The glass you seek should not be all that expensive. If you cannot find a glass shop in your area to assist you, please feel free to send me your zip code and we will help you find one. I hope this information is of value to you and thank you again for contacting Glass.com.<\/p>\n<p>-Glass Detective<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Glass Detective takes on the case of the Bookcase Glass and delves into whether truly tempered glass can be cut. Read on to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1395,1352],"tags":[340],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glass.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}