Cut a piece of vinyl slightly larger than your deign and placed it on the cutting mat.
Why does the siloutte curio cut through vinyl paper backing.
I even managed to cut through the mat on one occasion.
Understanding the cut settings can help you know what to do when the cut isn t just right so you can fix it quickly and be back on track with a perfect cut.
Part of the cutting mat s purpose is to hold the material in place to ensure the resulting cut can be aligned properly.
Makes a nice cut and just kiss cuts the backing paper.
One of the most common issues from silhouette cameo beginners is that their cameo 3 autoblade is cutting through the vinyl or other material and the backing.
Blade obstructed if a piece of scrap material usually vinyl or paper is stuck on the blade it will cause cutting issues with your.
I was pleasantly surprised with how well the curio cut vinyl.
The same setup on the cameo 3 but the force setting is at 10 which is their default setting for sign vinyl.
Look at how smooth those cuts are.
The chances of cutting right through the backing paper on sign vinyl are high and this is something i ve done more than once with a new blade.
For example heat transfer vinyl is thinner and more flexible than sticker vinyl.
To cut scroll down to the bottom of the cut settings screen and select send to silhouette.
Htv is thin and has a stronger clear plastic backing as.
Curio allows you to unleash silhouette studio software to its fullest potential with new features like stipple tracing and dual carriage tasks.
Blade fin is not aligned at 6 o clock the black fin on the ratchet blade housing must be pointed at the 6 o clock position or the silhouette will not cut correctly or at all unlock the lock and turn the blade until the fin is in the correct position.
Starting in a corner slowly pull back the transfer paper using the scraper at the same time to ensure the vinyl design does not peel off.
Press and smooth out as much as possible with your hand and the silhouette scraper to really burnish the transfer paper and vinyl design onto the surface.
I use roll vinyl usually fdc 4200 vinyl no mat and on mtc i use a blade setting of 1 or 2 depending on how old the blade is and a force of around 5.
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If using paper or cardstock or another material type that does not have a pre adhered backing load the material onto the cutting mat.
It can cut emboss sketch stipple and etch it s like a swiss army knife for your craft room.
There are times though that it might cut too deep cutting through the paper behind the vinyl or too shallow not cutting all the way through the material in some or all places.
I can t believe how well the curio cuts vinyl.
