Silhouette Matte Vinyl Cut Settings

We cut a lot of vinyl.

Silhouette matte vinyl cut settings. Please keep in mind that each machine cuts differently based on sharpness of blade state of mat and other factors. 9 17 20 product cricut setting silhouette setting brother. Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio. Using a 12 x 24 silhouette cutting mat will save a bunch of time and often use materials more efficiently because you can load up and cut more with each send to the machine.

Adjust cut and pressing settings and do test cuts as needed last update. To do that in silhouette studio v3. To cut scroll down to the bottom of the cut settings screen and select send to silhouette. Like 651 and 631 vinyl oracal 641 vinyl can be cut with the silhouette cutting machines.

Click on blade settings to find all the cut settings you need. When working with the longer mat you need to tell the software that that s what you re doing. Cut settings can be easiest and trickiest of getting great cut. If you look at the presets none of them use a blade setting higher than 3.

These are a good place for you to start. Cut a piece of vinyl slightly larger than your deign and placed it on the cutting mat. You can right click on the images to save them to your computer or you can click the pinterest button in the middle to save them for later. Look at how smooth those cuts are.

Updated march 7 2012 to include this tip from diane i got the impression that you should never use your cameo with the blade set higher than 3. Below you ll find cut settings for silhouette cricut and brother scan n cut. Due to the thickness using the silhouette studio default cut settings for vinyl matte might seem ideal but when i did a test cut i was not able to easily or successfully weed the vinyl. Whether it s glitter adhesive vinyl cut settings or for matte black htv look here for the cut settings of your silhouette cameo or cricut machine.

If your silhouette cutting mat is brand new you may want to de stick the cutting mat somewhat by blotting it with a clean t shirt. The tricky news is that each piece of vinyl blade and machine can cut a little differently. Below you ll find the machine settings we use right here at expressions vinyl. You can also find a vinyl guide and a sizing guide below.

You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials. I was pleasantly surprised with how well the curio cut vinyl. Click on the open the design settings window icon a. I can t believe how well the curio cuts vinyl.