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Silhouette studio cut settings for contact paper without a mat.
This is a great feature to have the ability to cut materials without a mat for things longer like this 12 x 33 wall decal.
The tricky news is that each piece of vinyl blade and machine can cut a little differently.
3 more tips for cutting paper with silhouette in order to cut any type of paper you need to use a cutting mat.
2 after adjusting the page size to longer than the mat mat s still underneath.
I just feed the paper directly into my cameo.
Cut settings can be easiest and trickiest of getting great cut.
Otherwise the paper pieces can move around under the cutting mechanism and get caught in the blade or cause the whole project to go askew.
Click on the open the design settings window icon a.
1 regular settings for using a 12 x 12 mat.
Insert your contact paper directly into the machine without a mat.
So never try to cut paper without one.
I finally discovered that if i put the contact paper on the sticky mat with the front side down i got the clear plastic contact paper it would not bunch.
To do that in silhouette studio v3.
I am going to show you using the silhouette studio program that came with your silhouette.
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.
Make sure you are cutting something with backing like vinyl ps this is my favorite vinyl ever and it s an amazing price on amazon with free shipping if you cut something like paper without a mat the piece you cut out won t have anywhere to go and it will be sliding around in your.
Keep it in tact.
I used oracal 631 for this project and used the vinyl matte setting in the silhouette software to get a beautiful cut.
This will allow you to place your stencil down and not have to manually space everything out.
I spent several hours trying to find the best silhouette settings for cutting contact paper over the weekend as i.
When peeling off the backing of the contact paper keep everything in one piece.
Position the design on the mat the rollers may leave an indentation along the edge of the vinyl like this.
Can t wait to see what you decide to cut without a mat.
You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials.
