Cricut offers blades for the maker the explore family of.
What kind of blade do i need for cricut vinyl.
What blade do i use for cutting vinyl.
You ll need a fine point blade which is your standard blade.
What does this blade do.
How do i know which blade to use with my material.
I just got a cricut expression 2 second hand and was having issues with it not cutting well and pulling up off the matt.
Especially with cricut vinyl and cricut glitter vinyl.
Recommended for use with paper cardstock poster board vinyl iron on and other thin to medium weight materials.
What are the different cricut blades used for.
Need for coated or heavier materials like poster board and cardboard.
If your blade starts to tear up your materials the first thing you want to do is check and make sure little bits of material haven t gotten caught up in the blade housing around the blade.
Sharp blades make clean cuts.
Create fashion accessories home decor and paper crafting accents.
Blade and blade housings for the cricut cake and cricut cake mini machines were manufactured to be safe for use with food items.
If you are only cutting vinyl and heat transfer vinyl you are going to get more life out of your cricut blades.
Let s look at each blade and see what materials it can be used on and also which machine it is compatible with.
Cricut cake blades were sold with silicone blade housing protectors which protected the blade housing from food particles that might otherwise work their way up inside the blade housing.
Do you know which blades are they talking about.
Which blade to use when what are the differences between the cricut blades.
Read on to learn about how to cut faux leather.
Cutting instructions easy to cut textured faux leather gives all the benefits of leather without the extra cost.
I usually spring fro the german carbide blades when i m putting new ones in.
The same goes for all types of vinyl.
They just seem to hold up a little better and keep a nice sharp edge.
I do have a question about the blade.
To change the knife blade rotary blade or scoring wheel on the cricut maker you just need to make sure the gear on the blade housing is facing toward and fitting into the gear on the cricut.
Cricut cake blades were sold with silicone blade housing protectors.
Open clamp b remove whatever blade housing is there position the new blade housing so it fits in the gear and close the clamp.
While you won t likely need to buy a new housing you will need replacement blades from time to time when you start to notice frayed edges on cut material.
When i go to cut it says i need blade 6 or with vinyl it says blade 4.
The cricut maker rotary blade housing.