Silhouette Vinyl Coming Off During Cutting

How to load vinyl without a mat.

Silhouette vinyl coming off during cutting.

The angle of the blade goes into the vinyl at a slightly different angle than the regular silhouette ratchet blade or auto blade which again prevents the vinyl from being torn. Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine. I like to cut most of my vinyl without a mat because the majority of the time i am using rolls of vinyl instead of. I love this option because you can use long rolls of vinyl and cut multiple projects at once.

Make sure your cutting mat is pretty sticky when place the vinyl on it to cut. Literally i placed the same sheet 3 different times to see if at least it was cutting off the lines but the cuts were the same the three times but not at all. Now you are ready to design. Sometimes i turn it off and walk away.

Following the steps silhouette gave me. 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. Make sure that you paper is properly aligned on the cutting mat. This will keep the material firmly in place.

When i come back to it it seems to work. I checked a lot of tutorials and i placed the mat the same way three times. Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software. If all else fails sometimes turning it off and turning it back on plus restarting the silhouette studio software can fix your problem.

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. Shop desktop cutting machines including the silhouette cameo plus our selection of cutting materials and other accessories. Discover the creative world of silhouette. Use a sticky mat.

Cut your design apart and place them on separate pages. Now select load on your cameo 3.