Silhouette Cutting Vinyl With No Mat

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.

Silhouette cutting vinyl with no mat.

In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry. Maybe you prefer to cut vinyl without a silhouette cutting mat or maybe the material you re cutting is too long to fit on a cutting mat. Save those mats for cardstock. The silhouette cameo can cut lengths of vinyl or anything with a backing up to 10 feet long.

Of course there isn t a ten foot mat available omg how would one store such a thing so if you want to cut longer than 24 cut without a mat. Don t be intimated by cutting vinyl without a mat on the silhouette cameo. Next something to keep in mind when cutting without a mat you lose 1 4 of cut able space on your material on the left right side and 1 of cut able space on the backside. Whatever the reason both silhouette studio and your silhouette cameo need to be set up correctly to cut without a mat.

This will bring up a red cut border and will show you the maximum cut able area of your vinyl. By cutting only the vinyl layer for example the paper backing holds the cut piece in place and prevents it from falling out while cutting and rolling through the silhouette cutting machine. 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. Check the box to show cut border.

Additionally pop out cut mode is not intended for thin or flexible materials like copy paper or fabric. If you ve never done that before don t be intimidated by the idea of going matless. Next the pop out cut feature can be used only with the cameo 4 machine line. The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade.

When you aren t cutting without a mat you can cut. 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.