Cutting Toools (Laser or Cricut)

[TomG]

On 1/30/2018 at 7:04 AM, koreric75 said:

Hey TomG, 
What kind of cutter are you using?  Did you have a problem with the blue tape peeling of the leather at all?  I've used scotch tape and no problems.  Since my last video i've started using thing plastic sheets i bought for mold making, i spray one side down with repositioning adhesive then stick my leather to that and then stick that to the mat.  It seems to help having a little more solid backing for cutting and i don't trash the cricut mats with the flesh from the leather.

This is a 24" US Robotics Laserpoint 1.

The blue tape is great for all kinds of stuff.  I've never had it leave any residue either.
The only problem I've ever had using it on leather is if I apply it to the flesh side to say, keep antiquing off the back, when I pull i off it really fluffs up the flesh side fibers on a lot of pieces.

I also am using a thin plastic sheet with the spray adhesive.  But since the cutter uses a pretty good amount of force as it cuts and the vinyl cutter is designed for the vinyl to drape over the cutting bed, the leather tends to peel loose unless it's taped down.
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