paper snagging

[leadyouhomeoriginals]

Hello!
Maybe someone can help me. I made one cut and it went beautiful. The next words I cut using the same type of paper, my CE kept snagging on the paper and tore some to the letters. It was doing this before and I thought I may need to change the blade. I changed it and it is still doing the same things. What am I doing wrong?

Sarah

[Sweetness4713]

Could it possibly be that your paper is not gripping onto your mat in some places or the mat has lost some stickiness in some areas...I know I`ve experienced this problem...

[leadyouhomeoriginals]

I thought that maybe the cause so I used a brand new mat. The first cut was fine. The second time I used the mat it tore and snagged the letters. How do you know what pressure, cut speed, and blade depth to put it on?


Sarah

[swirliepants]

it has to do with the pressure and all that which I have not worked out yet so I would love to hear what the experts say as well

[Sweetness4713]

also check to make sure the blade isn`t dirty...

[Scrapping]

Generally paper snagging is caused by two things
1. a dirty blade - pop the blade out and make sure there's no paper stuck around it
2. too much pressure - I find this happens if I have been cutting cardstock and I start cutting paper without changing the blade setting

[pastda3]

I have found that thinner paper seems to snag more than the thicker paper. In addition to the recommendations made above, I have found that reducing the cut speed helps too. When the paper is thinner, it's really important that it has good adhesion to the mat or it will catch a loose spot and rip! To this day, I still get some cuts that snag or rip.

[lindamac]

I switched to a 60 degree blade and get much, much better cuts.

[craftydiva]

Hi Lindamac, where do you get the 60 degree blades?
Thanks
Karen

[HeatherM]

I just bought some in an Ebay auction for a really good price. Can't tell you how they cut since they are currently in the mail. They aren't in the craft sections, search in Ebay for "Roland blade".