The stronger the grip the heavier the material like chipboard or thick card stock you can cut and the lighter the grip the thin or lightweight materials like regular paper and vinyl you can cut.
Fix cuts in my cricut mat.
See more cricut machine does not cut through my material if your cricut explore or cricut maker machine is not cutting all the way through your material or is only scoring the material this issue can usually be resolved with some basic troubleshooting.
My mat is crooked when loaded into my cricut machine.
Firmware update cricut explore and maker machines.
The machine will begin to scan the sheet for the calibration markings.
Green mats are my friend.
My explore machine pauses or stops when cutting writing or scoring my project.
I ve put all my colors of htv onto my cricut mat.
If you are already using the usb cable or switching to the usb cable does not help proceed to step 3.
Believe it or not this is a common problem so even if you are not a beginner you may need to troubleshoot in the future.
Cutting out multiple colors at once.
If your cricut machine is connected via bluetooth try connecting to your computer using the usb cable instead.
My mat is crooked when loaded into my cricut machine.
Today we will be talking about why your cricut will not cut correctly.
A sticky mat can make all the difference.
When i took my cricut out of the box the cutting mat was bent over the machine.
The cutting mat has a stiff bend in it about 2 3 from the bottom.
Once done it will cut around the small square near the center of the sheet.
The iron on comes from this htv bundle from impressed vinyl and i m cutting with the cricut maker.
I just got my cricut expression early xmas gift a few days ago my lovely dh bought me mtc yesterday to go with it.
In the mat preview i clicked to edit my mat and manually spaced everything just a little further apart so that they would be cut in the right color.
Get sticky for success.
Cricut cutting problem solution 2.
Cricut mats are sticky and the level of stickiness dictates how secure the grip is.
Learn more about mats.
You have your project all set up.
I rarely use the purple stronggrip mats however unless i m cutting some really thick material.
Use a clean.
You ll know when it s time to clean the mat when materials don t stick as well as they used to or when the surface has become dirty and if there are soft particles that get in the way.
Some projects particularly larger projects may have trouble cutting via bluetooth.
And in fact i prefer the green mats over the blue mats.
Smart set dial is not working.
A cricut mat somehow loses its purpose when the surface has become inaccurate and unable to produce precise cuts.
Cut sensor light does not turn on during print then cut.
