Cutting machines
Will laminate affect Cricut, Silhouette or Siser cutting?
Yes. Laminate adds thickness, which means your cutting machine needs more force or more passes.
- Cricut: for laminated vinyl, step up to Premium Vinyl Permanent Glossy or a custom material setting. Run a test cut first.
- Silhouette: bump force up by 2-3 from your normal vinyl setting and consider a second pass.
- Siser Juliet: our house settings for laminated vinyl are force 35-45 with 2-3 passes.
Reflective finishes (holographic, seasonal) can interfere with registration mark reading on Cricut. If your machine won't see the reg marks, cover only the reg mark area with matte tape before cutting.
This is one answer from the Stickiply help centre, built from the questions customers email us.