I was surprised at how well it worked!
I experimented on a really old rotary cutter and blade. I've been using the blade to trim paper for 2 or 3 (or more) years. It works fine for paper....
but definitely doesn't work well on fabric.
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| If you look closely you can see that it didn't cut the fabric very well. I should have used a different color (duh!), but you can see in the photo that there were a few places that the cutter didn't cut the threads. |
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| I folded up some aluminum foil. I think there are 8 layers in the photo. I don't think it matters too much how many layers there are, but more than one layer would probably be best. |
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| I sliced through the aluminum foil quite a few times (see the pile!) I wanted to make sure that I rolled the entire blade through the foil at least 8 times. I don't know why I picked that number, I just thought that more than once would do a better job sharpening the blade. |
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| I used the newly sharpened rotary cutter to make a new cut to the left of the old cut. It sliced right through the fabric! |
I think I'll try sharpening an old pair of scissors next. I have a pair that don't cut through plastic bags any more, so even if the aluminum foil trick doesn't work, it can't make them any worse than they already are.
What a great idea I'll try this!
ReplyDeleteThanks for actually documenting this. I keep reading posts that say it works but nobody's actually shown it and I was afraid to try it on my blade. So now I am more willing to risk a blade lol. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have so many blades that dull after doing 2 projects. They are not cheap an I will definitely try this! Thanks for sharing, blessings.
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