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[perton]

Do any of you use a Cricut, and if so, which one would you recommend for making my paint masks and decals?

[rvec]

My friend and fellow slot head, Ron has a Cricut. 

 

Most of my recent slots cars are adorned with Cricut decals.

 

Great detail! You must be very careful applying these decals: They cannot be moved once down. 

 

All of our Early Modified and many more are examples.  See the link
Electron Raceway: Early Modified - Electron Raceway classes - Slotblog

 

Exceptions - Nick's and Scott's and Works in progress.  Also, see below
 

 

 

 

[mreibman]

I have a Silhouette Cameo IV. It's like a cricut, but uses different software.

 

The big differentiator in what you do will be the software.

 

I can print nice details on a printer, but even if printed via the silhoutte software, they do not line up properly on the cutter. It is as if the Y axis is stretched out and this gets worse as you go down the page. (This is strike 1).

Often, the cutouts I do for masks or whatever do not cut as expected. Sometimes they don't cut all the way through, sometimes they do. (This is strike 2)

The software is specific to using a die cutter (cricut or cameo, etc). As the cutting is more akin to a pen plotter than a printer.

 

I will also say this - I'm at a relatively high level in the computer field and this stuff is difficult for me. I cannot imagine trying to do this if you are not computer savvy at all. So please bear that in mind.

 

Just my opinions. YMMV!