Cricut blade use

What Cricut blade to use? In this post are all the different types of Cricut blades, and a detailed description of these blades to know when to use which one. To create impressive projects it will help knowing the uses of the different Cricut blades to cut the designs perfectly in all materials. Of course, it is possible to find those designs at bgartdesigner.com at the best prices and the most amazing ones!

Regular Fine-Point Blade

The regular fine point blade is gray in color. With this blade it is possible to cut paper, regular vinyl, iron-on and any other thin to medium-weight material. The fine point blade of the Cricut Joy is different from the fine point blade of the Cricut Maker and the Cricut Explore, as it has a different housing that is smaller.

To clarify, the fine point blade of the Cricut Explore also fits the Cricut Maker, as they have the same housing.

Premium Fine-Point Blade

The premium Fine-Point Blade is gold in color and is a long lasting blade. It is perfect to cut materials such as cardstock, vinyl and faux leather, and any other light to mid-weight material. It is compatible with all the Cricut machines.

Bonded-Fabric Blade

The housing of the bonded-fabric blade is pink in color. This blade is perfect for cutting both basic and intricate designs on chipboard and felt specifically.

Deep-Point Blade

The deep point blade is black in color and is for the Cricut Explore or Cricut Maker machines. This blade cuts slightly deeper than the fine point blade. This blade has a steeper 60 degree angle so it can cut through materials up to 15 mm thick such as thick magnet, stiffened felt, chipboard, embossing material, card stock, foam sheets, cardboard and some leather fabrics.

Knife Blade

This Knife blade is exclusive for the Cricut Maker. It is used to cut extremely dense and thick materials. It is similar to a craft blade but for the Cricut Maker, it can cut wood, mat board, chipboard and others.

Quick swap housing

This quick swap housing allows changing the tip of the blade. This housing only fits on the Cricut Maker, and is super useful!

Scoring wheel blade tip

This scoring wheel blade is used to score the material and is only for the Cricut Maker. To score on the Cricut Explore you need to have a scoring stylus which is not a blade but goes in the slot of the feathers. But keep in mind that the scoring wheels open up a little more flexibility with the scoring.

This tip comes in two versions, the single scoring wheel that works to score lines for perfect creases in light to medium weight-materials and the double scoring wheel that creates extra deep double lines for perfect creases in heavy weight materials.