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Taking Care of Stamp Cutting Tools

To make sure your scissors, paper cutters and cutting utensils are in good shape, the following guidelines should help you keep all cutting utensils working properly.

Taking proper care of stamp cutting tools are important to making quality stamp projects and stamp bases. To make sure your scissors, paper cutters and cutting utensils are in good shape, the following guidelines should help you keep all cutting utensils working properly.

First of all, keep your cutting utensils sharp. Since sticky things, such as adhesive tapes, the rubber stamps and glues, can build residue up on your scissors and make them dull, you should clean them after each use (or a few uses, if you really don’t have time). One way to clean scissors is to use a cotton ball and rubbing alcohol to wipe the blades.

To keep your scissors in tip-top shape, you should also water the pivot screw. This is especially essential if the screw on the scissor is bit rusty. Loosen up the scissor to make handling easier by putting a drop of sewing machine oil on the screw.

To help your scissor keep its shape, use a sharpening stone to help it maintain its shape and easy cutting edge. Make sure you don’t use a knife sharpener as both are different and mixing it up can actually ruin the edge of your scissor. If you find that your blades are already dull with use, take it to a professional to get it sharpened. You can sometimes find such services at sewing or craft stores, although there is a small fee for it.

If you’re trying to sharpen the edges for a decorative-design type scissor, don’t use a sharpening stone. Instead, try cutting them through aluminum foil and then quickly cutting through waxed paper. For cleaning of the blades, you can easily just use a gummy eraser to rub on it.

Besides scissors, you should also keep your paper trimmers and cutters in good cutting condition. To make sure your projects will turn out well each time; just replace the blade of the trimmer or cutter when it doesn’t work properly. This includes indications such as having the paper rip or crumple instead of cleanly cutting through the paper. To make the blades last, you should also use a glass cutting surface instead of a rubber one as the blades will not cut into the glass as it would into the rubber. To keep hole-puncher cutters lasting longer, you can try putting them in a cooling unit such as a refrigerator to keep it brusque. You can also, like the decorative scissor edges, punch holes through aluminum paper to sharpen and then punch them quickly through wax paper to provide a lubricant to it. If your hole punchers are made from zinc, try just using wax paper or a very fine sandpaper (such as an emery cloth). If your hole puncher has a tendency to stick, you can place it in the freezer for about 20 minutes. Doing so will make the metal parts slightly shrink to make using it easier.

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