Wizard on Chenille & Grasscloth

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Sherry Lee

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I've cut grasscloth with my manual cutter and NEVER cut chenille. And I've read that chenille is not easy.

For those of you with the Wizard CMC - do you cut grasscloth and what blade depth if you do? Any problems?

And chenille - can this be done on the Wizard CMC? Blade depth? Any tricks I need to know? And once done, I understand it has fuzzy threads over the bevel. Is the fuzz part of "the look" or must it be treated with hairspray - ok, just kidding, but what would you recommend to keep the fuzz under control?

Thank much!! I love FIRSTS.......well, sorta!
 
Hide the fuzzies with a fillet!
 
I have banned chenille mats from my store. They don't cut worth sh*t. The one job that we used them on ended up being reworked to use the chenille as a float on. After that the samples went in the trash.
 
Any moment now, we should have Baer chiming in on the obvious virtues of handwrapping a mat with chenille, to get that superbly custom look. And rightly so. If I had any customers, I'd sell them all hand-wrapped fabric mats.
 
Several year ago when chenille had renewed popolarity in ladieswear I bought a chenille top which was figure flattering and a gorgeous rich purple color. I was in love (which doesn't often happen with me and clothing). The affair only laset until midday on the first day I wore it to work. I wasn't even cutting through it with a razorblade and every piece I fit that day took an extra 20 minutes of removing gorgeous purple fuzzies.

The chenille mat samples gave me flashbacks so into the hopper they went.

I long ago got over selling things I don't like the look of, but if they seem like they will make my job harder instead ofeasier, why bother?
 
Thanks for the whitnessing Paul, but I am in the same camp as Meghan.
When we got the corner samples.. we laughed, oohed and aahed and pitched also.
If Frank ever thinks about selling Chenille... he lays down and naps until the urge passes.
Chenille is a "short fiber" yarn which on the day it is spun starts coming apart.

Run Sherry RUN!
 
Thank you all for your input! It doesn't surprise me. I appreciate your "securing my instincts".

I'm running Baer, running!......and I can now!! YIPPPPEEEEEEEE!!!
 
Didn't know what chenille matbd was and had to look it up in the specifier. All I can say is fuzz-fuzz-fuzz, and there's not enough sticky-rollers in the world to fix that! I'm with the rest...........RUN!!I'm learning to Just Say No...

Spent waaaay too long today just pulling fuzzies off 3 black suede mats.....photos of their yellow labs....I swear the yellow fur was growing right out the photos! ACK!!!
 
I have reduced my range of matboards to the usual coloured whitecore and conservation grade sample packs. All the fabric, marble, metallic and other fancy finishes are in a separate rack to be pulled out and shown at my discretion when I think a job warrants them.

My reason is that these are really cool and interesting to look at and if customers see them they get sucked into oohing and aahing over these pretty colours and textures even though they are hopelessly unsuitable for what they want framing. It can be a big time-waster when you have a large watercolour which only needs a simple double matt to look great.
 
artfolio,

Was that simple double mat wrapped in Dupion silk or Natural linen?

I'm with you . . . plain conservative mat board corners kept under the counter for when you have to.... hand wrapped money makers on the counter where the customers can get addicted. :D
 
OK with chinelle

We have a Fletcher 6100 and cut chinelle mats on the 6-ply blade setting. We don't sell them often - customers who like them are usually after the "fun factor." We explain about the fuzzies ahead of time and do our best to minimize them.
 
My customer REALLY wants this chenille mat board. I think I'm going to push a fillet - thanks Artistic Framer!

But can someone tell me if they've ever cut this on a CMC? How did it work out? And can grasscloth be cut on a CMC successfully?

I don't know what I'd do if I had to dust off my manual cutter! ;)
 
Sherry, I would kick it up to 6-ply and run a test with some nasty shape cuts and see how it runs. Only you know your machine, and 12 people can tell you that it cuts like butter and you trash a $28 sheet of board.......... Do it on scrap first.... but I didn't have to tell you that.

Just remember the critical two things....

1. Take photos
2. Post them

Come on girl... you know how to dance... and you still have both feet. :D
 
Thank you Rich and everyone for your help! I must "close for vacation" some time and watch Baer's class on how to wrap mats. Ca-ching...ca-ching!

Baer....you choked me up! Tango anyone?? Thanks friend!!
 
I've cut the Bainbridge chenille on the Wizard and by hand. I set blade depth on the Wizard at 15, same for suedes. I like them. They have good rich colors and the customers who have them have asked for repeats. Use a small sewing scissor to clip edgey fussies. :) The little ends are nothing more than enhancement found in all cloth in todays market place.

Sell the chenille with the fillet, even classier.
 
Sherry Lee
The first mat I ever cut on my cmc for a customer was a grass cloth mat with open v-groove with arched top. It cut very clean. I normally cut Bainbridge 4 ply mats at 11 but I think I cut this at 13 or 14. Like Baer said, cut a test out of scrap or a corner or where the drop will be and adjust as necessary.
Randy
 
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