Stainless Steel Blades suck

[Young Tinter]

I have been using stainless steel olfa blades since I started tinting and i gotta say I do not reccomend it unless you cut directly on the vehicle or are using the blade to clean. I just recently got a plotter, but when I use the handcut I used the tracing method and cut on a glass board for BG as well. I would be constantly snapping blades to the point where it was unproductive to keep using stainless steel blades. Now that I have a plotter I will be using carbon blades to weed patterns with less headache of dull blades. Also, I heard on tintdude that tightly gripping dull blades to cut, is bad for your joints. 

 

Merry Christmas

[Dano]

I've switched out to NT stainless for that very reason. I use the carbon blades for clear mask and wrap film only these days. I try not to use them on my peel boards and never on the cars. They will absolutely carve up the glass.

 

Over gripping anything in this business can cause issues. I change tools and hand positions constantly to minimize strain.

[Dano]

The el-cheapo olfa in the middle is usually my blade of choice. I use the fatty on the left when my hands are sore or if I'm running heavy vinyl production. The red dot on the right I use for getting good precision cuts on ppf.

The slight position change can make a big difference. Same with the handle squeegees. 

[JohnNY315]

I took the place of a tinter at my shop who’d been there for 20+ years before me and found an old pack of olfa ss blades, they cut wayyyyy better than my current olfa ss blades I had just bought. Why in the world would a razor blade company make the decision to make their blades less sharp? As for hand cramp, @Danohit the nail on the head with his 3 blades, I use the same 3 for the same reasons 🙌🏻 

[Dano]

The manufacturer doesn't necessarily cater to the tint market. We make up a tiny fraction of their overall sales. There have been many post about this here over the years. When i figured out the quality wasn't the same I started using a grease pencil to mark my edges.

 

I would hang on to those blades for when you absolutely need to make a cut on open glass.