Carded Downscale Black Brant VB - Part 8 Laminated Fins D

Use a sharp knife and a hard cutting board for best results.
The hard surface underneath will make a cleaner cut through the bottom layer. If your cutting board is soft cardboard the thin paper skin could tear.
Cut from the side labeled "ROOT EDGE" only.

Laminated fins are dense and will take five or six passes with a new blade to cut.
Be sure to hold the blade at a 90 degree angle when cutting.

Here's the back of the fin after cutting it out.
You can see now why the back side was printed larger than the ROOT EDGE cut side. This overprint edge guarantees red ink coverage overall.
The rolled over skin is the easiest way to go.
Some carded designs have two separate halves on either side of a carded middle layer. It's very hard to line both sides up.

The inset picture shows the three layers with the rounded leading edge rolled over the internal cereal box cardboard layer.

The rolled over "butterfly" skin does three things:
1. The leading edge is stronger and won't de-laminate
2. You end up with a rounded leading edge
3. No alignment problems, the graphics on both sides are matched.