Thanx for the tip! Another option I have found helpful is to cut a soft drink/beer can remove the top and bottom, cut it down the side and you are left with a flat tho often curled round piece of tin that can be punched in the same manor it sharpens your punches as well as your scissors 😉

Great tip Donna! I could kick myself for tossing the foil piece from my coffee the other day! i will add saving those to my list from now on. tfs

Thank you. I heard you should do some cuts with wax paper after this to lubricate your punch. I’ve not done it myself, but I’ve seen videos where they say it. It’s worth a try.

I'm so new to this that it had never struck me that punches would need sharpening... But now I know, I shall look out for heavy foil & keep it ready for when I actually get some punches!

You can also use fine grade sandpaper and it works for sharpening guillotines too.

This is wonderful, Donna!! I have some old punches that need sharpening, and now I know how to do it! Great idea! Thank you!!! ~Janet in Canada

Another great video. I sharpen my scissors with foil all the time. I TRY to sharpen my punches with foil but like you said, it gets stuck! THANK YOU for this tip, I'll be saving ONE more thing to use. What a great idea!!

Well, I never would have thought of that! Thanks for the great tip, Donna. xx

Brilliant! I’ve been using folded over aluminum foil, and just like you mentioned, it is a little difficult and wants to get tangled and shredded. Now I wish I had been the foil from my coffee cans! Just opened one last week. 🤣🤗

Thank you for the sharpen tip, I will use it soon 😁. Also thanks for the tip at the end on folding the paper or adding another piece. I seem to always get those ragged edges when I am trying to center my punch on a design. Not anymore, thanks to you! 😁

TY for sharing this tip.

What a great idea! thanks, Donna for sharing.

Helpful tips! I have that same punch that you say is the worst and I would agree. Mine needs sharpening a lot. TFS the tips!

Just a little suggestion … maybe start with smallest punch, then you can go next size up and so on with what’s left - you can punch outside the smaller hole, in other words … makes your heavy tin foil last longer

Very useful tip. I also use very fine sandpaper on stronger punches, but I don't force it if the punch isn't strong enough to go through.

Gonna try on my darts flight punch.

Awesome tips Donna, twinsie... boy where they where popping out.. lol! Thanks for sharing your awesomeness!!! Xox 🌲💜

Thanks Donna!!👌😊💗 great tip x

Excellent tips! Thank you!

This worked perferct, thank you!!

Thanks so much for this video. I have a brand new Spellbinders circle punch that is very rough on various paper weights. Spellbinders won’t stand behind their products, so looking for a way to fix it. I will give this a try. Many thanks!

Excellent information!

This works very well sharpen my scissors that way also.

Thanks, Donna...need to do this now....x

Oh, what a nice tip !!!

Thank you! I really needed this

I’ve always use foil...wanna bet I start doing it your way..Thanks Donna as always great tips❣️

I use foil pans, ones I've saved or purchased. They are thick and work well. If I buy a can of coffee I'll save the foil and give it a go.

Thank you SO much!!!☺

Thank you! I thought, this is a tale!

Thank you

THANK YOU

Then after the foil, punching through wax paper lubricates it.

Thanks

Great info. tyfs!

Thanks for the tip Junk Journal Ideas, I don't have to buy a new circle punch! From watching your video, I have also gained insight and wish to share with you and your viewers. Now because the aluminium foil in the kitchen is thin where then if we use this foil to sharpen our circle puncher but has shown to get stuck, how about using a piece of paper like the last part of your video where you showed we can fold a piece of paper to give it more thickness to cut the paper so that it prevents it from catching and causing the punched hole to be ruined, same idea goes with the aluminium foil where we put a piece of paper to give it some thickness so it can go through the hole without catching. Now the problem is where would we place the foil in comparison with the paper? Don't know if you agree, but I think the foil goes on the side that first makes contact with the punching mechanism since this is where the sharp part has to make contact with a paper to cut, but upon insoection maybe it goes both ways since the pushing part is not the only part that makes the circle cut but the bottom part as well. It's like scissors in a way where the scissor edge is not only on one cutting edge but the other one too. So then maybe like how you fold the paper at the end of your video, we can fold the aluminium also but also remembering to "sandwich" a piece of paper inside the foil to give it some thickness.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS GREAT TIP, I HAVE BEEN USING REGULAR FOIL, AND IT'S KIND OF A PAIN.

I have a few of those bits of Tfoil out of Teas & peanut butter,

Hi Donna, I’ve been researching hole cutters and am struggling to find a plier style cutter at 1.8mm. You mentioned that queer darker grey one (3/4”) is a good one. Where did you find it? Ironically I want to cut aluminium so hopefully it continues to keep sharp. I’m in Australia and searched Amazon eBay etc

Yeah, kitchen foil just doesn't work at all :( My 1 inch punch doesn't cut on a side (but then again, it was barely cuting from the start, I'm lucky like that and I waited too long before using it for the first time, it was too late to bring it back for a refund T.T) so TFS your trick. I don't have such foil seal at home but I'll be on the look out for them! (edit) Ooooh, the layering of paper trick does work! Awesome! I need 3 layers for my punch to really work but damn! Ok, not going to replace it yet, then! Many thanks, Donna!

Shoot! I just threw one out! Thanks for the tip!

Could sand paper be used as well?

I have those flat ones in assorted sizes. My mom gave me all her supplies.

Omg it works but i use a heavy duty one that comes from a bread crumbs tin that u pull up.wow

Have you tried aluminum soda cans? They work too because they make those cans so thin now. GOD bless you always.

Do you think that this will work for those fancy Fisker's scissors?mine bind in paper or cardstock.

where do you find paper punches with those larger diameters ? thank you . i would appreciate it

@ 1:14 is that a CK Tools or Bira punch?

Would this work for fiskars trimming craft scissors ?

Ask any new mums to save the lids from their formula milk tubs... they're thick and really big! Some drinks cans are also thinner than they used to be, and could be cut open to lay flat....cutting it open will also sharpen your scissors! 😁😁😁

I hope this works with my star shaped hole puncher. I feel bad when one of them isnt usable anymore and i had to throw my ballon shaped one away. 😩

THANKS...TIN FOIL OKAY IF YOU PUT SAY FEW LAYERS TOGETHER AND PUNCH. TO LUBRICATE PUNCH THRU SEVERAL LAYERS GREASE PAPER. 😊 THANKS AUSSIE GIRL. CAMILLE HORIZONTAL CRAFTER. VICTORIA OZ.

Hello, What is this tool name??

This was so very unclear on instructions?!?!?! So to sharpen all we have to do is to grab some heavy aluminum sheets and punch those and that's all?!? This video went on and on and not mentioning that this is the solution or not?!? Please clarify