Vinyl Weed On Mat Or Off

You simply leave your vinyl on the mat after cutting it and weed it directly off the mat.

Vinyl weed on mat or off.

If i weeded it right on the mat my arm would be sticking to it. To weed off the excess vinyl you will need some kind of tool. Adjust cut settings and cut. You will want to make sure you ve got a clean sticky mat for this method to work.

Tips for weeding heat transfer vinyl. Your decal for a customer will not weed cleanly off the backing paper. You are cutting too deep. When you pick up your design with your transfer tape some of the backing rips off and stays on the back of the vinyl.

Weeding using the cricut brightpad. This keeps my project steady and helps hold down my backing material as i weed the vinyl. Stencil fonts are really quick to weed because you don t even have to pop out the centers of letters. If you ve weeded off quite a large chunk just chop that weeded vinyl off with a pair of scissors this helps keep it from getting in the way as you weed the rest of your project.

Some people also prefer to weed while the vinyl is still on the cutting mat so it is still stuck down in one place. Finally adjust your cut settings to work with the material you are using. Check out our silhouette tutorial playlist on youtube. I will often take a piece of adhesive vinyl or double sided tape and place it sticky side up on or next to my cricut mat.

Your design should be safely attached and ready for transfer to the receiving surface. Learn how to remove vinyl and cardstock from your cutting mat. Personally i just pull the vinyl sheet up and cut around my image. Renown cricket artist kim demonstrates the simple step by step process to weeding your cricut vinyl projects perfectly every time.

This prevents the vinyl adhesive from sticking to the surface for around 30 seconds. Use a piece of adhesive vinyl for scraps. Next carefully peel the tape off the vinyl backing sheet. For this method i use the hook weeder which you can get with this cricut tool set.

Keep your material on your mat. Try lightening up your pressure of your cut. If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat. Sans serif fonts like arial or helvetica will generally be easier than their serif alternative serifs are the little pointy flags at the top and bottom of letters like the red.

If you ve weeded off quite a large chunk just chop that weeded vinyl off with a pair of scissors this helps keep it from getting in. Your vinyl is not peeling cleanly from the paper backing. I personally use love and recommend this weeding hook. There are many times i am just using a small piece of scrap vinyl.

When placing your design on the receiving surface you may wish to spray it with some application fluid beforehand.