Vinyl Won T Release From Transfer Tape

Clear tapes for vinyl signs such as r tape at60 or main preview plus are very likely to melt on the heat press.

Vinyl won t release from transfer tape.

If i pick at them you will notice the damage as they are so small plus i don t really want to have to pick at over 100 individual letters. You can test this by cutting out a small shape weeding apply transfer tape and peeling off the backing. Flip over your design the grid on the release liner should be facing up. This video might help.

If you see the vinyl is not sticking lower the release liner and apply more pressure. The contact paper isn t gridded the backing paper is though. Your vinyl is not sticking to your transfer tape. Attach a small area of transfer tape to your design.

Cross them off your shopping list. This can either be the center or one end of your design. The vinyl needs to be more sticky than the transfer tape to stick down and release from the transfer tape contact paper. Peel liner from transfer tape.

Separate the release liner from the transfer tape and vinyl by peeling the release liner back. You want to go through the vinyl but not through the backing at all. You create a decal but only some of the letters stick onto the transfer tape while the rest are left behind on the backing paper. Transfer tape or stronggrip transfer tape see table above to choose the right one for your vinyl type scraper or other burnishing tool.

You create a decal but when you go to pick it up with the transfer tape the vinyl refuses to release from the backing paper. Ensure the vinyl sticks to the transfer tape. Tips to stop vinyl sticking to transfer tape i am trying to get some very small words to stick to very smooth plastic but the surface is so slick that the letters stay on the transfer tape. You could always trace a reference line on it from the backing paper if you really needed it.

Use a scraper to burnish transfer tape onto. A good kiss cut is not one that doesn t go through the paper backing but rather one that doesn t penetrate it.