Vinyl Weed On Mat Or Off

Personally i just pull the vinyl sheet up and cut around my image.

Vinyl weed on mat or off.

Weeding using the cricut brightpad. This prevents the vinyl adhesive from sticking to the surface for around 30 seconds. Renown cricket artist kim demonstrates the simple step by step process to weeding your cricut vinyl projects perfectly every time. Learn how to remove vinyl and cardstock from your cutting mat.

Your decal for a customer will not weed cleanly off the backing paper. Adjust cut settings and cut. Next carefully peel the tape off the vinyl backing sheet. Tips for weeding heat transfer vinyl.

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. Check out our silhouette tutorial playlist on youtube. You will want to make sure you ve got a clean sticky mat for this method to work. For this method i use the hook weeder which you can get with this cricut tool set.

When placing your design on the receiving surface you may wish to spray it with some application fluid beforehand. 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. To weed off the excess vinyl you will need some kind of tool. This keeps my project steady and helps hold down my backing material as i weed the vinyl.

If i weeded it right on the mat my arm would be sticking to it. You simply leave your vinyl on the mat after cutting it and weed it directly off the mat. Keep your material on your mat. 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.

I find it easiest to weed with my backing material still stuck to my cricut mat. 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 vinyl is not peeling cleanly from the paper backing. Try lightening up your pressure of your cut.

Finally adjust your cut settings to work with the material you are using. Some people also prefer to weed while the vinyl is still on the cutting mat so it is still stuck down in one place. I personally use love and recommend this weeding hook. When you pick up your design with your transfer tape some of the backing rips off and stays on the back of the vinyl.

Use a piece of adhesive vinyl for scraps. Using the cricut brightpad is by far the easiest way. There are many times i am just using a small piece of scrap vinyl. Your design should be safely attached and ready for transfer to the receiving surface.

If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat.