Weeding On The Mat Vinyl

Heat up your lower heat press platen for 2 3 seconds set at around 300 f.

Weeding on the mat vinyl.

I am using my cricut maker but the concept is the same with the maker or the explore machine. Cricut has a whole set of different. In this video i show you the reverse weeding technique which is especially great when doing vinyl in small or thin fonts. Place your htv on the warmed lower platen and the warmth will loosen up the adhesive on the pressure sensitive backing.

One of the most efficient and easiest ways to weed vinyl is directly off the cutting mat. Using the cricut brightpad is by far the easiest way to weed vinyl that s either. Weeding using the cricut brightpad. For small designs you can do this in one go.

What makes vinyl even more easy to weed is what siser calls the heat press trick. Now you are. Apply the vinyl to the cricut mat with the vinyl side up. I have just.

How to weed adhesive vinyl cut off excess vinyl. The basics of how to weed vinyl first carefully peel off the big pieces of vinyl surrounding your design. Don t confuse this with htv iron on vinyl that has to be placed shiny side down. Find a hook that works for you.

It sounds simple but the more complex your design the more care you need to take while weeding. One thing we get to before actually weeding when you cut out your design in iron on vinyl make sure to mirror it. Weeding is where we remove all the unwanted waste vinyl from its paper backing sheet after our machine has done the cutting. You will use a special tool called a weeder or weeding hook to remove the excess vinyl.

The first part is easy. Cut settings in cricut design space. Take your scraper tool and make sure there are no bubbles and that it is adhered to the mat well. Weeding vinyl 4 different ways weeding off the mat.

There are quite a few weeding hooks on the market. We simply grab the edge of the sheet and peel away the excess like a giant sticker. Next go through with your tool of choice and remove all remaining unwanted pieces of.