Weeding On The Mat Vinyl

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Weeding on the mat vinyl.

What makes vinyl even more easy to weed is what siser calls the heat press trick. Using the cricut brightpad is by far the easiest way to weed vinyl that s either. Weeding is where we remove all the unwanted waste vinyl from its paper backing sheet after our machine has done the cutting. 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. One of the most efficient and easiest ways to weed vinyl is directly off the cutting mat. We simply grab the edge of the sheet and peel away the excess like a giant sticker. A lot of times the piece of vinyl you use will be a lot larger than your actual cut.

Take your scraper tool and make sure there are no bubbles and that it is adhered to the mat well. The basics of how to weed vinyl first carefully peel off the big pieces of vinyl surrounding your design. You will use a special tool called a weeder or weeding hook to remove the excess vinyl. Cut settings in cricut design space.

Weeding vinyl 4 different ways weeding off the mat. In this video i show you the reverse weeding technique which is especially great when doing vinyl in small or thin fonts. The first part is easy. Heat up your lower heat press platen for 2 3 seconds set at around 300 f.

How to weed adhesive vinyl cut off excess vinyl. There are quite a few weeding hooks on the market. Weeding using the cricut brightpad. Warm up weeding surface.

Find a hook that works for you. Cricut has a whole set of different. Simply dig the point of your. Place your htv on the warmed lower platen and the warmth will loosen up the adhesive on the pressure sensitive backing.

For small designs you can do this in one go. Don t confuse this with htv iron on vinyl that has to be placed shiny side down. I have just.