What Mat To Use Wit Vinyl

How to put adhesive vinyl on the mat.

What mat to use wit vinyl.

Peel away the vinyl liner at a 45 degree angle. With minimum adhesive this mat is perfect for lighter weight materials or materials that have a high chance of ripping when being pulled from adhesive. If the vinyl does not separate from the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl and peel away again. The new pink mats are also great for fabric and leather but we won t need those in the vinyl world.

To prevent bubbles start in the center and move out toward the edges. For storing your mats keep the clear film cover that comes with your mat in place after you are finished with your project to keep the mat free from dust and lint. This tutorial will show you how to cut vinyl using cricut design space which is the cricut design software used for all newer cricut models cricut explore explore air explore one explore air 2 and cricut maker if you have an older cricut machine that uses cricut craft room the software looks different from design space but the basics are the same. You will want to put the vinyl face up on your mat and press it down well.

In this case i am using a piece that is 12 x 24 along with a 12 x 12 mat. Especially with cricut vinyl and cricut glitter vinyl. Regular vinyl removable or permanent blue mat lightgrip cutting mat. Use the cricut scraper tool to scrape off excess pieces of material left behind after your cut and use the cricut spatula tool to carefully remove cut images off your mat.

The blue mat or the lightgrip cutting mat is probably the mat that i reach for the least. I use a green mat pretty much all the time with vinyl. If you have a roll of vinyl you can adhere to just the 12 12 area and leave the rest hanging off the edge of your mat.