Weeding On The Mat Vinyl

Weeding vinyl 4 different ways weeding off the mat.

Weeding on the mat vinyl.

For small designs you can do this in one go. The first part is easy. We simply grab the edge of the sheet and peel away the excess like a giant sticker. Don t confuse this with htv iron on vinyl that has to be placed shiny side down.

One thing we get to before actually weeding when you cut out your design in iron on vinyl make sure to mirror it. Cricut has a whole set of different. Find a hook that works for you. Cut settings in cricut design space.

How to weed adhesive vinyl cut off excess vinyl. What makes vinyl even more easy to weed is what siser calls the heat press trick. Next go through with your tool of choice and remove all remaining unwanted pieces of. Using the cricut brightpad is by far the easiest way to weed vinyl that s either.

It sounds simple but the more complex your design the more care you need to take while weeding. Heat up your lower heat press platen for 2 3 seconds set at around 300 f. There are quite a few weeding hooks on the market. I have just.

You will use a special tool called a weeder or weeding hook to remove the excess vinyl. I am using my cricut maker but the concept is the same with the maker or the explore machine. Take your scraper tool and make sure there are no bubbles and that it is adhered to the mat well. Warm up weeding surface.

Weeding is where we remove all the unwanted waste vinyl from its paper backing sheet after our machine has done the cutting. The basics of how to weed vinyl first carefully peel off the big pieces of vinyl surrounding your design. 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.

Apply the vinyl to the cricut mat with the vinyl side up. Now you are. A lot of times the piece of vinyl you use will be a lot larger than your actual cut.