Cut Weed And Stick Vinyl

Some people prefer to add a weeding box around their image when they cut.

Cut weed and stick vinyl.

Setting the cutting machine to cut at the right depth will make weeding a lot easier. Speed 1 force 12 and passes 2. To weed off the excess vinyl you will need some kind of tool. If you cut vinyl with the blade set too low you will end up pulling away the design with the area to be weeded.

If you are interested in a design with gradients or many colors within the design vinyl lettering is not a fit. Load your vinyl into your cutting machine. Cut weed and apply the vinyl weed the vinyl. Because we do not print on cut vinyl the number of colors to choose from is limited.

They then pull up the box around the image and continue to weed from there. I personally use love and recommend this weeding hook. You can also use a silhouette hook a cricut hook tweezers a craft knife or even a straight pin. Our machines and production staff then cut and weed remove the excess and apply the transfer tape to your lettering to prepare it for installation.

Before you unload the vinyl from your machine take your weeding tool and try to weed a piece. And if you cut too deep you ll have to wrestle with a butchered carrier sheet. It is sharp and works great for removing that vinyl. If it comes up easily you re good to unload and continue weeding.

Https amzn to 39xd1um fiskars self healing mat. Weeding means to remove any of the vinyl that you don t want including any insides of the letters. Make sure your dial is turned to the correct material setting. On the silhouette cut page scroll down to the cut settings.