Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
Cutting vinyl on cricut settings.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.
If you select the cricut maker to cut your iron on heat transfer vinyl you ll be prompted to set your material.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip cutting mat.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
This process is known as weeding.
To enable fast mode with cricut explore air 2 use the dial settings highlighted in green in the image above vinyl to cardstock.
The half step settings between fabric and custom circled in the image above perform a 2x multi cut which means the machine will cut twice in the same spot.
Open cricut design space and decide on a design to cut on your cricut machine.
You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials.
You can use a design from cricut access or make it projects or your own design.
The maximum thickness can also vary with the rigidity of the cutting material.
How to cut heat transfer vinyl on a cricut.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images using the weeder found in the cricut tool kit leaving the liner intact.
If your material is not listed here try a test cut with a similar material setting provided the thickness of your material is less than 2 0 mm for cricut explore and less than 2 4 mm for cricut maker.
When i selected the.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
This will get you to a good starting point.
Once you have arrived at the send tab this is where you can change your settings.
Click make it in the upper right hand corner.
Size your design in cricut design space accordingly.
You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio.
Refer to kiss cut guide table below to adjust machine settings.
Stick a piece of vinyl to your cutting mat making sure the paper backing side is down.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear liner intact.
Set the smart dial on your machine to vinyl or if you have an older machine without a smart dial check out cricut s cut settings guide for vinyl.
For this i used the cricut maker but the cricut explore air 2 also does a great job of cutting iron on vinyl.
Material choose type of material closest to the vinyl you will be using.
