The Vinyl Cutting Process

Any excess vinyl is trimmed off the edges and the record is ready.

The vinyl cutting process. The screen will show a progress bar as your machine completes the cut. The cutting process is fun addictive and incredibly rewarding. Vinyl cutting for begginers step 1. Remove the transfer tape liner.

If you have tried everything above and your cutting issue is still not resolved contact cricut support. Heat transfer vinyl is the type of vinyl used to apply a design to fabric including t shirts tea. Stick a piece of vinyl to your cutting mat making sure the paper backing side is down. A vinyl cutting machine does not recognise a pixel so it cannot cut these images.

Once the mat is loaded the screen will tell you to press the flashing go button. Let us know if you have any questions and we ll do our best to answer them. Find or make an image that you want to make into a sticker. Bring your artwork into a vinyl cutter.

Cutting and application instructions remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear liner intact. Then load the mat into your cricut machine by pressing the flashing load unload button. If you manage to get the thin fonts or smaller script words to cut correctly try reverse weeding to make it easier to transfer if you are using vinyl. Aside from simple fonts already in the windows or mac operating system you can purchase additional fonts or you can.

To prevent bubbles start in. Gently place the transfer tape adhesive side down over your images. Simple artwork like text is the easiest artwork to cut with a vinyl cutter. Placing the labels on the top and bottom of the biscuit the 2 stampers top side a and bottom side b press down applying 100 tons of pressure at 200 degrees celsius creating the vinyl record.

Computer designed images are loaded onto the vinyl cutter via a wired connection or over a wireless. You can create an image with open. Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio. For more tutorials and guides aimed at helping you get the most out of your machine be sure to visit our how to section.

A vinyl cutter that gets the job done. It should show up. Vector art creates clean lines and straight edges which helps the vinyl cutter calculate where it needs to cut. The vinyl cutter uses a small knife to.

Open cut studio the software bundled with the cutter. If your silhouette cutting mat is brand new you may want to de stick the cutting mat somewhat by blotting it with a clean t shirt. Vector art also has less colors to choose from which helps create a clearer image.