Once your application tape covers the vinyl smooth the surface with long slow sweeps using a squeegee or a credit card.
Do you weed vinyl before transfer tape.
The entire design will be stuck to the transfer tape.
Using your weeding tool grab the thin layer of backing like you are weeding a normal design and the backing will come right off.
Reverse weeding is for adhesive vinyl only.
This can either be the center or one end of.
Not for heat transfer or.
Cutting vinyl with the cricut explore is very easy but weeding it and applying it to a surface can be confusing.
Reverse weeding allows everything to be held in place before you even start to weed.
Adjust cut settings and cut.
After cutting this vinyl decal with the cri.
It will be a bit harder to get the unwanted pieces to release.
Apply the transfer tape over the top of the design and then turn it over and peel the paper backing away.
Transfer tape or stronggrip transfer tape see table above to choose the right one for your vinyl type scraper or other burnishing tool.
Check out the extended post for step by step details.
When using removable adhesive vinyl you can save the small details for after you have completely transferred your piece.
For adhesive vinyl you can weed directly on the transfer tape.
Make sure you can comfortably cover your entire design and anchor the tape on a flat surface to avoid any twists or tangles as you carefully cover the work.
Weed the design as you normally would.
Finally adjust your cut settings to work with the material you are using.
Peel liner from transfer tape.
In theory this is easier to weed for smaller decals than doing it the regular way.
Start by peeling away the excess vinyl the largest parts of the design that you won t be applying to the finished piece.
If you adjusted your settings but you are still getting some backing coming off with your design fear not there is a fix.
It s where you apply transfer tape across the whole unweeded decal and then weed the excess vinyl away from the transfer tape instead of the carrier sheet.
The adhesive was changed in the at60 tape so now you want to get the medium tack at65 instead of the at60 brief explanation of the types of adhesive.
Once you get your vinyl on your transfer tape flip it over and weed off the backing paper.
Some people remove the outer piece of vinyl then transfer the design and weed all the details on top of the sticky transfer tape.
Vinyl cut weeded and ready to transfer.