Problems Weeding Vinyl

In this video i show you the reverse weeding technique which is especially great when doing vinyl in small or thin fonts.

Problems weeding vinyl. I ve been weeding for years now and i would love to share with you some must know tips for weeding vinyl. You carefully dig up all the little pieces that aren t supposed to be there without destroying any of your beautiful flowers. As we all know weeding is the term we use to describe the process of removing the vinyl we don t want to use. Using your weeding tool grab the thin layer of backing like you are weeding a normal design and the backing will come right off.

While we have an entire post dedicated to reverse weeding on a christmas mug project we ll share the gist of it here. Let s take this taco belle file i heard someone make this joke the other day and it had me giggling for far longer than i d like to admit. You can think of it like weeding a garden. Cut settings in cricut design space.

In theory this is easier to weed for smaller. Weeding iron on vinyl is the process of removing the excess material that you do not want on your project. That sparkly texture that makes your projects look so good also makes your cut lines very difficult to see which means it can be quite the challenge to weed. If you are weeding a big piece cut away 2 or 3 inch sections of the vinyl as you go.

Reverse weeding is for adhesive vinyl only. This makes it more manageable and prevents the extra sticky vinyl scraps from pulling other parts of the design off common vinyl weeding problems and how to fix them. Extra bits of vinyl sticking to the finished design. Some people excel at weeding letters others can t stand the job.

Let me know how that works out but when you cut out vinyl weeding has to be done. 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. Weeding small letters is difficult. Many try to enlist the help of their children.

Weeding vinyl is the process of removing the unwanted vinyl from your cut design. If you use your cricut on a weekly basis like us yo. Although designing and cutting glitter vinyl are both pretty straight forward it s in the weeding of your designs that you are most likely to run into trouble. Your vinyl is not weeding correctly.

Once you get your vinyl on your transfer tape flip it over and weed off the backing paper.