New Way To Weed Vinyl

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

New way to weed vinyl.

I used to shy away from the pretty glitter and patterned vinyl because i always ripped my design when i was weeding it. Those vinyls are gorgeous but it is impossible to see the cut lines. Heat up your lower heat press platen for 2 3 seconds set at around 300 f. Weeding means to remove any of the vinyl that you don t want including any insides of the letters.

For heat transfer vinyl heat loosens the backing making the vinyl pieces so much easier to remove. Of course if you have a heat press that will work as well. They then pull up the box around the image and continue to weed from there. If you ve weeded off quite a large chunk just chop that weeded vinyl off with a pair of scissors this helps keep it from getting in the way as you weed the rest of your project.

Use a piece of vinyl for scraps. Use a piece of adhesive vinyl for scraps i will often take a piece of adhesive vinyl or double sided tape and place it sticky side up on or next to my cricut mat. Lay a corner of the vinyl gently on your receiving surface and smooth the design into position. The letters you need will come up with the vinyl all in one piece.

This makes it really easy to pull away any excess vinyl. The easiest way to weed vinyl 4 different methods using cricut tools. What makes vinyl even more easy to weed is what siser calls the heat press trick. If you ve weeded off quite a large chunk just chop that weeded vinyl off with a pair of scissors this helps keep it from getting in the way as you weed the rest of your project.

Lay it on the weeding area with the sticky side up and use spring clamps to hold the vinyl down. This makes it so you can weed away the excess without losing the proper alignment of the vinyl. You can use an iron to heat up your ironing board or a towel and weed right on the area that s heated. Use gentle pressure to work gradually across your design from a corner.

After the design is cut it is time to weed the vinyl.