Weeding Vinyl Cricut

I cut this project on my cricut explore.

Weeding vinyl cricut.

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. A weeding tool comes included with the cricut basic tool set and the silhouette cameo tool kit. Reverse weeding is when you weed off the transfer tape rather than weeding off the paper backing of the vinyl. Weeding iron on vinyl is the process of removing the excess material that you do not want on your project.

So all cricut vinyl projects need to be weeded. It s shaped like a pen with a curved metal pick at the end that can easily get bits of vinyl. Weeding vinyl is the process of removing the excess material that you do not want on your project. Then flip the transfer tape over and weed the extra vinyl off the transfer tape.

You can also do what s called reverse weeding when working with adhesive vinyl. How to weed adhesive vinyl. When i chose the wrong font the material didn t matter nor did the tools i was in for a stressful time. Renown cricket artist kim demonstrates the simple step by step process to weeding your cricut vinyl projects perfectly every time.

What is weeding iron on vinyl. Weeding tool cricut weeding tool. Reverse weeding is placing the entire image on the transfer tape first before you remove any excess vinyl. Cricut weeding projects for beginners.

I changed the color of the words in cricut design space to cut. They aren t as hard. I generally find it easier weeding adhesive vinyl than weeding iron on vinyl but you still need to be careful and go slowly. I m no expert but one of the biggest frustrations i had when learning to use my cricut was weeding fonts.

The design is made much more visible and it becomes easy to distinguish the area that needs weeded out. There is not special cricut weeding vinyl. I really want to help you avoid the nail biting tool throwing frustration i experienced. The cricut brightpad is yet another great way to make weeding vinyl easier.

Cricut tips for weeding adhesive vinyl. My favorite is the tool named for the job. Whether you are using cricut vinyl permanent or removable or heat transfer vinyl htv your project will need to be weeded. I highly recommend investing in a cricut brightpad.

You ve probably already got one of these lying around. The best fonts for weeding.