Weeding Vinyl Cricut

I really want to help you avoid the nail biting tool throwing frustration i experienced.

Weeding vinyl cricut.

Weeding tool cricut weeding tool. They aren t as hard. Weeding iron on vinyl is the process of removing the excess material that you do not want on your project. Whether you are using cricut vinyl permanent or removable or heat transfer vinyl htv your project will 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. How to weed adhesive vinyl. You ve probably already got one of these lying around. Reverse weeding is when you weed off the transfer tape rather than weeding off the paper backing of the vinyl.

There is not special cricut weeding vinyl. You can also do what s called reverse weeding when working with adhesive vinyl. My favorite is the tool named for the job. Then flip the transfer tape over and weed the extra vinyl off the transfer tape.

Cricut tips for weeding adhesive vinyl. I highly recommend investing in a cricut brightpad. When you place a cut vinyl design upon the brightpad or other lightpad for weeding vinyl you are instantly able to see all the cut lines. Renown cricket artist kim demonstrates the simple step by step process to weeding your cricut vinyl projects perfectly every time.

Cricut weeding projects for beginners. Don t be afraid of the intricate designs. I m no expert but one of the biggest frustrations i had when learning to use my cricut was weeding fonts. It is a little pricey but i m able to make a wider verity of products with all the fancy vinyl i couldn t use before all because i couldn t see the cut lines.

I generally find it easier weeding adhesive vinyl than weeding iron on vinyl but you still need to be careful and go slowly. The cricut brightpad is yet another great way to make weeding vinyl easier. What is weeding iron on vinyl. 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. When i chose the wrong font the material didn t matter nor did the tools i was in for a stressful time. I changed the color of the words in cricut design space to cut. The design is made much more visible and it becomes easy to distinguish the area that needs weeded out.

The best fonts for weeding. I cut this project on my cricut explore.