How to weed vinyl.
Vinyl weed small words.
Vinyl lettering includes lettering numbering or shapes that are individually cut out from a sheet of solid colored 2 mil vinyl and then pre spaced and placed onto pre masked transfer tape the number of transfer tape sheets used will depend on the size of your vinyl lettering and amount of colors used.
Try these tips next time when you have to weed small letters.
In this video i show you the reverse weeding technique which is especially great when doing vinyl in small or thin fonts.
Arlon recommends all of our cut graphics and for print we recommend dpf 6000rp white.
A fourth tip for weeding small letters is to put the vinyl in the freezer after you have cut the vinyl.
Check on your machine.
For adhesive vinyl you can weed directly on the transfer tape.
Not for heat transfer or.
The small weeding box was very helpful as i removed the excess vinyl.
Weeding is not only associated with pulling weeds out of the dirt outside and with old dirty gloves it is associated in the graphics business.
A firm liner release ensures that small decals stay down during weeding and allows you to weed with greater confidence and speed.
This will help save time and make the weeding process of small letters easier.
But look how cleanly this scroll monogram cut and weeded even at less than an inch.
You can mirror your iron on vinyl in the prepare screen in cricut design space and if you select iron on vinyl as your material there will be a warning reminding you to mirror your image.
Confirm that your blade is in pristine condition.
When using removable adhesive vinyl you can save the small details for after you have completely transferred your piece.
Some people remove the outer piece of vinyl then transfer the design and weed all the details on top of the sticky transfer tape.
The final goal.
Because you re actually cutting the back of your vinyl if you don t mirror your image it will end up backward.
Choose the correct vinyl with a tight liner release.
Leave it in there for about an hour or until the vinyl shrinks.
Weeding is the process of after cutting the vinyl peeling the excess vinyl off of the cut part to see the design or lettering that has been created.
A fine tip pair of tweezers and a very sharp silhouette hook will help you remove any of those tiny areas inside the flourishes.
