Before weeding trim down your design.
Vinyl weeding and.
You can think of it like weeding a garden.
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 is the process of after cutting the vinyl peeling the excess vinyl off of the cut part to see.
I ve been weeding for years now and i would love to share with you some must know tips for weeding vinyl.
Transferring the final design.
Tweexy is the patented product used by thousands of cricut vinyl crafters for removing scraps from your pick with ease.
While we have an entire post dedicated to reverse weeding on a christmas mug project we ll share the gist of it here.
Weeding vinyl is the process of removing the unwanted vinyl from your cut design.
The cut lines are more difficult to see so use extra caution so you do not rip your design.
How to weed vinyl.
Ok let s look at how this is done so you have a complete picture of the cutting process.
Heat transfer vinyl is way easier to weed because it does not have adhesive on it glitter vinyl can be harder to weed.
This saves vinyl and also makes it easier to weed when you are not working with such excess.
Reverse weeding is for adhesive vinyl only.
In theory this is easier to weed for smaller.
We also need to think about steps 2 and 3.
The tweexy weeding vinyl ring is a must have tool for vinyl crafters.
If you use your cricut on a weekly basis like us yo.
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.
Weeding is the process of removing all the extra vinyl from around the image you have cut before applying it to the finished project.
Tweexy is made from 100 soft silicone rubber that is still firm enough to allow the tiniest scraps to be easily scraped off your pick yet is still pleasantly comfortable to wear on your fingers for hours.