Weeding Vinyl Cricut

What is weeding iron on vinyl.

Weeding vinyl cricut.

You ve probably already got one of these lying around. I m no expert but one of the biggest frustrations i had when learning to use my cricut was weeding fonts. Cricut tips for weeding adhesive vinyl. Whether you are using cricut vinyl permanent or removable or heat transfer vinyl htv your project will need to be weeded.

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. I cut this project on my cricut explore. I really want to help you avoid the nail biting tool throwing frustration i experienced. Weeding vinyl is the process of removing the excess material that you do not want on your project.

A weeding tool comes included with the cricut basic tool set and the silhouette cameo tool kit. The cricut brightpad is yet another great way to make weeding vinyl easier. I generally find it easier weeding adhesive vinyl than weeding iron on vinyl but you still need to be careful and go slowly. The best fonts for weeding.

There is not special cricut weeding vinyl. Reverse weeding is placing the entire image on the transfer tape first before you remove any excess vinyl. Don t be afraid of the intricate designs. When i chose the wrong font the material didn t matter nor did the tools i was in for a stressful time.

So all cricut vinyl projects need to be weeded. Weeding iron on vinyl is the process of removing the excess material that you do not want on your project. You can also do what s called reverse weeding when working with adhesive vinyl. 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.

Renown cricket artist kim demonstrates the simple step by step process to weeding your cricut vinyl projects perfectly every time. They aren t as hard. My favorite is the tool named for the job. I highly recommend investing in a cricut brightpad.

The design is made much more visible and it becomes easy to distinguish the area that needs weeded out. Cricut weeding projects for beginners. Reverse weeding is when you weed off the transfer tape rather than weeding off the paper backing of the vinyl. It s shaped like a pen with a curved metal pick at the end that can easily get bits of 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. Weeding tool cricut weeding tool.