Easy Vinyl Weeding Techniques

When laying the unweeded vinyl on the table right reading start weeding from the upper right to the lower left.

Easy vinyl weeding techniques.

I highly recommend investing in a cricut brightpad. It happens weed after it rains. 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. July 9 2018 by cori george 3 comments.

Don t leave the roots behind. Place your htv on the warmed lower platen and the warmth will loosen up the adhesive on the pressure sensitive backing. Pull up the plant with root ball and if you don t find time for weeding chop the plants and pluck the flowers. I ll go over how to find easy fonts to weed as well as tips for working with tricky scripts or small lettering words.

Never let the weed mature unless it ll fix its roots and spill its seeds. Do it right the first time you re done. In this article i ll cover what weeding vinyl is and give you the very basics of how to weed vinyl effectively so that you don t waste any material. Tips and tricks for making it easy.

In this video i show you the reverse weeding technique which is especially great when doing vinyl in small or thin fonts. Grab the weed close to the ground and pull straight up. Heat up your lower heat press platen for 2 3 seconds set at around 300 f. This makes it more manageable and prevents the extra sticky vinyl scraps from pulling other parts of the design off common vinyl weeding problems and how to fix them.

This post and the photos within it may contain amazon or other affiliate links. Weeding iron on vinyl. If you purchase something through the link i may receive a small commission at no extra charge to you. If you have letters that are 1 2 or smaller try taping out the entire area cut.

You might try any of the following tips to make weeding small letters easier. If you yank only the leaves weeds will grow back. Extra bits of vinyl sticking to the finished design. The most important rule of weeding.

Reverse weeding is when you weed off the transfer tape rather than weeding off the paper backing of the vinyl. If you are weeding a big piece cut away 2 or 3 inch sections of the vinyl as you go. Unless pieces of the root break off in the ground. Cut settings in cricut design space.