Weeding Vinyl With Tape

The parts that the machine has cut are easier to come up.

Weeding vinyl with tape. I have only found it to work on heat transfer vinyl that you apply to fabric. Reverse weeding is for adhesive vinyl only. Cut weed and apply the vinyl weed the vinyl. For adhesive vinyl you can weed directly on the transfer tape.

Your vinyl is not weeding correctly. If you try to use tape on regular adhesive vinyl the whole thing does come up. After you ve smoothed out the tape use a straightedge to firmly press out all the bubbles and creases and bond the application tape to your vinyl. Burnish and remove transfer.

Some people remove the outer piece of vinyl then transfer the design and weed all the details on top of the sticky transfer tape. Next carefully peel the tape off the vinyl backing sheet. In theory this is easier to weed for smaller decals than doing it the regular way. After the design is weeded it is time to apply the transfer tape.

The heat transfer vinyl is stuck down onto a paper and it takes some effort to get it off. It is an easy fix for a few stubborn pieces of backing paper attached to your vinyl. This prevents air pockets that can distort the design. Once you get your vinyl on your transfer tape flip it over and weed off the backing paper.

Your design should be safely attached and ready for transfer to the receiving surface. Weeding off the transfer tape helps the little parts to stay in place because they re stuck to the transfer tape rather than sliding around the vinyl s paper backing. Apply transfer tape and apply to surface. Using your weeding tool grab the thin layer of backing like you are weeding a normal design and the backing will come right off.

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. Once your application tape covers the vinyl smooth the surface with long slow sweeps using a squeegee or a credit card. Check out the extended post for step by step details. Some people prefer to add a weeding box.