Weeding Vinyl

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

Weeding vinyl. The cricut brightpad is yet another great way to make weeding vinyl easier. Cut settings in cricut design space. You can think of it like weeding a garden. The tweexy weeding vinyl ring is a must have tool for vinyl crafters.

99 vinyl weeding tool se 5 piece wax carving probe set dd3105c. Weeding vinyl is the process of removing the unwanted vinyl from your cut design. The design is made much more visible and it becomes easy to distinguish the area that needs weeded out. Use gentle pressure to work gradually across your design from a corner.

A vinyl cutter cuts along the lines of the design but it doesn t remove the extra vinyl. 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. In this video i show you the reverse weeding technique which is especially great when doing vinyl in small or thin fonts. Tweexy is the patented product used by thousands of cricut vinyl crafters for removing scraps from your pick with ease.

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. You need to do that as well as removing the little holes inside any designs or letters. Lay a corner of the vinyl gently on your receiving surface and smooth the design into position. Whaline weeding vinyl tools 4 pieces stainless steel precision with case vinyl craft paper craft tool kit for silhouettes cameos lettering scraper hook spatula tweezers mint green 5 0 out of 5 stars 15.

If you use your cricut on a weekly basis like us yo. You might try any of the following tips to make weeding small letters easier. What is weeding vinyl. Weeding is the process of removing all the extra vinyl from around the image you have cut before applying it to the finished project.

Sometimes the vinyl s adhesive needs time to adhere to the surface a little better and bond. But when you cut out vinyl weeding has to be done. I ve been weeding for years now and i would love to share with you some must know tips for weeding vinyl.